Lone Cone Library

"When tragedy leaves her life in shambles, Nance flees her Wisconsin hometown and its reminders of grief, creating a new life in the West. She is a scientist, specializing in rattlesnakes and attrition rates in dens, believing that "you can overcome fear, control the level of risk by being prepared, by knowing your subject." Now with a home in Lewiston, Idaho, overlooking the Snake River, and her marriage to Ned Able, a grade school principal, Nance...

"It is 1862 as nine-year-old Katrine Larson heads west to a mountain valley in pre-Idaho Territory with her family and several other Swedish families. But when her parents and older brother are separated from the main wagon train, Katrine suddenly becomes an orphan. The Swedish families want nothing more than to create new lives in America. Unfortunately none are prepared for the brutal realities of farming in wilderness populated by Sheepeater Indians...

Written with deftness and high energy, "Serpent Girl" is a voyage into the darkest depths of carny life--and, remarkably, a funny and tender love story as well.

Set in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a story about women who come to America to start new lives.

Leslie Williams hurries to her car on a typical workday morning-and discovers a dead body inside. Why was the corpse left for her to find? And what is the meaning of the message pinned to its chest?

"Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels ... off. As the days pass, Ethan's investigation into the disappearance...

"The secluded beauty of northern Idaho offers no permanent hiding place from the past for Carla Radling. The secret from her teenage years has caught up with her, and now Carla's life and the nation's future hinge on a lethal game of hide-and-seek."--Publisher description.

"A Hopeless Storm is the exciting conclusion to Season Two of the Hope Walker Mysteries. Questions. There are still important questions in the small town of Hopeless, Idaho. Like...What will happen with Hope and Alex? Why did Hope's mom leave so many years ago? Why do dead bodies keep showing up? And what will happen when the biggest storm in decades comes to Hopeless?"--Back cover.

When six hunters are found dead shortly after the season opens, law enforcement investigates the seemingly connected murders, a link that's confirmed when an unknown anti-hunting extremist demands that the season be closed. Despite safety concerns, the state refuses, an angered hunting community reacts, and more hunters fall victim. As FBI Agent Max Miller learns about the deadly, ghost-like killer and takes to the mountains trying to cross his path,...

When Diana Morrow arives in her new hometown on the Idaho frontier, she finds her betrothed, Jordan Shaw, missing and a handsome distraction close at hand. It's clear that her situation will demand an even greater measure of grace.