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At just four years old, Evelyn Gundrum’s happy world is turned upside down. Abandoned by her mother and eventually shipped to an orphanage run by the terrifying Sister Honora, Evelyn grows up amidst hardship and heartbreak, plagued by unresolved emotions that pursue her into adulthood. Spanning the years leading up to Great Depression through World War II, Evelyn Evolving is the real-life story of a girl seeking answers amongst a sea of questions. Will a mysterious letter from her mother change her fate? Does she reunite with elder sister Viola, her only source of comfort?

Set against a backdrop of racial tension and deadly force controversy in Dallas, Open Season introduces Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson, homicide detectives who are unlikely and unwilling partners. When people start dying in area shopping malls, the detectives find themselves up against a killer who has his own race card to play.

Les nouvelles de Au-Delà De La Fissure Du Trottoir explorent les aspects de la vie, de l'amour et de la mort: les principaux éléments qui définissent notre existence humaine. On y trouve également une histoire plus légère: un mystère écrit dans la veine de la Quatrième dimension. Les personnages de ces histoires sont d'âges divers, de Gloria, soixante-dix ans, qui est sur le point de retrouver l'amour, à Bobby, cinq ans, qui ne comprend pas pourquoi son papa n'est plus là.

Los personajes de estas historias varían en edad, desde Gloria, de 70 años, que está a punto de encontrar el amor de nuevo, hasta Bobby, de cinco años, que no tiene ni idea de por qué su papá ya no está. También está Hannah, de 16 años, una fugitiva que encuentra el amor sólo para perderlo. A nivel filosófico, estas historias reflejan el mundo en el que vivimos, sacando a la luz cuestiones sociales como la falta de vivienda, el coste humano de la guerra, los abusos sexuales y cuándo vamos demasiado lejos en el tratamiento médico.

The short stories in Beyond the Crack In the Sidewalk explore aspects of living, loving, and dying: The main elements that define our human existence. Included is also a lighter story: A mystery written in the vein of The Twilight Zone. The characters in these stories range in age from 70-year-old Gloria, who is about to find love again, to five-year-old Bobby, who has no concept of why his daddy is no longer there. Then there’s 16-year-old Hannah, a runaway who finds love only to lose it.

When she worked with detective Steve Morrity two years ago as a member of a drug task force, Jenny Jasik couldn’t deny the pull of a very strong attraction that went both ways. Then, the case ended, but they both realized it was still too soon to act on the chemistry. Emotional wounds were still too fresh and raw, so they had followed their heads, not their hearts. Now, they’ve tossed logic out the window, and they’re ready to give love a chance.

In this historical mystery, set in Arkansas in 1961 when the mob still ruled Hot Springs, babies are being kidnapped, and the local sheriff has to put this case to bed before the bosses come down from Chicago. They don't need the heat, and they have the leverage with the sheriff to make him do whatever they want. It seems like a good move to arrest Leslie Richards, the new woman in town, even though there is only thin circumstantial evidence against her.