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The Archer Public Library is excited to announce that Tonies audio players and Tonies characters are now available for checkout! Families may check out up to one box per household and three characters per account for two weeks at a time. With over 50 stories available, little listeners are sure to find new characters they love with these screen-free devices. Visit the library today to learn more! ************** Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen—one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.