Table of Contents
A Note from The Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . x
Chapter 1 The Vicarage - Monday, 28 October 1946. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2 Foul Findings - Thursday, 31 October. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 3 Vesuvi - Thursday, 31 October. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 4 The Station - Friday, 1 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 5 A Stranger at the Door - Monday, 4 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20
Chapter 6 The Curious Man - Wednesday, 6 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 7 The Women's Church Auxiliary - 7 Thursday, November. . . . . . . 30
Chapter 8 Pasta with Nonna - Friday, 8 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 9 Coffee with Granda - Saturday, 9 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 40
Chapter 10 The Funeral - Saturday, 9 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 11 Saint Charlotte - Monday, 11 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 57
Chapter 12 Lost and Found - Tuesday, 12 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 13 Backstairs - Tuesday, 12 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 14 Confrontation at the Police Station - Tuesday, 12 November. . . 81
Chapter 15 Pierogis and Sam - Wednesday, 13 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Chapter 16 Pasta Friday - Friday, 15 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chapter 17 A Will and Invitation - Saturday, 16 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chapter 18 Pine Grove Manor - Saturday, 7 December. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Chapter 19 The Man in the Bowler Hat - Saturday, 7 December. . . . . . . . . 121
Chapter 20 An Accounting - Sunday, 8 December. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chapter 21 Celebrations - Tuesday, 10 December. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Chapter 22 Mother and Son - Thursday, 12 December. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Chapter 23 Dark Auras - Friday, 13 December. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Chapter 24 Endings and Beginnings - Thursday, 26 December 1946. . . . . . 164
Afterword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Reader's Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 168
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 170
