Vivacious actress Sybil Ingram looks forward to a life of security when she leaves the theater in 1873 to marry a wealthy American. But when he dies suddenly on their wedding night, she finds herself a penniless widow. Her only legacy...

When a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all.

Andrea and her brother travel back to the most dangerous part of her grandfather's past, in Chicago.

Cash and Sheriff Wheaton make for a strange partnership. When they find themselves staring at the dead Indian lying in the field, there's a long and dangerous way to go to find the men who killed him.

Graham and Annie are a golden couple, and have been married for nearly thirty years. So when Graham suddenly dies, Annie becomes lost. But when she discovers that Graham had been unfaithful to her, she spirals into darkness.

After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.

Noah Savino has been in a wheelchair for months and hates being treated like he's helpless. He misses playing baseball, though not as much as he misses his dad, who died in the car accident that paralyzed Noah. He'll have to...

Dans les nouvelles de ce recueil, les thèmes abordés sont classiques et universels : l’amour et la mort, dont les pas complexes s’entremêlent dans un tango déchirant dansé sur la piste souvent trop étroite du quotidien. Les rencontres,...

Taking his daughter Sara home from school one day, New Jersey accountant Glen drives his car into another vehicle, killing its driver. Since no one else saw the accident, Glen lies about it to the police--a decision that sends his life...