At the grand Reykjavik hotel, the doorman has been stabbed in the dingy basement he called home. It is only a few days before Christmas and he was preparing to appear as Santa Claus at a children's party. The manager tries to keep the murder under wraps. A glum detective takes up residence in his hotel and an intrusive murder investigation are not what he needs. As Detective Eerlendur queitly surveys the cast of grotesques who populate the hotel,...

Introduces readers to the history of the voice as a musical instrument.

A psychiatric patient is haunted by a deadly ghost in this supernatural thriller by the author of The Lighthouse and The Island. Moira Flynn hears voices. The voices of ghosts. As Moira's doctor uncovers more of her past, he realizes that her ghosts, Jack and Isabella, are real. And Jack is determined to drag Moira into the afterlife with him. At the psychiatric hospital, Moira meets Adam who tells her that he has been able to see ghosts since...

Finding the courage to give voice to stories of trauma, oppression, and internal shame is often difficult, but also is the first step to healing and freedom. This collection of documentary poems presents the voices of women from different times and places, sharing their pain and hope with great vulnerability and realism. Their stories invite readers on a reflective journey through our world's emotional landscape with the hope that you too will experience...

"The Hawk" is charged with guarding the life of an unusual high school athlete, Rodney Marcus. Destined for football fame, Rodney's life is instead changed in a tragic accident leaving him unable to play, but possessing a strange gift.