Emily decides that the town of Pitchfork needs a library, and comes up with a plan to make it happen.

On the heels of his acclaimed Reservoir 13, McGregor returns to that novel's English village, subtly shining new light on its central mystery: the disappearance of 13-year-old Becky Shaw. When a reporter arrives to conduct a series of interviews, the tightly knit villagers try their best to go on with their daily lives: squirming their way out of stagnant marriages, leading Girl Guide expeditions, and working in the quarries. Becky and her outsider...

"Every seven years, the people of Three Graces send a sacrifice to the woods. The death of their 'best boy' ensures seven years free from disease, blight, and pain. But this year, the Slaughter Moon has risen early, and three, not one, will run into the forest as a sacrifice"--

From rooster crow to bedtime, a Kenyan boy plays and visits neighbors all through his village, even though he is supposed to be watching his grandfather's cows.

"Is it ever too late to right a wrong? Throughout Southern India, eighty-six villages are set to completely submerge due to a government-sanctioned dam across the Krishna river. One such village, Nilgi, has so far avoided the illegal iron-ore mining and floods that have ravaged the district for decades, believing itself to be indestructible and incorruptible despite warnings of impending doom. With whole mountains disappearing from the mining around...

After an author disappears, an investigator's search for him leads to a small town where events from the author's books are being carried out every day.