Blackberry Winter

Seattle, 1933. Vera Ray kisses her 3-year-old son Daniel goodnight and leaves for her night shift at the local hotel. When she returns, an unexpected May snowstorm has covered the city — and her son has vanished. All that remains is his favorite stuffed bear, left behind on the frozen street. No tracks. No answers.

Seattle, 2010. Journalist Claire Aldridge is assigned to cover a rare spring snowstorm and its historical twin from 1933. As she investigates, she uncovers the unsolved case of a missing boy and a grieving mother. But the deeper she digs, the more she finds parallels between her own life and Vera’s.

A haunting, emotional novel that connects two women across generations through love, loss, and the quest for truth.