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After finding disturbing journal pages that suggest her late mother didn't die in a car accident as her father had always maintained, Beth Walsh begins a search for answers.

An edgy female police detective and an ambitious FBI special agent are at the heart of a ticking-clock investigation for a psychopathic serial killer. The bond they forge in this crucible sets the stage for high-stakes suspense. They have a chance to stop this elusive killer before he strikes again, but if they fail, one of their own will be next and the killer will go into hiding for another three years.

Alexandra Collister came to Falls Lake, Alaska, looking for a fresh start. The surrounding forest can be harsh and unforgiving, luckily, rugged wilderness tracker Quinn Mantell offers to be her guide. When a body turns up, Alex knows something sinister is lurking in the woods around Falls Lake, turning her fresh start into a brutal game of survival.

Sadie and Will Foust have traded bustling Chicago for small-town Maine. Their new neighbor, Morgan Baines, is found murdered in her home. All eyes of suspicion turn toward the new family in town.

One woman's life is turned upside down when her brother brings his new girlfriend to visit, but no one is telling the truth about who they are.

As a Secret Service agent, Nick Averose spent a decade protecting the powerful by thinking like an assassin. Now, he uses that skill to test security around our highest officials for vulnerabilities. His latest assignment is the home of the former CIA director. But when Nick enters the man's study, he finds that someone has attacked the chief and left him for dead, just moments before. Nick knows he's the perfect scapegoat. But who is framing him, and why?

Angie Watts, wife and mother of three, expected motherhood to be more straightforward. But her son Liam grows from a sweet-natured boy to a troubled teen suspected of a local murder. Now with her husband gone, Liam missing, and funds running out, Angie must decide how far she will go to survive and to protect her children.

Bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most unsolvable murders. But no one is more surprised than Mal, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookshop in Boston, when an FBI agent comes looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on his old list.

When Grace's husband, Adam, inherits an isolated North Yorkshire cottage, they leave the bustle of London behind to try a new life. A week later, Adam vanishes without a trace.

Two years ago, Desi Priest made a mistake and destroyed her family. But as Desi returns to make amends, she finds a stranger waiting for her whose arrival will reveal secrets hidden for decades.