The story of an Oregon woman convicted of shooting her three children, killing one, in 1983.

At 22.48pm on May 19th, 1983, a young, single mother pulled up outside McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in Springfield, Oregon, in a blood-spattered Nissan Pulsar, repeatedly shouting that someone had shot her children. Hospital staff rushed to the car and found three children slumped inside. The mother, Diane Downs, had herself been shot in the left arm, which was wrapped in a blood-soaked towel. As medics frantically tried to save the lives of the little ones, Diane told police that a man had flagged her down on the Old Mohawk Road, and demanded her car. When she had refused, he had leant into the car and shot her three children. According to Diane, she had struggled with the man who had then shot her in the arm. Pretending to throw the car keys into a field, she managed to distract the man long enough to get in her car and drive away, in a desperate bid to get the children to the hospital in time to save them. Tragically, 7-year-old Cheryl was already dead, and, although still alive, 3-year-old Danny and 8-year-old Christie were in a critical condition. The bone in Diane's arm was shattered. While the people of Oregon, and the wider community, reeled in shock at this heinous crime and fearful of the bushy haired killer whom Diane had described, and who was still at large, the police were turning their attention to someone closer to home - the mother herself, Diane Downs.

In this steamy thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, a savvy attorney in small-town Texas will stop at nothing to catch the man who murdered her mother. Alexandra Gaither is a beautiful lawyer who finally has the power to get what she's always wanted: justice. Armed with new evidence that could lead to an arrest and a conviction, Alex revisits the remote Texas town where her mother died twenty-five years ago. There she confronts the three powerful men who were with her mother the night she died: her former lover, his best friend, and the father figure to them both. Each is charming, each is a suspect, and each has secrets to hide. But none of them can stop Alex's determined search for the truth. Alex's relentless investigation creates controversy and excitement in this small community. And as she uncovers decades-old intrigues, someone capable of clever lies and remorseless acts decides she must be stopped. Now, with a one-month deadline from the attorney general to either wrap up the case or drop it for good, Alex must work diligently to catch her mother's killer . . . and find a way to stay alive.

A shocking chronicle of greed, sexual obsession, manipulation, and murder--from the bestselling author of Small Sacrifices. Computer wizard David Brown convinced his own daughter to prove her love by killing his new wife. Brown then collected a large insurance policy and married his dead wife's teenage sister, whom he had secretly taught to perform sex acts since she was eleven years old. Photographs.

Charlie is a story about living in harmony. Charlie realizes one day that he can't understand what the other birds are saying. He finds this very odd since; after all, they are all birds. When he questions this, he is told that their differences, what they look like, where they live and the songs they sing, make them who they are and that it has always been so. This seems strange to Charlie, because their differences just seem to keep them apart, and being apart sometimes means being lonely, afraid or misunderstood. Charlie thinks of a creative way to bring everyone together. Children often find themselves left out of the group and are unable to understand why. Differences in language, skin color, clothing or where they live can make them feel isolated. Often people focus on differences instead of similarities. Finding ways to share what they have in common can be a challenge. But, let's face it, sharing even a small thing like a song is much preferred to going it alone. You can never have too many friends. You just have to make an effort to discover the magic of living in harmony. This See Say Create™ book combines literature and art activities to help develop a whole minded creative approach to learning. Read the story, learn new vocabulary from the supplied list of definitions and have fun creating. the two art projects were developed especially for Charlie by Artlingz, Inc.™, an online creativity warehouse of fun and educational art activities for everyone. Look for more See Say Create™ books by Lori Van Kirk Schue that combine stories and art.