WHEN A 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL BEGGED A MAFIA DON TO PROTECT HER, HE DECLARED WAR IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

Part 1 The laughter began before the attorney finished the sentence. It started with Grant, a quick sharp sound through the nose, polished and private…

  “Get out of my sight.” The sentence cracked across the room so hard that even the candles seemed to flinch. Maria Hargrove had heard…

Part 1 The laughter started with Grant. Not loudly. Not with malice sharp enough to be called cruelty. Just a short, polished little laugh through…

Part 1 On the morning her son told her to leave, Nancy Morrison noticed the sugar bowl before she noticed the way his voice had…

The room was already applauding before Vivian Croft understood her life had just been cut in half. Crystal chandeliers washed the ballroom in gold. Champagne…

Part 1 By three-thirty in the morning, the county hospital always looked like it had given up trying to be hopeful. The fluorescent lights hummed…