A woman stops at nothing to find her husbands murderer in this psychological thriller about twisted marriages, fractured families, and deadly obsessions.

"In this ... horror story based on true events, [President Franklin Pierce's] late son haunts the White House, breaking the spirit of what remains of the First Family and the divided America beyond the residence's walls"--

In the years between the two world wars, Josef Tobak builds a quiet life in Vienna. Then comes the Anschluss in 1938, and Josef escapes to America with the help of his closest gentile friend, who joins the Nazi Party. After the war, Josef returns to Vienna with his family and tries to make sense of what remains.

A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Although disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the village people, twelve-year-old Pai remains certain of her calling and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people. With remarkable grace, Pai finds the strength to challenge her family and embraces a thousand years of tradition in order to fulfill her destiny.

"Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, Elizabeth is sent to stay with the O Connor family. At first she is overcome by the noise and confusion of Ireland, by the extravagant emotionalism of a people quick to anger and swift to forgive. But soon, through the determined friendship of ten-year-old Aisling and the love of Eileen, Elizabeth begins to enjoy life as never before. When she goes back to England after the war this family remains part of her life. Through twenty years of friendship Aisling O Connor and Elizabeth White s paths will cross and re-cross. As they face their loves, their marriages and their disappointments, they come to realise that not all problems will be solved, nor all wishes granted by lighting a penny candle."--Author's website.

"Four months after her husband's death, Janie LaMarche remains undone by grief and anger. Her mourning is disrupted, however, by the unexpected arrival of a builder with a contract to add a porch onto her house. Stunned, Janie realizes the porch was meant to be a surprise from her husband, now his last gift to her. As she reluctantly allows construction to begin, Janie clings to the familiar outposts of her sorrow, mothering her two small children with fierce protectiveness, avoiding friends and family, and stewing in a rage she can't release...As the porch takes shape, Janie discovers that the unknowable terrain of the future is best navigated with the help of others, even those we least expect to call on, much less learn to love."--p. [4] of cover.

"It's 1942, and London remains under constant threat of enemy attack. In the Bethnal Green neighborhood of the East End, Nellie Morris counts every day lucky that she emerges from the underground shelters unharmed, her loving family still surrounding her. Three years into the war, she's grateful to hold onto remnants of normalcy. But after a chance encounter with Ray, an American airman stationed nearby, Nellie becomes enchanted with the idea of a broader world. Just when Nellie begins to embrace an exciting new life with Ray, a terrible incident occurs during an air raid one evening. The consequences are catastrophic. As the secrets and truth about that night are revealed, Nellie's world is torn apart. But even when it seems all hope is lost, Nellie finds that, against all odds, love and happiness can triumph. Nineteen Steps is a deeply affecting, mesmerizing page-turner inspired by the author's family history."--Publisher.

John and Jen are journalists who are a newly married couple. Marley is the adopted puppy that no one wants, a high-strung lab who is virtually untrainable. Marley shreds cushions, destroys floors and walls and most everything in between. Instead of taking him to the pound, they love their dog and he faithfully loves them in return. John and Jen eventually have three children and Jen gives up her career to be a mom. John's career continues to advance as he carves a niche as a local columnist. The family moves from Florida to Pennsylvania. John struggles with his own career direction, but Marley remains the constant. A memoir of Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John Grogan's life with his yellow Labrador retriever.

A small town hides a big secret… Who killed Emily Vaughn? A girl with a secret… Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for the prom. For an athlete, who is smart, pretty and well-liked, this night should be the highlight of her high school career. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, that secret will be silenced forever. An unsolved murder… Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains a mystery. Her tight-knit group of friends closed ranks; her respected, wealthy family retreated inwards; the small town moved on from her grisly attack. But all that’s about to change. One final chance to uncover a killer… US Marshal Andrea Oliver arrives in Longbill Beach on her first assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But, in reality, Andrea is there to find justice for Emily. The killer is still out there – and Andrea must discover the truth before she gets silenced, too…

"For fans of A Thousand Splendid Suns comes a stirring novel set in Afghanistan & about two women--an American aid worker and her local interpreter--who form an unexpected friendship despite their utterly different life experiences and the ever-increasing violence that surrounds them in Kabul. In 2001, Kabul is suddenly a place of possibility as people fling off years of repressive Taliban rule. This hopeful chaos brings together American aid worker Liv Stoellner and Farida Basra, an educated Pakistani woman still adjusting to her arranged marriage to Gul, the son of an Afghan strongman whose family spent years of exile in Pakistan before returning to Kabul. Both Liv and her husband take positions at an NGO that helps Afghan women recover from the Taliban years. They see the move as a reboot--Martin for his moribund academic career, Liv for their marriage. But for Farida and Gul, the move to Kabul is fraught, severing all ties with Farida's family and her former world, and forcing Gul to confront a chapter in his life he'd desperately tried to erase. The two women, brought together by Farida's work as an interpreter, form a nascent friendship based on their growing mutual love for Afghanistan, though Liv remains unaware that Farida is reporting information about the Americans' activities to Gul's family, who have ties to the black market. As the bond between Farida and Liv deepens, war-scarred Kabul acts in different ways upon them, as well as their husbands. Silent Hearts is an absorbing, complex portrayal of two very different but equally resilient women caught in the conflict of a war that will test them in ways they never imagined"--

From the glamorous San Francisco social scene of the 1920s, through war and the social changes of the '60s, to the rise of Silicon Valley today, this extraordinary novel takes us on a family odyssey that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, as each generation faces the challenges of their day. The Parisian design houses in 1928, the crash of 1929, the losses of war, the drug culture of the 1960s--history holds many surprises, and lives are changed forever. For richer or for poorer, in cramped apartments and grand mansions, the treasured wedding dress made in Paris in 1928 follows each generation into their new lives, and represents different hopes for each of them, as they marry very different men. From inherited fortunes at the outset to self-made men and women, the wedding dress remains a cherished constant for the women who wear it in each generation and forge a destiny of their own. It is a symbol of their remaining traditions and the bond of family they share in an ever-changing world.

KIDNAPPED(Warning£this may contain spoilers!!) Wealthy Graydon Fletcher is the patriarch a large family of adopted and foster children, most of whom still live near him in Las Piernas. Opening their home to the abandoned, Graydon and his late wife made education a primary focus for their children, and used innovative methods to encourage them to reach their full potential. Fletchers now hold positions of power throughout Las Piernas society. The Fletcher Academy is one of the top private schools in the state. Richard Fletcher, a graphic artist, is discovered bludgeoned to death in his studio. Missing are his three-year-old daughter, Jenny, and his rebellious stepson, Mason. Hours later, Mason is found miles away, naked and unconscious£apparently having taken an almost fatal combination of alcohol and drugs£in the wreckage of his car in the San Bernardino mountains. Police find plenty of evidence to implicate him in his stepfather's murder, but no sign of Jenny. Although his mother and his brother Caleb steadfastly believe in his innocence, Mason is swiftly convicted of killing both his stepfather and sister. Five years later, Mason's brother Caleb still holds out hope: that Jenny will be found alive, and that Mason's conviction will be overturned. Caleb has made a point of studying forensic science in college in response to his family's tragedy. One rainy day brings about two events that may change everything for the Fletchers: First, Irene Kelly publishes an article in the Express highlighting custodial abduction cases in Las Piernas. Her phone rings nonstop with tips, grieving parents, and suspicious theorists£calls that will come to haunt her. Second, she is sent to a muddy slope where Caleb is helping forensic anthropologist Ben Sheridan to recover newly discovered remains£those of a man who has supposedly been living in hiding with his son£a boy he kidnapped two years ago from his ex-wife. But if the man has been dead all this time, where is the boy?