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By Any Other Name: Maggie Glass Mysteries, Book 2 In the quiet New England village of Bell Harbor, life along the Connecticut River appears tranquil-but beneath its surface, old secrets refuse to stay buried. Rose McGowan, an elderly painter whose days are marked by fading memory and morning landscapes, stumbles upon a horrifying scene at the riverside: a man dumping what appears to be a body. Terrified and unsure who to trust, she clings to the discovery even as her own recollections begin to slip away. Months later, Associate Professor Maggie Glass-a former prosecutor who has rebuilt her life after her ex-husband's crimes nearly destroyed her family-takes her daily run along the river with her loyal Lab, Pumpkin. When Pumpkin unearths a human hand in the thawing mud, Maggie is thrust into a new mystery that shatters Bell Harbor's small-town calm. As Maggie navigates her complicated relationships-with her three grown children, her detective boyfriend Finn, and her spirited friend Megan-she is drawn deeper into the investigation. What begins as a tragic discovery soon spirals into a dangerous puzzle involving long-ago disappearances, hidden betrayals, and a community forced to confront truths it has ignored for decades. Torn between her instincts as a former prosecutor and her role as a teacher of criminology, Maggie straddles two worlds: the intellectual analysis of crime and the visceral, personal reality of confronting it in her own backyard. But as her search for answers converges with Rose's haunting memories, Maggie realizes that the past and present are dangerously intertwined-and someone in Bell Harbor may stop at nothing to keep the truth buried. Blending small-town charm with page-turning suspense, By Any Other Name is both a gripping mystery and a story of resilience, asking how well we can ever know the people we love-and what we owe to those who can no longer speak for themselves.

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A must read page-turner! I could not put this novel down! The characters were very well-developed and relatable, imbedded in the story of a woman and her family, fraught with tragedy, but with a resilience that kept me cheering for them till the end! I really hope the author continues the character of Maggie Glass in a series... I want to know more about this intriguing woman!

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Laura Heeger is an attorney and former prosecutor in New York City. She lives in a small Connecticut village, practices global compliance, and lectures at the University of Connecticut Law School. She is happily married to Mike, and together they have four kids, now all grown, and a beloved Basset Hound. She is passionate about writing, reading, gardening, and travel, and she loves a good mystery.

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