The Other Child Author:Joanne Fluke A HUNDRED YEARS AGO... — A small boy huddled in the dark. His mother had promised she would never leave him...not in this awful house...not in this terrible town. But she was dead. Gone. And he was alone. Trapped. With no one to answer his desperate call or hear his final agonized cry... — AND NOW... — Nine-year-old Leslie Houston has come to live ... more »in Appleton Mansion, the big house where no one has lived for so many years. Though bright and friendly, she has no friend ... until a shadowy figure beckons from the rose garden... until a velvety voice calls her name, whispering his chilling secret, offering the key to power... until she is bound to the vengeful fury of...The Other Child« less