A hidden journal leads to a modern hunt for lost Confederate gold.When Kelly McLaurin purchases an old farmhouse in rural North Carolina, she expects peeling paint and long-overdue repairs. Instead, she discovers a journal concealed inside the house, along with clues tied to one of the South's most enduring mysteries.Kelly turns to Henry, a resourceful local handyman who knows more than he first lets on. Greg, a history enthusiast with a talent for solving puzzles, soon joi...

**In this twisted thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, featuring New Orleans detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya, a serial killer is turning the Big Easy into his personal playground–and Montoya is convinced she’s somehow the key to unlocking these horrible crimes.THE CRIMES ARE UNTHINKABLE**A serial killer is turning the Big Easy into his personal playground. The victims are killed in pairs—no connection, no apparent motive, no real clues. I...

When Bobby and Susan Martin come across a dirty, shivering child at their campsite, the last thing the childless couple expects is to be drawn into an unthinkable crime. But when one of the boy's kidnappers comes out of the brush waving a gun, Bobby is forced to react. In one chaotic, explosive moment, the predator is brutally murdered. But was he a criminal -- or a cop?With a vicious crime ring closing in on them, and unsure of whom to trust, Bobby and Susan desperately plunge into...

“Suspenseful . . . almost impossible to put down.”—Sacramento UnionIn the city of the Red Sox and the Red Line someone is leaving roses—red ones, of course—on the bodies of women he kills. For a psychologist named Susan Silverman and a P.I. named Spenser, the case is personal. But Spenser knows it's the wrong man. Because the right one has come calling on Susan—with a red rose in hand.“A novel worth reading with an ending that is worth wait...

North Carolina, 1953Billy Reardon's spent the past five years trying and failing to keep his teammate Luke Novak at arm's length—or at least a normal, friendly distance. Or, failing that, he'd like to not make a fool of himself. But a month after getting seriously injured by a wild pitch and disappearing off the face of the earth, Luke shows up at Billy's isolated house in the mountains just as a storm's about to roll in. Now that they're stuck together in the middle of nowhere, Bi...

Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man’s trail of smoke and mirrors in this thrilling entry in Robert B. Parker’s long-running series.Connie Kelly thought she’d found her perfect man on an online dating site. She fell so hard for handsome, mysterious M. Brooks Welles that she wrote him a check for almost three hundred thousand dollars, hoping for a big return on her investment. But within weeks, both Welles and her money are gone. Her therapist, Dr....

From the world of Out of Time comes a new time travel adventure series with Jack Wells!Former OSS officer Jack Wells’s first assignment for the Council for Temporal Studies sounds deceptively simple—stop a murder before it happens. But as Jack soon finds out, there’s nothing simple about 1960 Las Vegas, especially when the woman you’re sent to save is a mobster’s wife.Jack is joined by Simon and Elizabeth Cross as he struggles to stay alive long enough to stop Susan’s murde...

An NPR and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA Library Journal Best Thriller of the Year“A gamechanger. Nick Mason is one of the best main characters I've read in years.”—Harlan CobenFrom New York Times-bestselling, two-time Edgar-award-winning author Steve Hamilton comes an unforgettable new hero, a man who will walk out of prison and into a harrowing double life that is anything but free.

The "uncommonly trenchant account of the only known FBI agent to confess to murder" ( Kirkus Reviews).When rookie FBI agent Mark Putnam received his first assignment in 1987, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream, if not the most desirable location. Pikeville, Kentucky, is high in Appalachian coal country, an outpost rife with lawlessness dating back to the Hatfields and McCoys. As a rising star in the bureau, however, Putnam soon was cultivating paid ...

A mass murderer hides somewhere in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He has a deadly secret. And a bomb.Tracker Aroostine Higgins and Special Agent Patton River Banks have a strained relationship. But, when Aroostine picks up a fugitive's trail during a visit to Clingmans Dome, she and the National Park Services criminal investigator have no choice but to work together.Alan Steven Reynolds has been on the run for years—ever since he helped e...

A USA Today bestseller "takes readers on a whirlwind ride" in this "gratifying" thriller featuring a traumatized female PI as she hunts a serial killer ( New York Journal of Books ).Private investigator Karin Schaeffer receives the call meant for her detective husband Mac on a Sunday night: two females found on a Brooklyn street. The first is an eleven-year-old girl, the apparen...

A heartwarming tale about the importance of caring for strays. In Billy's small town, stray cats are running wild, and there's growing pressure to get rid of them. The school bullies don't even hesitate to throw rocks at the poor creatures! So when Billy finds a wounded, starving kitten and sneaks her home, he has to be extra-careful to keep her hidden while he nurses her back to health. However precious little Conga is to him, he knows his dad would take her away if he discovered her, saf...