The Stone Forest
by Karen Harper
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Fifteen years after Jenna and Amanda Kirk were abducted, Jenna returns to Stone Country Indiana to uncover the truth about what happend to her sister. As memories begin to surface, someone tries to scare her off, and Jenna must discover if the the culprit is among those she trusts most.Tags
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Karen Harper is also the author of a number of contemporary suspense & historical novels. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, & Naples, Florida. (Publisher Provided) Karen Harper was born on April 6, 1945 in Toledo, Ohio. She attended Ohio University in Athens and earned her undergraduate degree. She went on to Ohio State University in Columbus for her show more graduate degree. She landed a teaching position in English at Ohio State University. She soon began writing historical and contemporary fiction. Her first book, Sweet Passion's Pain, was published in 1984. It was later published as The First Princess of Wales in 2006. She has written several series including: The Maplecreek Series, The Home Valley Series, The Queen Elizabeth I Series and Cold Creek Series. Her titles often make the New York Times and USA Today Bestsellers List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- The Stone Forest
- Original publication date
- 2002
- People/Characters
- Jenna Kirk
- Important places
- Stone County, Indiana, USA
- Epigraph
- "Murder may pass unpunished for a time,
But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime."
--John Dryden
"When I try to imagine a faultless love
Or the life to come,
What I hear is the murmuring
Of Underground streams,
What I see is a
Limestone landscape."
--W. H. Auden,
In Praise of Limestone - Dedication
- Although I completed this novel four months before the terrorist tragedies at the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon, I want to dedicate this book to the memory of the many people who lost their lives there. The Pentagon, li... (show all)ke many famous American buildings, is made of Indiana limestone.
- First words
- Prologue
June 6, 1985
"Nice party, but I thought they'd never leave," Mandi said with a sigh and a yawn. - Original language
- English
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- English, German, Swedish
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