Once upon a time…
… there was an old woman who lived in the Bronx neighborhood known as Higgs Point.
There, tiny shotgun houses are perched on waterfront. The view from Mina Yetner’s window is of marsh grass, birds, and in the distance the Manhattan sky line.
Mina doesn’t like to get into her neighbor’s business, but when Sandra Ferrante, a troubled woman with a drinking problem, is pulled from her home and taken by ambulance to the local hospital, Mina tries to find Sandra’s daughter to convey her mother’s message:
“Don’t let him in until I’m gone.”
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A finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, “Come and Find Me” tells the story of a recluse who works and lives online must brave the “real world” when her sister goes missing. By assuming the identity of her alter-ego, an avatar who is as fearless as Diana herself once was, she finds the courage to set out.
But soon she finds herself wondering: Has she become a character in someone else’s game?
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A finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark award and winner of the David award for best mystery of 2010, “Never Tell a Lie” tells of a young couple who are about to have their first child. A woman from their past shows up at their yard sale. She goes inside their house, and she never comes out.
Relentlessly fast-paced and disturbingly creepy, NEVER TELL A LIE is a page-turning thrill ride about how well we know the people we love, and how far we are willing to go to protect the secrets of our past.
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Hallie Ephron’s how-to book about writing a mystery, “Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock ‘Em Dead with Style,” has become a classic in the field. A finalist for the Edgar and Anthony awards, it takes the writer from developing a premise, to staking out a plot, to writing a blueprint, crafting a dramatic opening, and on through writing and revising, and finding a publisher. Worksheets and guides are provide for every step along the way.
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