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Detective Alex Cross's family have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?

An ancient secret resurfaces when a murdered corpse shows up on Aloysius Pendergast's doorstep. The death has the hallmark of a perfect murder-save for a gem lodged in the victim's stomach, which leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine. He is soon caught in a wicked plot that may well end in his death.

Edie Kiglatuk is working as a summer school teacher in the Canadian Arctic. When one of her students is found dead in a nearby lake, Edie enlists the help of Sergeant Derek Palliser to pursue the case, promising the girl's Inuit family that they will uncover the truth.

Atlanta, 1974. It's Kate Murphy's first day on the job, and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. It's clear the APD doesn't welcome women, and when a move is made to keep Kate out of the action--it backfires.

Until the moment he receives a frantic call from his father, Daniel believed his parents were headed into a peaceful retirement. They had sold their home in London and set off to begin life anew on a remote farm in rural Sweden. But with that phone call, everything changes.

Mike Ford's brother is in over his head in a conspiracy to steal a secret worth billions from the little-known but unbelievably influential trading desk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In an effort to help, Mike soon finds himself trapped by the dangerous men in charge.

August 30, 1975. Fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan is glimpsed fleeing through the woods before she disappears. Thirty years later, a young American writer becomes determined to clear his mentor's name, and find the inspiration for his next bestseller.

Emily Shepherd's dad, a former soldier suffering from PTSD, emerges from the woods carrying the broken body of Ashlee Parker and finds himself accused of murder. Emily must uncover truth before he is convicted. Does Ashlee's boyfriend have the answers, or is he only playing games with her?

In 1876, in a remote mining camp in the Colorado Rockies, several miners were killed in grizzly bear attacks. Now the historic cemetery has been dug up to make way for development. Corrie Swanson has arranged to examine the remains. But in doing so she makes a shocking discovery.

When the wealthy Ludovic Degroof's jewelry store is broken into, nothing is stolen, but the jewels have been dissolved in jars of aqua regia, and a strange note is left in the safe. To solve the case, Van In and the beautiful Hannelore Martens find themselves unraveling a complex web of love, secrets, and betrayal.