After the woman who killed their 17-year-old son received a prison sentence, Jill and Michael White are continuing their advocacy for road safety and accountability.

Frazzled and pliant, Yeva lets them use her lab to transport their hostages, even taking the wheel. Book Reviews 4 crime and suspense novels make for hot summer reading.

Yeva funds her mission by working for Romeo Meets Yulia, a Canadian company that deals in "romance tours" to Ukraine — a euphemism for the mail-order bride business.

Of course, Yeva and Reva believe that snails, like Ukraine itself, may not be adored by the world at large but deserve to survive, and even thrive in a world that threatens them with extinction.