It was the halo that caught her heart between beats and made her pause to take notice ... "When Alessi Moore drives her red Mustang convertible into town, she wonders if this could be the place she was meant to find, a place to settle down. But when her convertible and all she owns is stolen, she is filled with doubt ...

"When Sophie Macreavey wakes up in the hospital, suffering from stab wounds, detectives are quick to question her-hoping to make sense of the horrific scene where she was found. Sophie's adoptive parents and sister are dead. Her brothers are missing. Sophie can't remember anything-but reveals the abusive nightmare she's been through as part of the family. The social worker assigned to her case eventually brings Sophie home, but soon notices discrepancies...

Most of us only half-listen to the public service announcements about safety in the home. We lock our doors at night, but do little else to change habits that may make us the next victims of the dangerous individuals who are always on the watch for their next opportunity. This updated edition takes readers through the mindset of predatory criminals-their motives, various plans of attack, and way of thinking-and then teaches simple lifestyle techniques...

Dr. Bill Brockton teams up with a local librarian to investigate a possible link between the murder of a retired scientist, high levels of radiation detected in a number of Oak Ridge residents, and the Manhattan Project.

Family patriarch Joe Colton had rescued River James from a hellish childhood and given him a home, a family, and a future, a future that River begins to hope will include Sophie, Joe's beloved and beautiful daughter.

Dylan Truman, better known under her alias Lady Justice, is the bane of every grifter, cheater, and bully in the Bay Area. Alongside her best friend and hacktivist, Daniel Haas, she works as a revenge-for-hire vigilante, seeking retribution on behalf of her (predominantly female) clientele. When a prospective client brings up a fraud complaint against pharmaceutical CEO Brent Wilder, Dylan's business becomes personal: Years earlier, Wilder assaulted...

FBI special agent Patrick Bowers investigates the murder of a congressman's daughter and has difficulty finding links between the crime and other killings in the Northeast, while dealing with his personal life falling apart.

Bossy, impulsive, yet hopelessly romantic, Agatha Raisin is dreading the upcoming marriage of her ex-husband, James Lacey. Although she has set her sights on a beguiling Frenchman, she can't stop obsessing about James. Her best intentions to move on with her life are put on hold when James's young fiancee is shot to death just minutes before saying "I do," and Agatha is named the prime suspect. Agatha's sleuthing sidekick Tonis stands ready to help...

Thomas Pitt is summoned to Buckingham Palace to investigate when a prostitute's murdered body is discovered in the queen's bed, leading to a scandal that could destroy the monarchy if Pitt cannot find the killer.

Following in the footsteps of the successful attorney brother who raised him, Leo searches for answers when a shooting puts his brother in a coma, a situation that reveals startling truths and dangerous enemies on both sides of the law.