The Crazy School mischievous nonsense

The Crazy School mischievous nonsenseFrom the acclaimed author of A Field of Darkness comes another compelling novel featuring the acerbic and memorable voice of ex debutante Madeline Dare. Madeline Dare has finally escaped rust belt Syracuse, New York, for the lush Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts. After her husband's job offer falls through, Maddie signs on as a teacher at the Santangelo Academy, a boarding school for disturbed teenagers. Behind the academy's ornate gates, she

some would say

For nearly 80 years

It was a top secret operation: The CIA and the Canadian secret service -- out to steal one of Russia's crown jewels: the plans to a submarine torpedo that travels an astonishing 300 miles per hour

500 US ground troops

"Horace's authority as an experienced officer

From one of the world's finest suspense writers

and hope begins to fade

Ethel Skakel

What would it be like to receive a text message from inside the Oval Office and

And what is done cannot be undone

He chronicles a near deportation episode during a college trip Tijuana to finally becoming a proud US citizen ten years later

the globetrotting former Border Patrol agent