In 1918 in Kansas a young girl is determined to make it possible for her constantly moving, tenant farmer family to buy the farm that she has come to love and wants to live on permanently.

"V.I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her intelligence, her humor, her unflinching courage, and her love of good coffee. But even the strongest people sometimes need a break to recharge, so her friends send her to Kansas for a weekend of college basketball where Angela, one of her protégées, is playing. And that’s where trouble finds V.I. Sabrina, one of Angela’s roommates, disappears and V.I. agrees to try to find her. Finding...

A summer getaway in Montana for Dave Robicheaux's family and friends is violently shattered by the arrival of serial killer and prison escapee Asa Surrette.

When Emma Switzer's Amish family is robbed on a trip to visit relatives, leaving them destitute and stranded on the Kansas prairie, Luke Carson--a trail boss heading up his first cattle drive--is not Emma's first choice as an answer to her prayers.

Sixth-grader Griffin Penshine has always believed wishes can come true, and so when a strange woman curses her with a box of pennies, Griffin fears her evil desires will come true until she returns each penny to the person who first wished upon it.