The abduction of Josh Kirkwood with deer lake, Minnesota, into a tailspin. Even after the arrest of a suspect and the return of the boy, fear maintains its grip and questions linger. assignment to the Kirkwood case has landed Assistant County attorney, Ellen North, in the hot seat as she is hounded by the media, dogged by rural politics, and finds herself arguing the case with an ex-lover heading the defense team.

"Reporter Wendy Tynes is making a name for herself, bringing down sexual offenders on nationally televised sting operations. But when social worker Dan Mercer walks into her trap, Wendy gets thrown into a story more complicated than she could ever imagine. Dan is tied to the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old New Jersey girl, and the shocking consequences will have Wendy doubting her instincts about the motives of the people around her, while confronting...

Author Kevin Emerson channels Frank Cottrell Boyce in this tween sci-fi adventure about two kids from opposite sides of the country who find themselves on a road trip to save the world from an impending alien attack. Haley and Dodger have nothing in common. But that was before they learned about the strange, unexplainable phenomena in Juliette, Arizona. Before they both received summer research grants from a mysterious foundation and discovered their...

"When Justin and Libby Denbe, along with their beautiful 15-year-old daughter, disappear, investigator Tessa Leone must race against time to expose the Denbes' darkest secrets to discover who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family and just how far they are willing to go."--NoveList.

"Poppy Fields, Hollywood IT girl extraordinaire, agreed to a week at the newest, most luxurious resort in Cabo. After all, what's better than the beach when a girl is feeling blue? When Poppy is abducted, she'll need all her smarts, all her charm, and a killer Chihuahua, to save herself in this new series from the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Country Club Murders."--Back cover.

In Greenwich, England, Inspector Jack Caffery investigates the case of a woman with a live bird sewn in her body. The case is the latest in a series of murders of women whose bodies were surgically mutilated. A debut in fiction by a British woman.

Alexandra Southwood lived an average, happy life with her husband, Marc, and two daughters-- until she was kidnapped, and held in a room against her will. When the police discover Alexandra's bloody belongings by the river, they turn the missing-persons case into a murder investigation, but Marc cannot accept that she is lost to him. He shifts to frantic action, embarking on his own journey through the dark maze of secrets she kept and passions he...

Five years ago, Detective Constable Ash Henderson's daughter Rebecca went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthday. A year later a homemade card arrived with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front: Rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrified. Every year another card comes, each worse than the last. The Birthday Boy has been snatching soon-to-be thirteen-year-old girls for twelve years and sending the families cards showing their daughters...

A decade ago, The Lullaby Man preyed upon young girls in Tallman's Valley. He stole into their lives, whispered in their ears, spoke of love. Abby Wakeland was fourteen then. Now twenty-four, she's found the courage to tell her mother--Senior Detective Kate Wakeland--about what happened. The Lullaby Man was her teacher. What Abby reveals next will lead Kate down dark, twisting tunnels of discoveries that will blow this small town apart.

An abducted woman held against her will in a room suffers tortuous worries about her husband and children, who, in the wake of unsettling evidence, are led to believe she has been killed.