The way a blade loses its sharpness after cutting through too much rope. The front door opened. Perry came in carrying an envelope. From the…
Her right knee struck stone. Pain shot up through her thigh and into her hip, and she heard herself cry out a sound the wind…

Twins Vanished After Visiting a Friend in 1985 — 29 Years Later, a Reporter Found the Missing Link … Detectives launched an immediate investigation. They…
Henry Ashby was already gone, headed back to Boston, with the weight of what he had done pressing him into the hardwood seat of a…
And the only light in the world seemed to be the small flame of her lamp burning in a circle of orange warmth that stopped…
Then he closed his fingers around hers gently with a care that seemed impossible for hands that large and that hard, and held them for…

He Vanished With His Plane in 1983 — 15 Years Later, It Was Found Just Minutes From Home … The trip was practical rather than…
A cold October wind swept through the open doors, carrying whispers that wrapped around Lenor Ashb like chain she could feel but never see. She…
Not a question, a statement because she had noticed that Perry never touched anything stronger than coffee. Never mentioned alcohol. Never even looked at the…
What I gave Lenora was a choice. Then Hollis stood. The entire congregation drew a collective breath. Hollis Drummond standing in church was unusual enough.…


