QUICK PICK is the fourth in a series following Beyond Evil, Runaway Mom, and The Order. In this case, Private Investigator Frank McLaughlin befriends a homeless man (Jonas Jackson) on the streets of Dallas, Texas. Jonas is a displaced person from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Franks curse of curiosity drives him to learn what is behind Jonas obsession over some deeply guarded event from his distant past that continues to torment his daily thoughts.When Frank gives Jonas ...

Reeling from a tragic ending to a serial murder case (Beyond Evil) in San Antonio, Texas, Frank McLaughlin, a worldly and highly skilled private investigator relocates to Dallas. He settles in by building a new life with new friends until he takes on a missing person case. The client, Johnny Blue Feather, is a wealthy avionics entrepreneur of Native-American descent (Navajo) who wants to find and reunite his missing sister, Carol, with her two children. She had dropped her children off wit...

Someone is performing a bastardized version of the Black Mass in San Antonio, Texas where Catholic Nuns are sadistically tortured, and slain. A scrupulous attorney hires an elite private investigator, Frank McLaughlin, to investigate on behalf of an anonymous client. Frank elicits the help of a White Witch, Fiona and they quickly fall in love. Time and time again, Frank's resolve is tested as he is torn between logic, duty and his own undefined faith.The police are baffled as the C...

The Order is the third in a series following Beyond Evil and Runaway Mom. Private Investigator Frank McLaughlin sets out to elicit information from Charlene OKeefe, a friends cousin, in order to learn why she suddenly gave up a promising career as a singer and return home to ranch life with her father. In the process, Frank begins to experience strong feelings for her. Wanting to spend more time with her, he hires her to help with his business. Together, they take on one of the most import...

Truth is quirkier than fiction in this romp through the history of one unforgettable town. Millions of tourists know Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as a charming Victorian village. Far fewer have heard these sixty too-crazy-to-make-up tales of colorful characters who have trodden its wildly uneven streets. Each story is narrated by a different Eureka Springs area resident, creating a magical listening experience!How did a skin rash lead to the tow...

After years of frequent moves following her mother’s death, Chloe Saunders’s life is finally settling down. She is attending art school, pursuing her dreams of becoming a director, making friends, meeting boys. Her biggest concern is that she’s not developing as fast as her friends are. But when puberty does hit, it brings more than hormone surges. Chloe starts seeing ghosts–everywhere, demanding her attention. After she suffers a breakdown, her devoted aunt Lauren gets her into a highly r...

In John Verdon’s most sensationally twisty novel yet, ingenious puzzle solver Dave Gurney brings his analytical brilliance to a shocking murder that couldn’t have been committed the way the police say it was.The daunting task that confronts Gurney, once the NYPD’s top homicide cop: determining the guilt or innocence of a woman already convicted of shooting her charismatic politician husband -- who was felled by a rifle bullet to the brain while delivering the eulogy at his own moth...

Book II in the Darkest Powers trilogy takes us deeper into a world where the supernatural intrudes on the everyday with riveting effect.If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl – someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I’m as far away from normal as it gets. A living science experiment – not only can I see ghosts, but I was genetically altered by a group of people who call themselves The Edison Group. What does t...

The first outbreak was in Manhattan. The island was quarantined, but it was too late. Nowhere is safe from the undead.Tom Clemens has been living in the shadows, searching for those responsible for the death of his family. Framed for murder, he is on the run when the first outbreak occurs. With thousands of others, he fights his way out of New York and joins the exodus searching for a safe refuge somewhere in America. On that journey he learns the identity of those...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gorgeously written novel that weaves class, wealth, race, and fate into a brilliant portrait of a first lady—from the author of Rodham and Eligible“Terrific . . . an intelligent, bighearted novel about a controversial political dynasty.”—Entertainment WeeklyNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time • People • Entertainmen...

The government sends Brian back to the Canadian wilderness in this beloved follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen!Two years after Brian Robeson survived fifty-four days alone in the Canadian wilderness, the government wants him to head back so they can learn what he did to stay alive. This time Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him. But a freak storm leaves Derek uncon...

The women’s fiction debut of USA-Today bestselling author Edie Claire!Once upon a hot, lazy summer at Indian Lake, Pennsylvania, two giggling twelve-year-old girls swore to stay best friends forever. But some promises are hard to keep...When hospital social worker Teagan Hansen is called to the bedside of a Jane Doe who has been beaten and left for dead with no ID and no memory, she expects to be dealing with a victim of domestic violence. The last...