Roberta Gately

The word “refugee” sparks conversation and fuels emotion. There are more than 22 million refugees worldwide and another 65 million who have been forcibly displaced. But who are these people? Images filter into our consciousness via dramatic photographs - but these photos only offer a glimpse...

When the body of a woman is found in the frozen Neponset River, just where it meets the sea, Jessie Novak and her partner Detective Sam Dallas rush to the scene. When Jessie sees a flash of a familiar silk scarf, she’s shocked to realize the girl in the ice is Sheila Logan....

"911. What’s your emergency?" “He came for her. She’s been shot,” says a desperate voice as footsteps echo down an alley. “She’s dying.” “Oh no, oh no, he’s coming back. Please, come quickly - ” And then a click, and the drone of a dial tone. The beautiful young woman on...

After a whirlwind romance, she still has much to learn about her new ambassador husbandand about the fate of his predecessors wife At thirty-five, Nora Buckbee fears shes destined for a lonely, single life. Then she meets handsome State Department employee John Fielding. They marry quicklyand...

The girl in the photo was laughing, her head thrown back, her lips painted a bright red. Jessie could feel the simple joy reflected in that moment. And as she looked closer, she saw the same gold cross and chain that had adorned the first victim’s neck. When a young woman falls to her death...