Once Mandy and her childhood sweetheart Stuart decide they’ve had enough of their dead-end lives in 1954 small-town Wisconsin, they elope, rob a bank to finance their future, and go off in search of their happily-ever-after. Their path takes them from town to town and from crime to crime, from grand theft auto and armed robbery to assault with a deadly weapon and bank fraud—and to the accidental kidnapping of Denny, a twelve-year old boy from a similar background, who they can’t return to his hometown. Together, the threesome meet up with people both sympathetic and hostile, find out how strange the world can be, and discover the true meaning family in order to create their own place in society.

De Chirico's mysterious paintings had a profound influence on modern art but one key to understanding them is an early series of eight paintings on the mythical Greek princess Ariadne. This volume provides an overall account of De Chirico's career.

Devlin's Crossing Police Chief Patrick Morgan wants nothing more than a quiet 1945 holiday season for his city, but it's not to be. A shell-shocked soldier comes to him to ask for help in finding the woman he married before shipping out, a woman who has never lived at the address he's been sending his pay, and his love. When an Ohio businessman comes looking for his son and new daughter-in-law at the same address, a chain of events involving murder and emotional and financial scams unfolds and engulfs families--including Morgan's, whose daughter and father become victims of the con artists. What starts as a simple desire to help a confused veteran turns into a personal vendetta for the chief, leading him to some of the less savory parts of the county and a conclusion that will haunt him long after the final arrest.

After nearly four years of war, the citizens of Devlin's Crossing, Wisconsin, are grateful for a chance to celebrate peace, but police chief Patrick Morgan wants nothing to do with the city's massive street party. He can't understand how people can celebrate while his son lies dead in a grave somewhere in Europe, never to return home. During the jubilee, Carter Fairfax, the black sheep of the city's wealthiest family, is found shot to death behind his burlesque. Chief Morgan, who has his own reasons for wishing Fairfax dead, has the responsibility of finding his murderer. Secrets are revealed that cause him to rethink everything in his life, from the city he calls home to his relationship with his daughter, who he's ignored while grieving his son. Immersed in murder and mourning, Patrick doubts justice will ever come home.