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...always happens in mysteries about small towns with secrets, a stranger comes to town. Not the usual detective type, Ziza Todd is a cross between Father Brown and Nancy Drew. A committee of local clergy invited this "irreverent reverend" to Quarryville to teach an interdenominational Sunday School class. It doesn't take long before she is saving more than souls...
...three years, I lived secure in my familiarity, convinced that the face of death was a stranger to my peers. I thought that perhaps the urgency of friendship I feel because of death's presence in my life was unknown to my friends...
...Addition to her work at the Medical School,McNeil is no stranger to Washington, D.C. She hasserved on committees that advised the Secretary ofHealth and Human Services on Medicare costs andwas a member of the National Council on HealthCare Technology...
Dershowitz is no stranger to han- dling high-profile criminal cases. Hissuccessful appeal of wealthy socialite Claus vonBulow's conviction on attempted murder charges wasthe subject of the film Reversal ofFortune. Dershowitz has also represented JimBakker and Leona Helmsley...
Actually Benny is a lot stranger than his father imagines. The boy has decided he is an ethereal spirit -- "Angel of Plagues, Angel of Ice, Angel of Lightning" -- and has had wings tattooed on his back. Benny also sees himself as the appointed savior of Catchprice Motors. Never mind that his relatives think him fit for nothing but pumping gas. "This is a family business," Benny tells a prospective salesman. "It's a snake-pit. They all hate each other. None of them can sell a car. If you work here, you'd have to work...