Two years after his wife’s tragic disappearance, bestselling author John Mastenhock has moved on from the life he once lived. He has quit writing and left his Georgia home to take up a life of debauchery. But John’s world is about to be turned upside down. One day while living in Florida, he is contacted by a negotiator from Hagford &...

It is September 1996 when college roommates Dennis Carew and Curt Tobinesk realize they share the same frustration about academic life and the separate demons they battle every day. After they decide on a whim to take life by the horns, the young men set out in the dark of the night on an unplanned road trip from Pennsylvania to Delaware in...

Leslie Calloway is a twenty-eight-year-old volunteer at a 1-800 line, designed as a call center for children whose parents are out of the house. One snowy New England night, she receives a panicked phone call from a young boy named Justin. He says, “There’s a man in my house,” and Leslie is the only person who can save him.

Armed with only a...