Celilo's Shadow

Guilt is a powerful force. No matter how much time has passed, its always there, ready to punch you in the chest when you least expect it. All it takes is something ordinarya brief glance, a certain food, or a melody on the radioand regret strikes hard and fast. For Odessa Feldman, the trigger is a Pacific Northwest storm.

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When the muddy bones of a murder victim buried over fifty years ago are discovered in the storms aftermath, Odessa overcomes her long struggle with guilt to finally reveal the truth. But her overdue confession comes with a difficult pricereliving her role in the tragic summer of 1956 and worse, betraying the best friend shed ever had.

Dessa and Ellie Matthews were both fourteen-years-old when they met that summer. Ellies father was a foreman at the dam under construction on the Columbia River. At least thats what he said. But, like murder and the motives behind it, some things in life are rarely as they seem.

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