Declan got slowly stronger and by the seventh day was sitting up part of the time on the driver’s bench with Kevin. Some days they found meat and some days they didn’t. But nobody ever went to bed hungry and there was a routine to their days. Sarah made her peace with Fion...
What’s doing here?” As Ella clawed desperately at the man holding her by the throat, a short fat man thundered his way down the narrow passageway. Praying it was the captain or somebody in authority, Ella tried to speak and was promptly slapped by the ape holding her. “Hold yer clack, wench! Sto...
The street outside the abbey was black and glistening with the rain that had only just stopped. Ella and Greta stood together in the kitchen by the door that led to the little garden. “You’re sure about this?” Ella asked, patting the pockets of her leather jacket in a nervous habit as if checking...
He had hoped to catch up to them before now, before they could pull some crap like this. He scanned the banks in either direction but saw nothing to draw his attention. They had gone in here. Likely they would’ve crossed, but they could just as easily have come back out on the same side. The poin...
It had rained for three long, dreary days. Tommy had been clearing the entrance to the bunker for a week. It was providential that I was with him that morning as he usually shunned my company in favor of solitude or the two hulking Scibetta boys—my friend Susan’s brothers and our far neighbors on...
He had promised her a special view of the world that few white people ever get to see and she was determined not to break her neck falling down the sheer cliffs on all sides before she did. They had arrived at camp late the night before. Because Carter hadn’t known ahead of time that ...
It has served as an outdoor food market since the middle ages. Laurent had left home before dawn so he would have the best pick of everything the market had to offer: peppers, glossy eggplants, tomatoes, strawberries that tasted like real strawberries, figs, apricots, peaches, plums, melons, and ...
The French Riviera is the ultimate travel destination…unless murder is on the itinerary When Lanie Morrison—an old high school friend of Maggie’s—is murdered on the Côte d’Azur while auditioning for the hit TV travel show “Americans See Europe,” Maggie is forced to break away from village lif...
Caitlin stood next to her with her hand on Papin as if in support. In the crowd, she saw the look of confusion on Mike’s face as if he was sure he hadn’t heard correctly. Two young men—both from the gypsy group—appeared on either side of him, flanking him. They hadn’t touched him yet. Their eyes ...
The air is crisp. The ground is firm but not hard. Your horse's eye is bright, his coat glossy. It's going to be a great hack. You bound up into his newly buffed and polished saddle and gently urge him forward into a walk. After a few minutes, you're heading toward the trail and all is right with...