Concrete Angel Author:Patricia Abbott Eve Moran has always wanted "things" and has proven both inventive and tenacious in getting and keeping them. Eve lies, steals, cheats, swindles, and finally commits murder, paying little heed to the cost of her actions on those who love her. — When Eve murders a man she picks up in a shoe repair shop, she persuades her twelve-year old daughter ... more »Christine to confess to the crime. Christine, compelled by love, dependency, and circumstance, is caught up in her mother's deceptions and find herself even enjoying it at times.
It's only when Christine's three-year old brother, Ryan begins to prove useful to her mother, that she finds the courage and means to bring an end to Eve's tyranny.« less