Tom Holland: 3 books

Paulie bought the voodoo doll from the peddler as a goof. Make a wish, he said, any wish and it will come true. Paulie didn't believe him, the dollwas just a way of blowing off steam, so when he wished Tina, his bitch of a wife, would just disappear, he didn't expect anything to happen. And then it began.

All they talked about in the Barrio was The Boy. He touched you and you were rid of whatever ailed you. Audie Cardozo thought he was just a legend, until, he grabbed a strange kid off the street. He was deaf and dumb, but he looked the part. Audie thought he could use him in a scam, only to find out...

Daryl told her they couldn’t do it. He just hadn’t been raised to steal. However, Anja, the woman he desired most in the world, disagreed with him. She also had one of the robber’s dropped pistols in her hand. Blowing him a kiss, she started to pull the trigger and he dived for cover, realizing his marriage was over, and, if he didn’t figure something out quick, so was his life.