Michael Connor has only a few more weeks left until college graduation when suddenly his quiet little life flips upside down. Accidentally discovering a secret plot by covert assassins to rig the 2020 presidential election, Michael must flee for his life across East Texas and figure out some way to save himself and his country. Come along for a unique literary ride filled with love, murder, levity, and heart-pounding suspense - all masterfully woven into one spectacular novel called The Va...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham returns to Florida, where The Whistler’s Lacy Stoltz takes on a cold case that reveals a judge’s darkest secrets.“One of the best crime reads of the year . . . a world-class shocker, worth staying up all night to finish.”—The Wall Street JournalIn The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She...

From New York Times bestselling authors Allison Brennan and Laura Griffin comes the next heart-pounding addition to the Moreno & Hart mystery series.Scarlet Moreno and Krista Hart’s P.I. business is teetering on the brink of failure when they land their next big case... and this time it’s personal. After digging for years into the mysterious shooting that cost Scarlet her badge and nearly her life, Scarlet has finally unearthed some answers. She thinks she knows wh...

Tyler Cree has never been good at the whole look and don’t touch thing.From the moment he was old enough to walk on his own two feet, he’s been looking for trouble.Trouble comes in many forms…quite a few of those forms being the female persuasion.Tyler knows what girls want—a bad boy. And he has the bad boy image down pat.Ex-military—check.Hot cop—double check.A bike between his legs and a devil may care attitude—oh, yeah.All the girl...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “When it comes to creating character, evoking place, and writing crackling and convincing dialogue, Sara Paretsky has no peer—and Hard Time proves it once again.”—Chicago Tribune**“Terrific . . . expertly plotted . . . This book [is] her best.”—**The New York Times Book ReviewIn an instant, the lives of two women collided. One was behind the wheel of a Trans Am she liked to dri...

When a strange letter signed "Thanatos" -- the ancient Greek name for death -- lands on Irene Kelly's desk, the intrepid reporter doesn't think much of it; she gets crazy mail all the time. A less cryptic message is sent when a body turns up the next morning. As more letters roll in, the death toll mounts...and Irene fears that her mysterious pen pal has cast her in his own private Greek tragedy as Cassandra, the seer whom others refused to believe. It's the killer's dream...

Little Molly Messenger is kidnapped on a sunny June morning. Three days later she’s returned unharmed. Then the brakes go out on her mother's car. An accident? Except that her mother may have may have misappropriated three million dollars. Doubleback reunites PI Georgia Davis with video producer Ellie Foreman, who track leads from Chicago to Wisconsin to the Arizona border.Little Molly Messenger is kidnapped on a sunny June morning. Three days later she’s returned unharmed. Then t...

Thirty years ago in Las Vegas, Becky Penn said goodnight to her mother to go out with friends and vanished without a trace.Retired Detectives Bayard Lott and Julia Rogers, members of the Cold Poker Gang, take on Becky Penn’s cold case.They love working with other retired detectives and playing a little poker once a week, all to solve cold cases.A puzzle mystery unraveled carefully by the retired detectives who make up the Cold Poker Gang.

Newly appointed police chief Cash Grier makes it his personal mission to keep law and order in the streets of Jacobsville. As a true renegade, Cash has learned never to take anything at face value–especially not his gorgeous sworn enemy, "Georgia Firefly" Tippy Moore.But Tippy is no longer a spoiled Hollywood starlet, just an unassuming beauty who has almost as many skeletons in her closet as Cash.The hard-edged Texan finds himself powerless to resist their explosive chemis...

A person's identity is defined by their memories, experiences, and actions.For Debbie Smith, who isn't your normal Jane Doe, memories are a luxury. Life experiences don't exist, and her actions are apparent by the Tortured Journey she must endure to rebuild herself physically and emotionally.Struggling to put the pieces together of why someone tried to kill her and why she felt her next move was being calculated by her enemy, Debbie leaves the only haven she knows with penn...

A Vintage Shorts Short Story original.David and Ellie didn’t realize how much they have missed their friends, two other couples who had moved out of their modest neighborhood in a desert city for the comforts of the suburbs, until the day of Donald Trump’s election. Separated also from their daughter who lived hours away in California, they were in a funk. But, when Ellie discovers a repellant offering floating in the small Jacuzzi in their backyard, David is blindsided. Little doe...

"This sequel to Breaking Through and The Circuit again brings to the forefront the daily trials of poor immigrant families . . . compelling and honest."— School Library JournalFrom the perspective of the young adult he was then, Francisco Jiménez describes the challenges he faced in his efforts to continue his education.During his college years, the very family solidarity that allowed Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not...