{"product_id":"the-empty-house-glen-hatcher-9798176005431","title":"The Empty House: The Strait Between Us Book Two","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman is found dead in an empty winter cottage on Prince Edward Island.\u003cbr\u003eThe man everyone expects to blame may not be the person who killed her.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetired school principal Ruth Lennox had spent years rebuilding her life after the death of her teenage daughter in a drunk driving crash. Then, quietly and without telling those closest to her, she began corresponding with the man responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ruth is discovered dead beside a fading fire, with two mugs on the table and no sign of forced entry, investigator Anna Keating is drawn into a case shaped by old grief, family loyalty and secrets that were never meant to surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the investigation crosses the Northumberland Strait and reaches into a tragedy thirteen years old, Anna begins to realise that Ruth's death may have less to do with hatred than with something far more complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause forgiveness does not mean forgetting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes the people who survive the same tragedy do not survive it in the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Empty Houses\u003c\/b\u003e is Book Two in \u003cb\u003eThe Strait Between Us\u003c\/b\u003e, an atmospheric crime series about murder, memory, community and the hidden lives of people who know one another too well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glen Hatcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798176005431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Glen Hatcher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780094103807,"sku":"9798176005431","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-empty-house-glen-hatcher-9798176005431","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}