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"A wise, inventive, and multilayered novel about two families--one made up largely of scientists, and the other of artists and mystics--whose worlds collide in pursuit of a lost daughter Mette, a twenty-year old programmer of visual effects for video games, lives with her mother, Saskia, an aspiring playwright, in Brooklyn. Mette is a private young woman, a savant who finds something calming in repetitive mathematical calculations. But she has been...

"When his sexy, old flame disappears, no one thinks it's suspicious except Jack and one unbalanced homeless guy. But Jack feels in his gut that something is wrong. He knows that Marisa has a past and if it ever caught up with her, it would be deadly. Determined to buck the critics and listen to his instincts, he and his young, feisty sidekick plunge ahead and start to track down leads hoping to find Marisa in time. The trail leads them into all sorts...

"When local cheerleader, Laurie Turner, goes missing after practice and her bright red pick-up truck is found abandoned by the side of a quiet road, Detective Jenna Alton fears the worst. Visiting Laurie’s family house, Jenna senses that the teenager’s home life isn’t as perfect as her father would have people believe. Quick to temper and full of hatred towards Laurie’s mother, Dr. Turner doesn’t seem to know the first thing about his own...

Join Kaylee and her faithful dachshund, Bear, as they put down roots on Orcas Island. Kaylee has turned over a new leaf by purchasing her grandmother's Victorian mansion flower shop, the Flower Patch.Marvel in the island's natural beauty as Kaylee and her friends seek to root out mysteries that seem to grow like weeds.

Homicide detective Brie Beaumont and Captain John DuLac go undercover to solve a complex and chilling murder case. Lobstermen are dying on Starkhaven Island, well off the coast of Maine. Over a year and a half, four men have mysteriously disappeared from their boats. But when the Maine State Police try to investigate, the islanders, ruled by their fatalistic view of the sea, close ranks to stonewall the investigation. Brie, John, George, and retired...

When a school friend who is now senior in the Italian Art Squad recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role to flush out priceless burial urn traffickers, he soon becomes a suspect a suspect in the death of a gallery employee.

When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, Lindsay Boxer discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the death of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker.

"We hid the body. The money belonged to everyone, but we stole it for ourselves. You have to help me give it back before its too late. If I dont stop this, that moneys gonna drag us all straight down to hell." With these words, whispered to hospital chaplain Lindsay Harding as part of a cryptic confession, the stage is set for another intricately-plotted Mount Moriah mystery. All signs point to murder, but no one can find any trace of a body. Lindsays...

WIth the new year approaching, hospital chaplain Lindsay Harding heads for a much-needed break in the peaceful resort town of Duck on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Her plan to attend the wedding of her friend Anna runs aground when a boatload of trouble washes ashore, and as the old year ticks down, the body count goes up. Thrust into the path of an increasingly desperate killer, Lindsay must uncover a sinister secret before she winds up swimming...

Every night is a championship race on the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles. Dominic and Johnny are rivals who are the boldest, the baddest, the best, and turn their challengers into dust. Along comes a challenger. Dominic and Johnny know that he is tough and fast, what they don't know is that he is a speed demon detective trying to bust up a theft ring.