Denver: McAdam / Cage, (2003). First edition - The author's first novel, the story of three siblings: two sisters, one reckless and the other eccentric and their little brother. When reckless Shoe becomes pregnant, she decides she is going to raise her son, Moses, on her own - but when she is murdered six years later, a stranger - a confidence man - walks into the lives and exerts a malevolently seductive influence on this ordinary Ohio family. 379 pp.