Picoult, Jodi

Philadelphia defense attorney Ellie Hathaway, unsatisfied with the course of her career and personal life, leaves her job for an open-ended stay at her great-aunt's home in Paradise, Pennsylvania, arriving just in time to become embroiled in the case of a young, unmarried Amish woman accused of killing her newborn baby.

When an old man puts a piece of land up for sale in Vermont, the local Abenaki Indian tribe protest, claiming it is a burial ground, and when odd, supernatural events start plaguing the town, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince residents that there is nothing spiritual about the property.

Philadelphia defense attorney Ellie Hathaway, unsatisfied with the course of her career and personal life, leaves her job for an open-ended stay at her great-aunt's home in Paradise, Pennsylvania, arriving just in time to become embroiled in the case of a young, unmarried Amish woman accused of killing her newborn baby.

After their daughter, Emily, dies of a gunshot wound to the head, the Golds and their next-door neighbors, the Hartes, try to determine whether young Chris Harte murdered her, or whether her death was part of a suicide pact, as Chris claims.

Seven-year-old Faith White, the object of a custody battle, becomes the focus of a much larger controversy when she begins quoting from the Bible, develops stigmata, and appears to be able to perform miraculous healings.

When an old man puts a piece of land up for sale in Vermont, the local Abenaki Indian tribe protest, claiming it is a burial ground, and when odd, supernatural events start plaguing the town, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince residents that there is nothing spiritual about the property.

When Mariah White's marriage disintegrates, her seven-year-old daughter witnesses it all. After her divorce Mariah falls into a deep depression and suddenly Faith, a child with no religious background at all, hears divine voices, starts reciting biblical passages, and develops stigmata. And when the miraculous healings begin Mariah finds herself thrust into controversy, a heated custody battle, and a media circus that threatens what little stability the family has left.

Jane Jones and her daughter, Rebecca, travel across the country after a devastating fight between Jane and her husband, Oliver, and, in the course of their journey, Jane and Rebecca both find a sense of hope and fulfillment while Oliver begins to see the world through his wife's eyes as he sets out in search of his family.