Bøker av Lois Duncan

It was only an accident but it would change their lives forever.Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has learned the truth, and the horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror--or is he out for revenge?This summer, four friends are going to learn that some secrets just won't stay buried.

"Love is a chain to lock a child to its parent. My poor boy, he was too good for this earth. God has called him home." - Abraham Lincoln GRIEF KNOWS NO AGE>If you look at the world's views on grief, it can be disheartening: 19% of the world's population has experienced the loss of a child. That leaves millions of families searching for hope in the grief process.The divorce rate of couples who experience the loss of a child is 80% to 90%.There is a rise in drug or alcohol use among parents or siblings as they struggle to copeSuicide from surviving parents or siblings is on the rise.The collection of stories shared here are from parents who endured the strength to cope with the loss of a child. Imagine having another parent take your hand during your darkest stage of your grief and show you that there can be light and even hope for your future. Each story includes resources and contact info of other parents who can offer support. When you are grieving, it helps to know that you are not alone in that journey. This books also makes a great gift to give a family who is struggling with the loss of a child. The greatest gift to give another is hope. Contributing Authors (in order of their story): Lois DuncanMike ReynoldsGloria HorsleyDick & Sandy GallagherDean EllerDianne RogersMartha TessmerDoug GriffinVioleta AstileanCookie BakkeShari SavageJill Hammond JacksonJennifer DavisCharisse JimenezAlicia BertoleroDanielle LawheadDan CopeJuanita ArroyoMegan ShankCeline FordPatrick MurphyJanet BurrowaySteve RobertsDebbi RathCecilia DiNunnoMary JohnsonClara HintonMichelene FitzgeraldEddie RiveraKaren TesiDale WestCindy BrownIrene FreitasJoanie CookLo Anne MayerLisa A BrightBrad & Jan LopezElly SutherlandCora MerkleyGretchan WheelerRenee Vigil

Nore Roberts didn't ask for a new life, but now that her mom is gone and her dad is newly married, she has to settle in at Shadow Grove, the old Civil War mansion her stepfamily calls home. When she meets her stepmother, Lisette, Nore is shocked by her youth and beauty that gives her chills- and a hint of something sinister. There's hope of becoming friends with her stepbrother and sister, until Nore realizes they're hiding something. When she begins to feel like the target of a deadly plan, Nore starts digging into her stepfamily's past. The skeletons in their closet are more real than she ever imagined. Can Nore expose her stepmother's dark secret before an old and evil magic swallows her up?

Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.

The plan was only to scare their English teacher...They never actually intended to kill Mr. Griffin. But sometimes plans go wrong.