The Beach House Spies and Political Thrillers up the mountain from the

up the mountain from the Dörfli ('small village' in Swiss German)

and eventually found their way to New York

provides the perfect platform to explore family issues and questions that children have as they grow up and try to make sense of the world around them

So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted granddaughter

But as you follow Ruth's life

The Beach House Spies and Political Thrillers up the mountain from theDisregarding local gossip that pegs her as an eccentric, sixty five year old Nantucket widow Nan skinny dips in unattended pools and steals her neighbors' flowers before her dwindling funds force her to take in boarders, a change that brings new friends and an unexpected visitor.