Madeleine Mclaughlin: 3 books

After his mother dies, Beggar Charlie finds himself alone, begging for bread. Life doesn't get any better when he is press-ganged. His only hope is the captain of the merchant ship who takes a liking to him.When the ship docks in China, Charlie is sent ashore with Hickory Dick, a boy he...

Benjamin Coffey would like to retire from homicide. But when the corpses of teen-aged girls are found in the forest with black veils covering their faces, he decides to stay just this last time and solve the case. He finds that the enemy he's facing is more dangerous, more infallible than any he's ever met. It threatens to destroy him and the people around him.

When Kevin learns of his mountain town's evil past, he must struggle to understand his father's part in it and how it affects himself.