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Less than twenty-four hours after Hurricane Boris ravages Shadow Island, it delivers one final blow. Two corpses, lashed together, wash up on the shore. Some of them, anyway. With no primary crime scene, no witnesses, and barely any human remains, Sheriff Rebecca West has precious little to work with. Are these victims connected to the seemingly untouchable Yacht Club, or did Boris’s awesome power simply push them onto her beach?

Haunted by dreams of the boy whose life she shattered and burdened by dark family secrets she's only just begun to understand, Private Investigator Winter Black is trying to keep her life from falling apart. With her husband on a yearlong break from the FBI, the bills are piling up, and Winter has no choice but to take on even the most mundane cases. Serving a summons should be easy. Until the man she served is found dead the next day. His wife too.

Not all prizes are gifts...Special Agent Dr. Autumn Trent is relishing the moments after waking up next to Aiden Parrish when their romantic Sunday morning is cut short by a call from a friend. His niece has disappeared...along with two other teens in a picture-perfect Connecticut community in a case that's as perplexing as it is concerning. The teens are all strong students with privileged upbringings on the verge of graduating high school. Who would want to hurt them? And why? More importantly...who’s next?

For twelve years, I’ve buried my secrets, trying to live the perfect life. I’m married to a wonderful man, and I have a rewarding career at Camp Wildfire—a sanctuary for troubled teens nestled on the edge of a sprawling forest. Life looks good on the surface, but one crack and it could all fall apart. Turns out, that crack has a name. Amanda. Her arrival rips open old wounds, forcing me to confront the past I’ve kept hidden from everyone, including my husband. The secrets I’ve buried are threatening to destroy me—and I’ve recently learned that I’m not the only one hiding something big.

The path to power is paved with blood. In the wake of a landmark election on Shadow Island, the tide of power is set to turn. Newly elected Sheriff Rebecca West stands ready to dismantle the Yacht Club’s ruthless grip over the island. And she isn’t alone. She has her team as well as the newly elected chair of the Select Board by her side. But victory comes at a perilous cost. The ballots have barely been counted when tragedy strikes. The new Select Board Chair’s life hangs by a thread after a deliberate sabotage turns her victory drive into a fight for survival.

Shadow Island lore insists that anyone who steps in the shadow cast onto the old witch’s cottage is cursed. But when two bodies are discovered inside the cottage, their heads arranged in a ghastly tableau, Rebecca is more concerned about the real monsters—the human ones who’d commit such an atrocious murder.

When the dead can't speak, the shadows whisper their secrets. There’s never a dull moment on Shadow Island, especially for its small but growing sheriff’s department. This time, Sheriff Rebecca West, along with new deputy Viviane Darby, discover a man hanging from the rafters of the caretaker’s shed at Oceanview Cemetery. Does death follow Rebecca? Or does she attract it? The scene suggests suicide—an unlocked padlock, a rope, a toppled bench, and the lifeless body.

A bank robbery turns into a blood trail as a pair of unhinged masterminds hack their way through a list of the most notorious US heists. The copycat crimes, emulating famous robberies, escalate as the FBI work with local law enforcement. But the federal team has problems of its own. Sun Ming, Winter Black’s partner and nemesis, has her own agenda, while Winter can’t keep her mind off The Preacher, the notorious serial killer who murdered her parents and holds the key to finding her missing little brother.

When death leaves a warning... FBI Special Agent Stella Knox hasn’t finished the paperwork on her last assignment when she walks straight into her next case. A memo written on bright yellow paper looks unassuming at first. What are you afraid of, Paul Slade? It’s a curious question. One the Special Agent in Charge of the Nashville office doesn’t take seriously...at first. One note might have been a joke. Two were a plan. A third leads to a missing deputy. And when a fire inspector mysteriously vanishes, it’s clear someone is deliberately targeting the city’s most courageous city ...

In the cracks of the thin blue line, danger thrives. Since joining the FBI, Special Agent Stella Knox has faced the darkest corners of humanity—dismembered corpses, impaled bodies, and murdered teens. She’s brought down monsters, one by one. All except one. The one who eluded her. The one who haunts her nightmares. The dirty cop who ordered her father’s murder. When she and her team are called to investigate the horrific arson death of a young woman tied to that dark part of her past, Stella senses justice is tantalizingly close. They just need the evidence solid enough to put him in ...

When the survivors of the massacre at the Riverside Mall are murdered one after the other, the police suspect a serial killer and turn to the FBI. Winter Black is on the case, working to track down the third person involved in the mass shooting that happened the same night she took down The Preacher, the man who killed her parents. The hit list is long, while the list of suspects is short, and when the killer ends up dead, the suspect list narrows down to a pinpoint.

Dr. Autumn Trent returns to Virginia after successfully assisting the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit yet again. Part of her heart remains in Florida with her long-lost sister whose trail has evaporated, but she moves forward to focus on her work as a forensic and criminal psychologist. Intent on doing just that, she heads to Virginia State Hospital, where the prodigy of The Preacher awaits her return. Justin Black becomes the least of her worries when a new case practically falls in Autumn’s lap.

The late Sheriff Alden Wallace has barely been laid to rest when another body is found on Shadow Island. Once again, former FBI agent turned interim sheriff Rebecca West’s vacation plans will have to wait. This time, the victim is the son of one of Shadow Island’s privileged elite. Found gruesomely posed at a picnic table in the park—suffocated, choked, and shot, with a cryptic note shoved in his pants—his death is as personal as it is disturbing.

Fly the deadly skies... As FBI Special Agents Stella Knox and Hagen Yates inch closer to apprehending the mastermind behind their fathers' assassinations, tragedy strikes. A private jet explodes over Nashville, its sole passenger skewered on a skyscraper’s antennae during his descent. Why would a perfectly good plane fall out of the sky? The team quickly rules out pilot error and learn that the plane was meticulously maintained. This leads Stella and the rest of the team to a chilling conclusion: intentional sabotage. But why? A terrorist would have picked a more crowded plane. So who ...

Vor dreizehn Jahren kam Winter Black, die bei einer Freundin übernachten wollte, verfrüht nach Hause zurück und fand ihre Eltern brutal ermordet im Bett vor, während ihr kleiner Bruder verschwunden war – entführt von einem Serienmörder, dem man den Namen „der Preacher" gegeben hatte. In ihrer Rolle als junge FBI-Agentin, die gerade in ihrem ersten Mordfall ermittelt, ist Winter nun wieder in ihre kleine Heimatstadt zurückgekehrt.

Kriminal- und Forensikpsychologin Dr. Autumn Trent hat ihren Koffer noch nicht ausgepackt, da soll sie schon das FBI bei einem neuen Fall unterstützen. Diesmal reist sie mit ihrem Team nach Norden, wo ein Spinnennetz aus Täuschung und Mord gewoben wird. An der Ostküste werden wohlhabende Witwer zur leichten Beute einer Gruppe von Schwarzen Witwen, die sich an ihren saftigen Bankkonten laben. Doch in Passavant Hills, Pennsylvania, haben sie es nicht nur auf Geld abgesehen. Hier stehen auch Demütigung, Rache und Menschenblut auf ihrer Speisekarte.

Als die Überlebenden des Massakers in der Riverside Mall viele Monate später einer nach dem anderen ermordet werden, vermutet die Polizei einen Serienmörder und übergibt den Fall an das FBI. Winter Black ermittelt und setzt sich auf die Spur des unsichtbaren dritten Täters des Blutbades, das sich in derselben Nacht ereignet hatte, in der sie den Preacher – den Mörder ihrer Eltern – zur Strecke brachte. Die Liste der Opfer ist lang, die der Verdächtigen kurz, und als der vermeintliche Täter stirbt, schrumpft sie zu nichts zusammen.

Als ein brutaler Doppelmord die Stadt Sawmill, Oregon, erschüttert, benötigt das FBI Autumns Spezialkenntnisse. Die Tochter des getöteten Ehepaars, die gerade ihr eigenes Leben beginnen wollte, verschwand in der Tatnacht. Wird Autumn bald klar, welchen Plan der gesuchte Täter verfolgt: Er will Paare bestrafen, die ihr Ehegelübde brechen. Die Zahl der Opfer steigt, und der Killer geht immer größere Risiken ein. Was als Suche nach einem neunzehnjährigen Mädchen begann, wird zu einem Katz-und-Maus-Spiel.

Wanting your loved one to come to Christ, and yet not seeing results from your prayers for his or her salvation can be discouraging. "When You Have an Unsaved Loved One-52 Devotions to Give You Hope" helps you go deep within scripture to mine the treasures God has for you, thus you will be encouraged, strengthened, and armed to intercede for your loved one. These devotions mention a spouse, a family member, or friend, and might not in each case apply to your situation. But as you memorize each week’s verse, you will come away with spiritual growth of your own, equipped to never be lacking...

In middle school, and at age twelve, Janie Mulvaney is trapped between kid-and-teenage-hood. Her sister treats her like a peon. Mom won't let her get a cell phone. Uncle Alvin embarrasses her. Grandma calls her Bumble Cheeks. Janie tries to earn money, but things backfire, and she ends up owing a doink-load. Luckily, Janie's quirky sense of humor and wacky perspective help her zigzag through this tween trap. Whether you are twelve, a mom, grandma, or any age in between, you will laugh out loud at the story's zany characters.