When Frances Kermeen bought The Myrtles Plantation of St. Francisville, LA, in 1980, she did so with a dream of turning the historic site into a cozy inn. Before long, however, her intentions were thrown wildly off course when she discovered that the property was haunted. Surprisingly enough, business ... more »

When an English teacher at Attica State Prison asks his incarcerated students to write about why they're in prison, he is astounded by the story of Charles Schine. Schine is a white, upper middle-class ad exec who meets Lucinda, a married woman, on the Long Island Railroad. Sharing pictures of their ... more »

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a cutting-edge new thriller rich with imagination and vision. In the heart of North Carolina's Research Triangle stands a corporate laboratory much like the others nearby. But behind its walls, America's top scientists work around the clock to ... more »

It's a gorgeous day in June on Martha's Vineyard. J.W. Jackson arrives home from clamming to find that two intruders invaded his house. His wife killed one of the men, and wounded the other. They'd wanted to find one Tom Rimini. Dark shadows threaten the island. J.W. Jackson's life, and the lives of ... more »

Stephanie Plum, the trash-talking New Jersey bail bondswoman of this popular series, is tracking Maxine Nowicki, who's wanted for skipping out on a car-theft charge lodged by her ex-boyfriend. Now the ex-boyfriend's very interested in getting back the love letters he supposedly wrote to Maxine. But what ... more »

I've never told anyone this story, and never thought I would -- not because I was afraid of being disbelieved, exactly, but because I was ashamed...and because it was mine. Thus begins the tale of a hitchhiker who gets picked up by a driver from the other side of the great divide. A Stephen King ghost ... more »

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner is at the top of her form as she takes us on a desperate manhunt for a killer who preys upon his victims' minds--just before he claims their lives. What do you do when a killer targets the people you love the most? When he knows how to make them vulnerable ... more »

It's been two years since Jourbet left a fellow CIA agent at the altar because he couldn't stand the thought of losing her to the dirty dealings inherent to their work. Now she's missing. In his search he discovers plans for a heinous terrorist attack and just how much people can change in two years ... more »

St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act--the seizure of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman ... more »

From the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Willa-nominated author Denise Hamilton comes SUGAR SKULL Acclaimed by award committees and critics for her groundbreaking The Jasmine Trade, Denise Hamilton returns with a penetrating new Eve Diamond crime novel sure to confirm her reputation as a rising star. Los ... more »

Official Selection of the NBC Today Book Club. In the small town of Promise, Oklahoma, Chief of Police Charlie Grover has his fair share of trouble on his hands. Being a single father of a lonely and precocious teenage girl is only one of them. Promise is smack in the middle of south central U.S., more ... more »

Sorry . The single word was written on a mirror. In front of it hung the Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop. Was it suicide? Or a kinky act turned tragic? Either way, it wasn t murder. At least not according to the powers that be. But veteran homicide detective Sam Kovac and his wisecracking, ambitious ... more »