Bitter Thaw

Winner of the 2023 Shelf Unbound Best Independently Published Book, this story explores a cold case from Minnesota in 1956, where unknown human remains are found deep in Ojibwe country. Over three decades later, a renewed investigation sparks a cross-country journey for an Arizona family, uncovering long-buried secrets and prompting questions about memory, motives, and morality. The narrative weaves together themes of history, mystery, and personal truth as past and present collide.