Michael O'Keefe

A young woman discovers that both her husband and their new home harbor sinister secrets after they leave Manhattan for small-town life.

Everything changes for a smart and well-liked high school senior when she meets an offbeat and mysterious boy with a dark secret and nothing to lose.

In an unexplained act of charity, Jeanne Holman, picks up an injured, apparent tramp and takes him home to care for him little realising who he was or the effect he would have on her life and those of her family.