Peter Heller
2) The river
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The story of Celine, an elegant, aristocratic private eye who specializes in reuniting families as she tries to make amends for a loss in her own past. Working out of her jewel box of an apartment at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, Celine has made a career of tracking down missing persons, and she has a better record at it than the FBI. But when a young woman, Gabriela, asks for her help, a world of mystery and sorrow opens up. Gabriela's father...
4) The Painter
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Peter Heller, the celebrated author of the breakout best-seller The Dog Stars, returns with an achingly beautiful, wildly suspenseful second novel about an artist trying to outrun his past. Years ago, a well-known expressionist painter named Jim Stegner shot a man in a bar. The man lived, Jim served his time, and he has learned to live with the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Jim enjoys a quiet life in the valleys of Colorado. He works...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Officer Ren Hopper is a ranger with the National Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: breaking up campgrounds, saving clueless tourists from moose attacks, and attempting to broker an uneasy peace between the wealthy vacationers who tromp through the park with cameras and the residents of hardscrabble Cooke City who want to carve out a meaningful living. When Ren, hiking through the backcountry on his day off, encounters a...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
257 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kingfisher Lodge, nestled in a canyon on a mile and a half of the most pristine river water on the planet, is known by locals as 'Billionaire's Mile' and is locked behind a heavy gate. Sandwiched between barbed wire and a meadow with a sign that reads 'Don't Get Shot!' the resort boasts boutique fishing at its finest. Safe from viruses that have plagued America for years, Kingfisher offers a respite for wealthy clients. Now it also promises a second...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the author's year-long surfing journey from Southern California down the coast of Mexico, where he witnessed the beauty and power of the natural world associated with the surfing sub-culture.