On New Year’s Day 1870, a German settler in Texas Hill Country, Johanna Korn, watched as her ten-year-old twins, Charlie and Adolph, left their cabin to herd sheep for a... Read More

Dr. Watson is flabbergasted at the landlady’s bombshell, though Holmes merely shrugs until Watson starts to remonstrate with Holmes about financial matters. After all, with... Read More

This novel, like the author’s most famous book, Ordinary People, examines the sadness and loss that lurk just beneath the surface of family life. Sheriff Hugh DeWitt and his... Read More