In a Small Vermont Town, an Old Man Puts a Piece of Land Up for Sale, Igniting a Firestorm of Protest From the Local Abenaki Indians, Who Insist It is an Ancient Burial Ground. to Appease Them the Developer Looking to Buy the Property Hires a Ghost Hunter, Ross Wakeman. Ross is a Suicidal Drifter Desperate to Cross Paths Again With His Fiancee, Who Died in a Car Crash Eight Years Earlier. but After Several Late Nights All Ross Can Lay Claim to Discovering is Lia Beaumont, a Skittish, Mysterious Woman Who, Like Ross, is on a Search for Something Beyond the Boundary Separating Life and Death. Thus Begins Picoult's Enthralling and Ultimately Astonishing Story of Love, Fate and a Crime of Passion. Second Glance, Her Eeriest and Most Engrossing Work Yet, Delves Into a Virtually Unknown Chapter of American History, Vermont's Eugenics Project of the 1920S and 30S, to Provide a Compelling Study of the Things That Come Back to Haunt Us - Literally and Figuratively. Do We Love Across Time, or In