"A dairy farm, again, provides the mordant backdrop for trauma in Dutch poet Rijneveld's startling second novel exploring loss, escape, and boundaries. An unnamed middle-aged veterinarian recounts his version of the ill-fated relationship he cultivated with a 14-year-old girl with whom he was (and is) enamored. The unnamed idealized girl becomes, in disturbing and violent ways, the focus of his fantasies and actions over the course of the summer of...

Three women investigate the death of a high-profile local woman in a small Southern town, and when they find a connection to a cultish personal development group, their discoveries have scorching consequences for the whole community.

"After a tragic accident claims the life of one of her children, Marie Egide is desperate to carve out a fresh start for her family. With her husband and their three surviving children, Marie travels to New Hampshire, where she plans to sell a family estate...Marie's plans are thwarted when she realizes a war veteran known by locals as 'the river witch' is living in a cabin on the property...If Davina refuses to move on, Marie won't be able to either.The...

So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The Mule has yet to find it, but he was getting closer all the time. The men of the Foundation sought it, too, to escape from Mule's mind control. Only Arkady, a 14-year-old girl, seemed to have the answer--or did she?