Fey Impulses: A Story of Obsession and Madness

For years Kiera Scruggs has envisioned herself a staunch defender of social causes and women's rights. Her self-image contrasts with the reality of the past where she served prison time for helping kill the wife of her former lover. Details of her crime are ones she has kept from her grown children all their lives.

An inheritance from Kiera's indulgent late father has helped provide her family a comfortable -if quite insulated- lifestyle. When Kiera's son Rory is delayed on a visit to Kentuc...