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"With its lush rainforests and awe-inspiring ruins, Guatemala has always played a central role in Matt Miller's life. The stunning land where he once served as a missionary is now a vital part of his importing business, and after years of anticipating a trip to the exotic country with his wife, Cathy, and teenage daughter, Melissa, it's finally happening. But what begins as a dream vacation soon spirals out of control as the Millers face every parent's...

When Zazie, the 14-year-old daughter of the proprietor of Aimée Leduc's favorite cafe, disappears, the girl's desperate parents approach the private investigator for help. During the course of her investigation, Aimée discovers a terrifying secret neighborhood history that will leave lives in the whole quartier upended.

When a woman is killed just before October's full moon--the Badger's Moon--villagers suspect that strangers staying at the abbey are to blame, and demand answers, before another woman falls victim to the full-moon killer.

Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid investigates a possible murder attempt of a thirteen-year-old girl which leads her to a prostitution ring, a serial killer, and a death penalty case testing her limits of judgement.

Abducted at the age of sixteen and coerced into assisting the Jacoby crime family, Shannon Bliss has finally found a way out. She desperately wants to resume some semblance of normal life, but she also knows she has some unfinished business to attend to. She might have enough evidence to put her captors behind bars for a very long time. When Shannon contacts private investigator Matthew Dane, a former cop, to help her navigate her reentry into society,...

Retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder struggles with guilt when his teenage daughter's behavior deteriorates following a rape that he could have prevented, while Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch becomes suspicious that she is being stalked.

A satirical tale inspired by an unsolved true mystery follows the experiences of a nineteen-year-old daughter of an upper-middle-class suburban family that is torn apart by a murder and intense media scrutiny.

As retired professor Adrian Thomas leaves his doctor's office after being diagnosed with untreatable Lewy body dementia, he witnesses the kidnapping of Jennifer Riggins, and determines to use his remaining time to rescue her.

"A popular young girl disappears without a trace, her skeletal remains discovered three years later in the ashes of a burned out house. There's a suspect and compelling circumstantial evidence of his guilt, but no concrete proof. When he isn't indicted, he returns to mock the girl's family. And this isn't the first time he's been suspected of the murder of a young girl, nearly twenty years ago he was tried and released due to lack of evidence. Detective...

"Death sets the plot in motion: the murder of Nica Baker, beautiful, wild, enigmatic, and only sixteen. The crime is solved, and quickly--a lonely classmate, unrequited love, a suicide note confession--but memory and instinct won't allow Nica's older sister, Grace, to accept the case as closed. Dropping out of college and living at home, working at the moneyed and progressive private high school in Hartford, Connecticut, from which she recently graduated,...