After being released from jail, Jo Shelby Ferguson finds a cache of age-worn letters written by his great-great-great-grandmother, and as he sets out to learn more about his ancestors, he uncovers some important clues about his own identity.
With lots of dangerous people after him and his restaurant in flames, Charles "Shake" Bouchon, who thought he had left his life of crime behind for good, agrees to follow a mysterious man to Mexico and help pull off a big score.
Ex-convict Socrates Fortlow is finally getting his life in order when he becomes the chief suspect in a series of crimes, and now he must find a way to prove his innocence and preserve the life he has made for himself.
Story of Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean.
Imaginative thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis, misinterpreting a scene between her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, the housekeeper's son, later accuses Robbie of a crime she has no proof he committed and spends years trying to atone for her actions.
The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
