Henry Carter Hull

When novelist Andrew Thale travels to Massachusetts to check on some neglected family property, he finds a strange group of squatters staying at the house, and the longer Andrew stays there, the more he finds himself being drawn into their lifestyle.

Tells of a seemingly ordinary, successful family who is nearly torn apart when tragedy strikes but finds a way to remain happy and loyal despite rumors, secrets and strife.

An unnamed man recounts his own life, from a sickly boy concerned with his own health, to becoming a father, an advertising man, a philanderer, and a deteriorating old man.

Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist born in Sri Lanka and educated in England and America, finds herself in the midst of a complicated mystery when she is sent back to her home country by an international human rights group to discover the source of an organized campaign of murder on the island.

The third book of the "Christmas Box" collection, telling the story of the love between David and MaryAnne Parkin, and following David's quest to find his mother, a woman whose abandonment had a devastating impact on David's life.

As Veblen and Paul struggle to make it to their wedding day in one piece, they grapple with staying true to their ideals in life and work, dealing with dysfunctional parents, a seductive pharmaceutical heiress, and a very charismatic squirrel. "A dazzlingly original novel about love and family, war and nature, set amid a California culture clash of new money and antiestablishment values." -- provided by publisher.

The death of Vernon Proctor, the oldest of three illiterate brothers living on primitive farm in upstate New York, sets off a wave of suspicion and accusations in the community, and complicates the work of state trooper Del Graham, who must look at Creed and the feeble-minded Audie as suspects.

The final book by Camus, covering the years of his fatherless childhood in Algeria, taken from his incomplete, handwritten manuscript.

Amelia Peabody and her family arrive in Egypt in 1911 for their annual excavation and to celebrate the wedding of Amelia's niece Lia to David, an Egyptian artist; but Amelia's attention is diverted from the dig when David is accused of selling ancient artifacts, and she must work fast to clear his name.