Ann Weisgarber, "The Glovemaker" (Skyhorse Publishing, 2019)

New Books in Literature · May 10, 2019 · 38m

When a strange man knocks on Deborah Tyler’s door one January evening in 1888, she faces a difficult decision. She can guess that her visitor is a criminal, because who else would travel to her isolated Utah community in the dead of winter? And her husband, who normally handles such situations, left home five months ago and has not returned. She is tempted not to answer, but that will only send the unwanted traveler to the next house in Junction, endangering her younger sister and her sister’s children. Besides, most of the criminals who arrive on Deborah’s doorstep are not thieves or…