Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick has been living on quiet Kenny Lane for sixty of her eighty-one years. When she checks up on her ninety-three-year-old neighbor Ishaan, she discovers he is already dead when she goes into his house. The police suspect Elsie of homicide because of her notorious past. News quickly spreads that Elsie is actually the infamous "Mad Mabel" Waller, who, during her youth, was believed to have done some very bad things to people close to her. Two true-crime jou

When Rahmat and Maryam Sharaf left Afghanistan for northern Virginia, they sought a better life, the American Dream. After early challenges, Rahmat worked hard and overcame many obstacles to amass enough wealth to buy a large home, providing for his wife and four children, who were born in the U.S.  Rahmat and Maryam strived to maintain their Afghan customs and beliefs, which proved difficult when their teenage daughter Zorah began to feel trapped by her parents' guidelines a

Lena lives with her seventeen-year-old son, Lucas, in a house on a quiet tree-lined street in Bristol, England. Recently separated from her husband, she faces further separation as her son prepares to leave home to attend college. Lena is struggling to find her own identity. When a retired couple, Henry and Marielle Morgan, move in next door, she is at first happy to meet them. However, Lena overhears a conversation between the couple on an old boom microphone Lucas is using

While some sequels can be enjoyed as standalones, with Hope Rises , it's strongly recommended to start with book one, Nash Falls . If you've already read the first installment of the Walter Nash  series, you've surely been anticipating this next book about a mild-mannered investment banker who becomes embroiled in an FBI investigation, loses everything, and transforms completely, now seeking vengeance under the alias Dillon Hope. Walter is determined to make Victoria Steers p