The Sullivan children have always known how to keep their mouths shut. Survival depends on avoiding their father's volatile rage. Now they are isolated at a small summer resort, and Mom can't help them anymore. She just hasn't been herself ever since that night when Dad gave their baby sister away. If they can find Grace and bring her home, maybe Mom will get better. It's worth a try. First, they'll have to get past their father.

Widowhood: Less messy than divorce? Sounded great in theory, when Stan was staggering home from his favorite watering hole. Now the unshakable Constable John Harland is digging up all kinds of dirt. By the time a body surfaces he has three feasible motives, two conflicting confessions, one erratic witness-and an overly keen interest in the prime suspect.

Widowhood: Less messy than divorce? Sounded great in theory, when Stan was staggering home from his favorite watering hole. Now the unshakable Constable John Harland is digging up all kinds of dirt. By the time a body surfaces he has three feasible motives, two conflicting confessions, one erratic witness-and an overly keen interest in the prime suspect.

The Sullivan children have always known how to keep their mouths shut. Survival depends on avoiding their father's volatile rage. Now they are isolated at a small summer resort, and Mom can't help them anymore. She hasn't been herself ever since that night when Dad gave their baby sister away. If they can find Grace and bring her home, maybe Mom will get better. It's worth a try. First, they'll have to get past their father.