It appeared beyond the frosted glass of the back porch door, a bright spot of color against the white mountain storm. Then he saw the little girl beneath it. Lucy Ward was six years old, dressed in...

Halloween lights still glowed orange across the Mercer house when Vanessa opened the front door and told an eight-year-old girl and a grieving old woman that they no longer belonged there. Lucy Mercer...

Plastic cobwebs stretched across the staircase railing. Carved pumpkins flickered on the mantel. Tiny orange lights wound around the tall windows overlooking the darkening backyard. Emily should have...