The train carved its way through the Georgia countryside, wheels clicking rhythmically against iron rails. Inside the first class car, warmth from the coal stove…
Karen stood up, looked at her daughter for the first time in 9 years. Lucy had grown, was no longer the three-year-old Karen remembered, was…
The name of Clare’s imaginary friend. The name only Karen would recognize. The name that would prove this was not coincidence. Karen stopped. Diane kept…

In 2007, a woman walking through downtown Milbrook, New York, heard a stranger say a name that stopped her in her tracks. The name belonged…
Their escape had been too spectacular, too audacious to remain unknown for long. Word was spreading through the south about the enslaved couple who had…
A question that had no good answer, no clever deflection, no way out except the truth or a lie so desperate it could only end…
If they had stayed in Wilmington overnight, if the woman had mentioned her concerns to authorities, if she had decided to investigate further. But they…
Outside, through the small cabin window, the Georgia coastline slipped past, marshes and islands and the mouth of the Savannah River opening onto the Atlantic.…
The man glanced at her once at the top hat, the bandages, the sickly posture, and moved on without a second thought. He never even…
“Take your time,” Chen said softly, opening the door slowly for her to enter when ready. Jessica stepped inside, saw three people standing there, staring…





