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It started with a promise, a pact. It became a secret that no one must tell—that their parents were dead and gone, including the one they'd buried in the backyard. Now the McNair children are growing older, discovering love, college, and careers. But their lie haunts them. Their home holds them captive. Only the horrifying truth of their mother's death can set the children free. And only the truth can destroy them all.
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"Calling Kate Wilhelm a born storyteller is like calling Frank Sinatra a born singer: its necessary but not sufficient to explain the genius that lies just behind the apparent facility. Whether Wilhelm is writing her prizewinning science fiction, her best-of-the-bunch legal thrillers, or an emotionally charged psychological thriller such as The Good Children, Wilhelm instantly brings her character
Amazon.com Review
"Seamless storytelling and believable characters caught in a bizarre, inescapable situation make this latest psychological thriller from three-time Nebula Award winner Wilhelm taut and satisfying…Wilhelms spare, unsentimental style contributes nicely to the mood of this well-told gothic tale."
Publishers Weekly
"Three-time Nebula Award winner Kate Wilhelm creates an unsettling account of a family of four children who are trying to stay together under devastating circumstances…Carrington MacDuffie is convincing as Kevin, 15; Amy, 14; Liz, 11; and Brian, 6, attempt to hide their mothers death, hoping to avoid the foster care system. MacDuffies treatment of Brians slide into a psychological nightmare is esp
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