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A wondrous and redemptive debut novel, set in a stark world where evil and magic coincide, The Enchanted combines the empathy and lyricism of Alice Sebold with the dark, imaginative power of Stephen King. "This is an enchanted place. Others don’t see it, but I do." The enchanted place is an...

“It’s ‘Deliverance’ encased in ice… Denfeld’s novel is indeed loaded with suspense, its resonance comes from its surprising tilt towards storytelling restraint, a rarity in this typical crackling genre. Elegiac, informative and disquieting. . . . The novel gallops to a suitably...

The Butterfly Girl is a riveting novel that ripples with truth, exploring the depths of love and sacrifice in the face of a past that cannot be left dead and buried. A year ago, Naomi, the investigator with an uncanny ability for finding missing children, made a promise that she would not take...

“Rene Denfeld reminds us that storytelling remains one of the most powerful means we have of confronting our darkest human impulses, and sometimes overcoming them.”—Washington Post From the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted, a compelling and poignant story of...

“Rene Denfeld reminds us that storytelling remains one of the most powerful means we have of confronting our darkest human impulses and sometimes overcoming them.”—Washington Post From the revered bestselling author, a compulsive, page-turning thriller inspired by her real life work...

Vor drei Jahren, als ihre Familie nach einem Weihnachtsbaum in den frostigen Wäldern von Oregon suchte, verschwand Madison Culver. Drei Jahre - und immer noch keine Spur von der damals Fünfjährigen. Ist sie tot? Doch eine Leiche hat man bisher nicht finden können.

Vor 20 Jahren verschwand ihre Schwester. Naomi selbst hat kaum Erinnerungen an dieses Ereignis – und doch will die »Kinderfinderin« die Spur aufnehmen. Die Suche führt sie direkt in die Dunkelheit von Portland in Oregon, wo mehr Kinder auf der Straße leben als im Rest des Landes. Und immer wieder findet man die Leichen junger Mädchen im Fluss ... Dort trifft Naomi auf Celia, ein zwölfjähriges Mädchen, das vor ihren Eltern geflohen ist.

The unforgettable inspiring memoir of one extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconventional way, Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor's office on wheels. His patients are the city's homeless adolescents and children.

נעמי, בלשית פרטית המתמחה באיתור ילדים שנעלמו, הבטיחה לעצמה שלא תיקח מקרה נוסף לפני שתמצא את אחותה הצעירה שנחטפה ביחד איתה לפני שנים רבות ומאז לא נודעו עקבותיה...