Live To Tell

You'll want to lock the doors before beginning Wendy Corsi Staub's Live to Tell. Sometimes the bitterness Lauren Walsh feels toward her soon-to-be ex is palpable. But despite Nick's faults, he is a good father. When he fails to show up for his weekend with the kids-in fact, fails to respond to their many phone calls-she begins to grow worried, and maybe a little paranoid, too. Is it her imagination or did she see someone lurking in her yard the other night? And why is Sadie, her 4-year-old, suddenly so sure her privacy has been invaded? All Lauren cares about is protecting her children. But a case of mistaken identity has brought a predator to the neighborhood, a killer watching and waiting to make sure no one lives to tell....