Twelve-year-old Malibu entered the kitchen and started a pot of coffee, unfazed by the old man chained to the floor. The man, revealed to be her grandfather, told Malibu her parents were not good ...

Crombie, a writer of immense talent and compassion, excels at touching as well as puzzling her readers. As one character says in “The Sound of Broken Glass,” “We all need looking after. It’s the ...