{"product_id":"winter-house-isbn-9780425204658","title":"Winter House","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this riveting thriller from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Carol O'Connell, New York City officer Kathleen Mallory purges a woman of her mysterious past—and the flesh-and-blood ghosts of a violent family legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAt first, NYPD detective Kathleen Mallory thinks the case is simple: a burglar caught in the act and stabbed with an ice pick by a vulnerable homeowner. Except that the dead man was not a burglar, but a hired killer. And the homeowner is the most famous missing child in NYPD history, believed kidnapped more than sixty years ago after the massacre of her entire family...by an ice pick. As Mallory investigates, an astonishing story emerges, one of murderous greed and family horror, abandonment and loss, revenge and twisted love—and a terrifying secret that has yet to claim its final victim.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWinter House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Pure O’Connell...[her] fans will be knocked out by this one.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Scores on all levels. A densely plotted modern gothic and police procedural in one. O’Connell keeps the tension and suspense high right through to the surprising end.”—\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Carol O’Connell’s Mallory is surely one of the genre’s oddest and most interesting creations...[a] unique bundle of twisted talents, who we have come to O’Connell for, and once again, neither woman disappoints us.”—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Dubious deeds are just the tip of the ice pick in the hands of O’Connell. Vivid prose keeps the pages turning in this intricate tale of betrayal [and] buried secrets.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “O’Connell serves up the requisite pieces...and twists them beyond recognition into another enjoyably idiosyncratic tale...[a] gleeful breaking of the usual rules.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“Winter House\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantastic police procedural filled with plenty of action...Mallory is a terrific lead character...a fabulous New   York mystery.”—Midwest Book Review\u003cb\u003eCarol O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Mallory series, including \u003ci\u003eMallory’s Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Cast Two Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKilling Critics\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Stone Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShell Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrime School\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Dead Famous\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Winter House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFind Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chalk Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt Happens in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlind Sight\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of two stand-alones, \u003ci\u003eJudas Child \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBone By Bone\u003c\/i\u003e. O’Connell lives in New York City.","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304477905125,"sku":"NP9780425204658","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425204658.jpg?v=1767744385","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/winter-house-isbn-9780425204658","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}