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Homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite has returned to the police force after the sensational retrial of her sister’s killer. Still scarred from that ordeal, Tracy is pulled into an investigation that threatens to end her career, if not her life. A serial killer known as the Cowboy is killing young women in cheap motels in North Seattle.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK “A dark and haunting debut that explores secret societies, the bonds of sisterhood, and the intricacies of privilege at an elite college . . . I couldn’t put this twisty tale down.”—Julia Bartz, author of The Writing Retreat...

La principal misión de Verónica Cuevas es salvar a las víctimas. Después de resolver su primer caso importante en la Brigada de Homicidios y Desaparecidos del Cuerpo Nacional de Policía, una nueva desaparición en la ciudad de León la enfrentará a su mayor reto. La posible relación con un crimen cometido semanas atrás, desatará una serie de acontecimientos que la llevarán a perseguir a un peligroso depredador, en una lucha contra el reloj antes de que vuelva a asesinar.

Everyone always says that your honeymoon should be a holiday to remember… Ex-Metropolitan Police sergeant Jodie Parker and her new husband, DCI Nathan Withers, are honeymooning at a luxurious eco-resort on a secluded Cornish island. But there's a twist: they're undercover, as the resort’s...

She thought she knew her family. She was wrong. Behind the manicured lawns and perfect façades of Scarsdale, the Clarke family are everything the town admires: successful, charming, untouchable. But when a stranger moves into the neighbourhood, their carefully constructed life begins to crack—and the truth waiting underneath is darker than anyone could imagine. Sara Clarke has spent years polishing her home and her reputation, blind to the secrets her husband Dylan has buried. Their teenage daughter, Eliza, is restless, angry, and drawn to Naomi—the magnetic newcomer who shows an ...

On a humid summer day in Alabama, a mayor’s wife turns up brutally murdered under a railroad bridge. Standing next to her body is fourteen-year-old Mason Hill, the autistic son of former Miss USA Genevieve Hill. The locals are quick to level their verdict on young Mason: he did it. The town detective calls in local autism expert Casey Walker to consult on the case. At first, Casey tries to keep an open mind. But the more time she spends with Genevieve, the more her unease grows, and she suspects that Genevieve is doing more than just protecting her son.

Instant New York Times Bestseller! “Patterson and Lupica make a great team.” –Carl Hiaasen, bestselling author of Fever Beach Jenny Wolf’s murdered father has left her in charge of… ​ …a multi-billion-dollar empire …a newspaper …a football team …a holding company …and the...

On the hottest day of the year, 11-year-old Blair Smeaton vanishes near a riverbank, leaving police baffled and desperate. Detective Anna Gwynne, still haunted by her recent trauma, uncovers a sinister connection to an unsolved case. A chilling dark web photo reveals Blair trapped in the same room where a previous victim was once held captive ten years earlier. A captive whose remains, found near Charterhouse in the Mendip Hills, form the basis of the cold case she’s investigating. The killer isn't hiding; he's taunting.

From New York Times bestselling author J. T. Geissinger comes Carnal Urges, a sexy-as-sin dark romance about a powerful mafia king who kidnaps the one woman who will threaten to bring him to his knees. This program features multicast narration.

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award–winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first novel, an explosive return to the...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From America’s favorite storyteller comes “one of his best legal dramas” (Associated Press): a gripping thriller about a former big-city lawyer who finds herself up against Big Coal—and under attack. “Yes, Gray Mountain is fiction. But after reading the...

From “one of today’s most interesting thriller writers” (Lee Child) comes an immersive, propulsive novel in which a detective and a crime writer conduct parallel investigations, six years apart, into a series of puzzling murders. “[Nesbo] can heighten suspense with a single word and...

A quiet island. A buried past. And a truth someone is willing to kill to keep hidden. When Jack Edings returns to his family’s historic Seaside Plantation on Edisto Island, he expects little more than memories and unfinished business. Instead, he stumbles into a web of secrets stretching back decades—one tied to his grandmother’s sudden death, the mysterious disappearance of a local man’s grandfather, and a series of “accidents” that no longer add up . With only Hutch, a waiter at McConkey’s Jungle Shack, and his own painful questions, Jack begins digging where no one wants ...

Eleven years ago, the Co-ed Slayer murdered nine female students on the Oregon State University campus. Lacey Campbell barely escaped his attack, but lost her best friend whose remains were never found. As the sole surviving victim, Lacey helped send the sadistic serial killer to prison for life. Now a forensic odontologist examining teeth and bones for the state Medical Examiner, Lacey is devastated when she arrives at a crime scene and identifies the skeletal remains as her college friend’s.

It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta—despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN—to offer her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events, culminating in an ominous package—possibly a bomb—showing up at the front desk of the apartment building where she and her husband, Benton, live.

"Narrator Susan Ericksen's performance vibrates with energy, as she portrays old and new characters in this series." —AudioFile on Desperation in Death, an Earphones Award winner. In the new crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks...

From the world’s #1 bestselling author, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe is a true crime thriller about a woman who changed Hollywood history, and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day. “Electrifying … A spellbinding new account of the star’s final days by the...

When teenagers Danielle and Gracie Sullivan take a clandestine car trip to visit their friend in Montana, little do they know it's the last time anyone will ever hear from them again. The girls and their car simply vanish. Cody Hoyt, who's just lost his job and has fallen off the wagon after a long stretch of sobriety, is in no condition to investigate. But his son Justin, who the girls were going to visit, and his former partner, Cassie Dewell, convince him to drive south to their last known location.

Detectives Laura Baxter and Jack Holt are members of the elite: Las Vegas Metro PD, one of the toughest and most respected law enforcement agencies in the United States. In the middle of a city with two million residents and 43 million annual visitors, they’re hunting for a killer. At the heart of a glamorous Las Vegas hotel, in front of hundreds of witnesses and under the lenses of countless video surveillance cameras, a young girl is brutally murdered. The most recorded crime in Vegas is missing one key protagonist, the killer.

This dazzling thriller pits Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta against greater odds than ever before. Convicted serial killer Carrie Grethen has escaped from psychiatric hospital with plans for revenge. Wary and shaken, Scarpetta also has to investigate the death by fire of an unknown woman...