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After a freak car accident left her widowed, Kathleen has retreated to Pennsylvania's Blue Ridge Mountains, where she works in an isolated corner of the state park. There she meets a stranger who seems to be hiding from the authorities in his native Uzbekistan. As the violent secrets of their pasts unfold, the difference between good and evil proves more complicated than we might think... and a surprising final twist casts Kathleen in a new light altogether.

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[An] atmospheric suspense novel....Pick up now. --O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE Ways to Hide in Winter is a taut, ferocious debut. Sarah St. Vincent is the new master teller of the tale of 'our ordinary monsters.' --Kyle Minor, author of Praying Drunk The author's background as a human rights attorney and advocate for victims of domestic violence serves her well as she makes subtle connections between socio-economic powerlessness and male rage... Sensitive prose conveys both compassion and outrage in this impressive debut. --*starred* KIRKUS REVIEWS Oustanding... St. Vincent sensitively explores her believable characters' motives in this tightly plotted tale. --*starred* PUBLISHERS WEEKLY This novel of suspense has many strengths... This is a book to keep one up late into the night, its considerable momentum pulling the reader toward its finale. An impressive, compelling first novel, with characters that will be missed after its conclusion. --SHELF AWARENESS Ways to Hide in Winter is an impressive, compelling first novel, with characters that will be missed after its conclusion. --*starred* SHELF AWARENESS A nuanced look at tragedy and reconciliation... Ways to Hide in Winter is an atmospheric exploration of abuse, endurance, and life-altering choices. --BOOKLIST A tautly plotted thriller cradled by a well of emotion. --REFINERY29 Especially eye-opening. Ways to Hide in Winter makes it clear that you can hide for a season, but spring thaw will catch up to you eventually. --BOOKPAGE Written with...careful wording, rigorous research, and righteous fury. --CRIME READS (A) beautifully wrought debut --CRIME READS A compelling mystery... The author's experience as a human rights attorney informs the drama of the novel in a convincing way. --ARKANSAS INTERNATIONAL Ways to Hide in Winter is all the more impressive considering that it is author Sarah St. Vincent's debut as a novelist with a genuine flair for originality and narrative driven storytelling. --MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW The tightly plotted tale combines a story of regret with the war on terror. --SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL Ways To Hide In Winter gives us a human-scale drama that seems a necessary answer to action-focused war and espionage fiction; fraught and unexpected, it rightly rebuts the cliche that world events don't creep into secluded, sleepy places. --CRIMINAL ELEMENT

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Sarah St.Vincent grew up in a rural Pennsylvania community similar to the one in which this novel is set. She has worked as a legal fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology and as a clerk at the International Court of Justice. She is currently a researcher and advocate on national security, surveillance, and domestic law enforcement for Human Rights Watch. She frequently writes on these topics and has been interviewed recently by such outlets as The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Reuters, NPR, and Bloomberg West. She lives in New York.

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