"It's the unknown that gets us. I mean, where are they? They have to be somewhere ..."-AnonymousNo Trace features fifteen tales of disappearances from some of today's newest writers that tell the stories of the vanished.Some are poignant, some are terrifying. Others you can see unfolding in your mind's eye.All will leave you wondering.Featured Contributors:Glen Damien Campbell & Jennifer Gilbert-Campbell, Adjie Henderson, Wil...

Discover the classic thriller that launched the bestselling detective series from the world's most popular storyteller.**Alex Cross is in a race against time after two private-school children are kidnapped by their teacher—a man looking to commit the crime of the century.The inspiration for the Prime Video show, Cross.**Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in Southeast D.C. and looks like Muhamma...

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, here are twenty-five brand-new, never-before published, stories packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem.*A cunning criminal thinks he can use a child to take the rap for his crimes.*A hospital intern turned body-snat...

From a national bestselling author, an "intricate, suspense-filled" thriller featuring investigator Joe Gunther as he hunts chat rooms for a killer ( Publishers Weekly ).News travels fast in the small state of Vermont. In this tight-knit society, police officers and investigators maintain a kinship that transcends the boundaries of their jurisdictions. When an unidentified body is found in the town of Brattleboro, local po...

A determined, (down on her luck,) mother caring for her handicapped son becomes entangled in a murderous conspiracy to keep a twenty year old secret buried in this blistering thriller, set during the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, from Andrew Gross, the New York Times bestselling author of 15 Seconds and No Way Back.While driving along a suburban back road, Hilary Blum, who's just lost her job and whose deadbeat husband has left her alone to care fo...

Prepare for heart-racing suspense in this original collection by thirty of the hottest bestselling authors and new voices writing romance suspense today. Bodyguards, vigilantes, stalkers, serial killers, women (and men!) in jeopardy, cops, thieves, P.I.s, killers-these all-new stories will keep you thrilled and chilled late into the night.

BOOK TWO of the Cal Corwin, Private Eye, mystery-thriller-suspense Series"VanDyke has done it again! He's a master craftsman, offering another great read, a captivating story. Lots of mystery and action as Cal tries to find a killer - or two - before anyone else gets caught up in the webs of deceit in a California seemingly idyllic small town." - Marcia K"This author has rapidly become one of my favorites with this Cal Corw...

BOOK THREE of the Cal Corwin Private Eye mystery-thriller-suspense SeriesAfter a woman is found dead in Cal Corwin's car and police detectives come knocking at her door, the case turns far more personal than first it seemed. As the ghosts of past cases rear their ugly heads, not only must she find out who murdered the victim, but why. Teasing the answers out soon reveals the disturbing question: Who is the hunter, and who hunted?Sli...

Private Investigator Sharon McCone goes undercover to investigate the murders of two Indigenous women in remote Northern California in this gripping, atmospheric mystery in the New York Times bestselling series.**"Muller's series remains a gold standard for female detective stories.'' —**Kirkus ReviewsWhen the bodies of two Indigenous women are found in the wilderness, it is only the lates...

The New York Times #1 Bestselling Series**“Exceptionally entertaining...an offbeat sense of humor and a feisty sense of justice.”**—San Francisco ChronicleThe first 15 books in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone mysteries are now available in one collection! From the sensational blockbuster A is for Alibi to the thrilling case in O is for Outlaw, you won't want to miss a page!

This anthology of 20 short stories features some of today's best mystery authors—from Lee Child to Jeffrey Deaver and Joyce Carol Oates.For the 2015 edition of The Best American Mystery Stories, guest editor James Patterson presents twenty tales with all the tension, drama, and visceral emotion of Oscar-worthy cinema. These stories features characters who must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lov...

A forty-year-old skeleton is found encased in a concrete slab at a recently decommissioned nuclear energy site. It becomes a case for the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI) and its leader, Joe Gunther, since they have the resources and the ability to investigate an old, very cold, missing persons case that has now been reclassified as murder. The victim was Hank Mitchell, and Gunther must chase down old rumors and speculations—who benefited from his death and the disappearance of his bo...