A mass shooting and police brutality shake a small town to its core—and uncover its darkest secrets—in a timely debut thriller from a stunning new voice.When the town of Stanford, Missouri, falls victim to a school shooting, it sets in motion a chain of events that no one could predict.After two masked men murder 28 people, only to escape unseen, it hangs over the town like a cloud, which adds to the tension after an unarmed African American teenager, Noah,...

School should be a safe place . . .When the town of Stanford, Missouri, falls victim to a school shooting, it sets in motion a chain of events that no one could predict.After two masked men murder twenty-eight people, only to escape unseen, it hangs over the town like a cloud, which adds to the tension after an unarmed African American teenager, Noah, was shot and killed by police.Meanwhile, teacher Connor Sullivan is dealing with the aftermath of t...

“A deftly plotted, completely involving novel with one of the most memorable protagonists to come along in years.”—Laura Lippman“Label me a big fan.”—Harlan CobenEdgar® Award nominated author Alison Gaylin is rapidly becoming a major player in the thriller game. A breathtaking novel of suspense, Gaylin’s And She Was introduces a remarkable new protagonist: Brenna Spector, a missing persons investigator afflicted with Hyperthymestic Syndrome, a rare di...

***USA Today Bestselling Author***"I do," the bride and groom said…and without love they wed.Jonas Winslow knew nothing about fatherhood, yet he was determined to keep his orphaned nephew. But the boy's aunt, Robin Hampstead, wasn't about to let go of her only remaining family. The solution: a temporary - strictly platonic - marriage…or so they thought.Their agreement was to share the house and all child-rearing responsibilities, w...

A sexy game of romantic make-believe goes too far in this intense thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.Both survivors of the divorce wars, Christy and Martin don't believe in love at first sight—and certainly not on a first date. But from the instant they lock eyes, life becomes a sexy, romantic dream come true. That is, until they start playing a strangely intense game of make-believe—a game that's about to go too far.Bo...

A Seattle reporter is stalked by a serial killer in this psychological thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Sister.A young Portland couple is brutally murdered in a game gone awry. A Chicago woman plummets to her death from an office building. An aspiring screenwriter is asphyxiated in his New York apartment. At first, the deaths seem random. But then television reporter Sydney Jordan starts receiving macabre souvenirs that...

The world can be a harsh place for a wolf familiar seeking her bonded sorcerer. All Carol wants is a sorcerer to bond to and a home to call her own. So when Jonah Sound walks in, she's found someone that not only attracts her magic but her body and heart as well. The fact that he's got her dream job makes her ecstatic. The chemistry between them sparks something more than the normal familiar sorcerer bond, leaving Carol to hope that Jonah could be her forever home.Jonah sound has h...

A detective's missing daughter may be linked with her secretive past in Stay With Me from USA Today bestselling and award–winning author Alison Gaylin.When the past intersects with the future . . .Brenna Spector is held prisoner by the past. She has perfect memory, which allows her to recall in vivid and remarkable detail every moment of every day of her adult life. If only she could remember more from her childhood . . . for she's ...

This international bestseller that changed the way we look at wolves "opens new horizons in understanding animal nature and intelligence" ( Newsday ).In 1948, Farley Mowat landed in the far north of Manitoba, Canada, a young biologist sent to investigate the region's dwindling population of caribou. Many people thought that the caribous' conspicuous decline had been caused by the tundra's most notorious predator: the wolf....

A new witch and her feline familiar get their fifteen minutes of fame in this enchanting mystery in the national bestselling series...After learning that she comes from a family of witches—and adopting a familiar named Alistair—artist Annabelle Britton has made beautiful Portsmouth, New Hampshire, her home. Together with her coven, this good witch is trying to put a stop to magic and murder most foul.When Anna takes Alistair to see local veterinarian Ramona...

Norrie Ellington has to pour herself into the case to bottle up a crafty killer . . .With her overlong stay at Two Witches Winery extended yet again, screenwriter Norrie Ellington wants nothing more than to lay low and avoid murder investigations at all costs. Then two neighborhood boys show up at the winery saying they’ve discovered what looks like a dead body in a nearby woods, and Norrie’s curiosity gets the better of her. When the body turns out to be a local labor man...

Opposites attract when a straitlaced lawyer and whimsical party planner fake-date as co-parents of a rambunctious Irish wolfhound in this im-paw-ssibly charming small-town romance.Connor Wyeth has a plan for everything. But when he adopts Maximus, an unruly Irish wolfhound mix, he gets more than he bargained for. If he doesn't act fast, the big dopey mutt is going to destroy his house. The only person Max ever listens to is the volunteer who used to walk him at the...