Henry Carter Hull

Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorite orphan, Homer, who is never adopted.

It's a big day for a little girl when she discovers her first loose tooth and makes a trip to the grocery store on the mainland.

Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

Divorcee Roberta Jewett must deal with the unwanted advances of her philandering brother-in-law and the censure of the townspeople when she returns to her hometown of Camden, Maine to begin a nursing job, but discovers friendship and love from unexpected sources.

"Dr. Louis Creed and his wife Rachel chose rural Maine to settle his family and bring up their children. It was a better place than smog-covered Chicago-- or so he thought. But that was before he became acquainted with the old pet burial ground located in the backwoods of the quiet community of Ludlow. The place has a power-- it seeps into your dreams and you wake up sweating with fear. It is a place that strikes dread into the lives of all who share...

Stone Barrington has inherited a house on the island of Dark Harbor, Maine, from a cousin after the death of him and his family which the local police believe to be a murder/suicide. Stone along with Lt. Dino Bacchetti, CIA agent Lance Cabot and Holly Barker go to Maine to look into the deaths.