In Ariel Lawhon’s “The Frozen River,” narrator Martha Ballard reveals how a person would navigate the river that flows through Hallowell, Maine, in the late 18th century: “There are only
This holiday season my loved ones came through once again, gracing me with a delightful assortment of books with which to ring in the new year. I revel in unwrapping every telltale square gift, the only suspense being the sort of book I’ll find. Fiction or non? Mystery or history? Novels or short story collections?…