Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world -- until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared...  more

Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world -- until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her -- a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge. Yet a little girl was living in a nightmare, and Torey Hayden responded in the only way she knew how -- with courage, compassion, and dedication -- demonstrating once again the tremendous power of love and the resilience of the human spirit.

Seven-year-old Venus Fox never spoke, never listened, never even acknowledged the presence of another human being in the room with her. Yet an accidental playground "bump" would release a rage frightening to behold. The school year that followed would prove to be one of the most...  more

Seven-year-old Venus Fox never spoke, never listened, never even acknowledged the presence of another human being in the room with her. Yet an accidental playground "bump" would release a rage frightening to behold. The school year that followed would prove to be one of the most trying, perplexing, and ultimately rewarding of Torey's career, as she struggled to reach a silent child in obvious pain. It would be a strenuous journey beset by seemingly insurmountable obstacles and darkened by truly terrible revelations -- yet encouraged by sometimes small, sometimes dazzling breakthroughs -- as a dedicated teacher remained committed to helping a "hopeless" girl, and patiently and lovingly leading her toward the light of a new day. A stunning and poignant account of an extraordinary teacher's determination never to abandon a child in need -- from internationally bestselling author of ONE CHILD.

An Anniversary Anthology: Featuring Today's Best Known Women Mystery Writers. Twenty stories of suspense, both originals and classics. Contents: Sisters on the Case: Introduction / Sara Paretsky; * Sister Death / Sue Henry: * Hearing Her Name / Susan Dunlap; * Frighted Out of...  more

An Anniversary Anthology: Featuring Today's Best Known Women Mystery Writers. Twenty stories of suspense, both originals and classics. Contents: Sisters on the Case: Introduction / Sara Paretsky; * Sister Death / Sue Henry: * Hearing Her Name / Susan Dunlap; * Frighted Out of Fear; or, The Bombs Bursting in Air / P. M. Carlson; * Guardian Angel / Rochelle Krich; * Never Too Old / Linda Grant; * Murder for Lunch / Carolyn Hart; * The Whole World is Watching / Libby Fischer Hellmann; * I Killed / Nancy Pickard; * Maubi and the Jumbies / Kate Grilley; * Estelle Is Dead / Medora Sale; * Steak Tartare / Barbara D'Amato; * Animal Act / Claire McNab; * Lady Patterly's Lover / Charlotte MacLeod; * Not Just the Facts / Annette Meyers; * Ninjettes / Kate Flora; * The People's Way / Eve K. Sandstrom; * For the Common Good / Patricia Sprinkle; * A Family Sunday in the Park / Sara Paretsky; * You May Already Be a Winner / Margaret Maron; * Dies Irae / Dorothy Salisbury Davis; About the Authors About Sisters in Crime  

"New York, 1943. Almost anything in pants has gone to serve Uncle Sam in the war - including Woody Mason, the head of a detective agency in midtown Manhattan. Left to run the show is his secretary, Faye Quick, who signed on to be a steno, not a shamus. At twenty-six and five foot four,...  more

"New York, 1943. Almost anything in pants has gone to serve Uncle Sam in the war - including Woody Mason, the head of a detective agency in midtown Manhattan. Left to run the show is his secretary, Faye Quick, who signed on to be a steno, not a shamus. At twenty-six and five foot four, there's not much to Faye, but she's got moxie - which she'll need when she stumbles over a dead girl in the street and takes on her first murder case." "This victim wasn't any ordinary girl. Claudette West was a student at NYU and the daughter of a Park Avenue family. Faye, who lives in bohemian Greenwich Village - where no one cares how you look - ventures uptown, where people care enough about money to kill for it. Claudette's father is convinced that greed was the motive, and that Claudette's working-class boyfriend, Richard Cotton, killed the girl because she threw him off the gravy train." Faye, however, isn't so sure, not when she learns about all the other men Claudette was secretly seeing - from her lecherous literature professor to an apparent con artist. For Faye, there are more shocking surprises in store than turns and dips in the Coney Island Cyclone.

When his wife's anniversary gift--a valuable, antique teddy bear--is stolen, retired cop Brad Lyon must discover the fur-fetched connection between the theft and the murder of a local museum curator.