


Victoria Warren is a thirty-something lawyer in New York City. The sudden death of her mother sends her off on quest to find the father that she never knew, only to find he’d committed suicide on the day she was born. However, people who know him best say he didn’t stick around for the funeral, and as a matter of fact, he’s been keeping regular hours after the sun goes down.

With the murder of Fred Needleman, the proprietor at SoundLabs in mid-town New York, Titus Moorehead is once again called on to investigate. Fred Needleman and his son, Mark are a continuation from Late Risers, but we meet a whole new cast, in what can only be called a “cabal” of do-gooders pledged to fight the evil growing in the nighttime underbelly of New York.

Doug Barnett has unexpectedly returned to his childhood home, after an ice storm forces him and his son Colin to detour to a place he hadn’t been in some sixty years. Here, the locals help him remember the story of man who saved him from a drowning as an eleven year old, a mysterious night fisherman, who only appears to save drowning kids. An engrossing, emotional read.

Janey Garret is a victim of her own birth defects. Born with scoliosis, a deformed hand and a twisted leg, she leaves for college and meets a boy in a wheel chair. A mysterious locked room presents them both with an opportunity and a dilemma. One will die and the other will grow and move on to a greater life. A coming of age novel for all to see and understand the challenges of living for the handicapped.

Lily Whitaker is a precocious eight year old in the town of Marble Hill, until a bite on the cheek by a seemingly innocuous butterfly changes her life forever. She quickly becomes the leader of a group of girls with strange powers and a swarm of butterflies that terrorize the town. The ending will surprise many, delight some, and provoke others with fear of their own children.