Mutual Aid — Ruth Doan MacDougall

As Mercy Blodgett says of herself, she seems to be related to almost everyone in Chiswick, N.H. To those she isn't, her husband Bob is likely to be. Just when a mill closing in 1986 costs the Blodgetts their jobs, this town is suddenly terrorized by an arsonist, and heart attacks may cost Bob his life. Cover illustration by William Tyers.