Contains twelve full-sized reproductions of classic picture books accompanied by background information for the reader.

New York lawyer and private investigator Stone Barrington comes to the aid of a lovely woman accused of the murder of her missing, wealthy husband

When poison-pen columnist Amanda Dart herself becomes the victim of an anonymous gossipmonger, she enlists the help of New York P.I. Stone Barrington to uncover the culprit, someone out to expose the peccadilloes of other influential gossip columnists as well

The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a Black man accused of rape.

"Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go"--

Forced into early retirement by scandal, ex-Army major Holly Barker takes a job as deputy chief of police in rural Orchid Beach, Florida, where she and her canine partner, Daisy, become caught up in a sinister--and deadly--game of cat-and-mouse

New York Times best-selling author Tony Hillerman packs his flawless mysteries with evocative southwestern scenery, Native American lore, and finely-crafted characters. In The First Eagle, fear has been sweeping the Navajo reservation ever since a vicious killer and an unusually virulent strain of bubonic plague started claiming victims. When Tribal policeman Jim Chee discovers a blood-stained Hopi man hovering over a young officer's body, it looks...