Washoe County Library System

This is the tale of family, memory, love, and living told by 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who is already in heaven. Through the voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and builds out of her family's grief a hopeful and joyful story.

After witnessing the murder of her mother and sisters, seven-year-old Libby Day testifies against her brother Ben, but twenty-five years later she tries to profit from her tragic history and admit that her story might not have been accurate. For a price Libby Day will reconnect with the players that murdered her mother and two sisters in "The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas." Having testified that her brother Ben was the murderer on that fateful...

Ellie Cavanaugh was only seven years old when her teenage sister, Andrea, was murdered. It was Ellie who led her parents to the secret hideout in which Andrea's body was found. And it was Ellie's testimony that led to the conviction of the man she firmly believed to be the killer. Now, twenty-two years later, the convicted killer is set free from prison. He returns to Ellie's hometown intent on white-washing his reputation. Ellie, now an investigative...

"Haunted by her dreams, Mary Russell arrives in San Francisco in 1924 to settle her parents' estate. But she quickly encounters a few surprises and learns there may be a great deal more to her childhood in this city than she ever knew. As Mary tries to cobble the pieces of her shadowy past together, her husband Holmes wonders if she may be repressing vital memories. And one thing seems certain--someone wants Mary's remembrances to stay buried."