On the night their mother drowns, sisters Marnie and Diana
Maitland discover there is more than one kind of death.
There is the death of innocence, of love, and of hope.
Each sister harbors a secret about that night-secrets that
will erode their lives as they grow into adulthood.
After ten years of silence between the sisters,
Marnie is called back to the South Carolina Lowcountry by
Diana's ex-husband, Quinn Read More »
Claire Harper wraps up a hard day of work with a jog
through Mulberry Park. Her workout is so much more than an
effort to stay in shape. She runs to find a respite from
the grief that has enveloped her since the death of her
young son, but she never manages to alleviate the pain or
the haunting memories of that fateful day . . . until she
finds a little girl’s letter to God perched Read More »
THERE'S A BIG LIFE AHEAD OF HER.
CAN SHE FIND THE COURAGE TO LIVE IT?
Emma is twenty-six -- pretty, intelligent, and happily
living with her childhood sweetheart John in a cute little
Dublin apartment. Her biggest problem is that her mother
won't stop nagging her to get married already. Emma and
John feel like the perfect couple, their future alive with
possibilities. But out of the blue, a tragedy Read More »
Her name is Leigh Majors and she isn’t going to change it.
She works hard in her off-Broadway theatre as a director of
small, critically acclaimed plays. She has a sane and happy
marriage with Michael, and a delightful best friend in
Maddie. Her mother, the famous Bridie Hart, was America’s
favorite TV sitcom mom, who can only play the role of a
good mother if somebody else writes the dialogue. Leigh Read More »
How do you cope in a world without your mother?
When Barbara realizes time is running out, she writes
letters to her four daughters, aware that they'll be
facing the trials and triumphs of life without her at
their side. But how can she leave them when they still
have so much growing up to do?
Take Lisa, in her midthirties but incapable of making a
commitment; or Jennifer, trapped in a stale marriage Read More »
Lieutenant Jonathan Stride knows his partner Maggie Bei is
in trouble when she reports a deadly crime on a bitter
winter night. She's obviously hiding a terrible secret. And
her silence only feeds suspicion.
Maggie isn't the only one keeping secrets in Duluth. A
seductive young woman has disappeared, leaving behind a
stash of lurid fantasies and a cryptic message. I know who
it is.
Following a twisted trail, Stride uncovers a sordid Read More »
Twenty-seven-year-old Kristi Bentz is lucky to be alive.
Not many people her age have nearly died twice at the hands
of a serial killer, and lived to tell about it.
Her dad, New Orleans detective, Rick Bentz, wants Kristi to
stay in New Orleans and out of danger. But if anything,
Kristi’s experiences have made her even more fascinated by
the mind of the serial killer. She hasn’t given up Read More »
Texas college professor Tom Nelson searches for answers after his wife Jane snaps and drowns their toddler son.
Jane, a loving mother of two, has drowned her toddler son
and is charged with his murder in this powerful examination
of love, loss, and family legacy. When a prosecutor decides
Jane's husband Tom is partially to blame for the death and
charges him with "failure to protect," Tom's attorney
proposes a radical defense. He plans to create reasonable
doubt about his client's alleged guilt by showing that
Jane's genealogy is Read More »
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