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"A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier. Caitlin Hendrix has been a Narcotics detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her childhood nightmares reemerges: the Prophet. An UNSUB--what the FBI calls an unknown subject--the Prophet terrorized the Bay Area in...

In his time investigating crimes for both the Boston cops and General Ike's European forces, Lieutenant Billy Boyle hasn't encountered a serial killer. But now it looks like he may--a serial killer with a particularly frightening agenda.

"One murdered, one missing. Both are almost identical. Detective Nik Pohl has seen every shade of darkness in his career. Not used to playing by the rules, he finds himself frozen out by his superiors. What's worse, now he's being blackmailed into investigating a seemingly crimeless disappearance by a shadowy businessman. A young woman, Viola, left her home months ago, leaving a letter to her parents saying she wouldn't be coming back. With a little...

In this gritty and gripping new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Eve Dallas fights to save the innocent--and serve justice to the guilty--on the streets of New York. Homicide cop Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband, Roarke, are building a brand-new school and youth shelter. They know that the hard life can lead kids toward dangerous crossroads--and with this new project, they hope to nudge a few more of them onto the right path....

"London, 1850: When an anonymous writer sends a letter to the paper claiming to have committed the perfect crime--and promising to kill again--young Charles Lenox endeavors to solve the crime. In Charles Lenox's very first case, the ruthless serial killer will set him on the course to become one of London's most brilliant detectives"--

SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has sworn to defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic. As Lindsay prepares to celebrate her own daughter's birthday, she clashes with rising Chief Charlie Clapper over a family case. When a distraught mother pleads with Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, Tara, and baby granddaughter, Lorrie, Cindy immediately loops in SFPD. But Tara's schoolteacher husband, Lucas Burke,...

Anna Gravess whole life has recently been turned upside down. A new mother, shes just gone back to her job as a radio presenter and is busy navigating a new schedule of late night feeding and early morning wake ups while also dealing with her newly separated husband. Then the worst happens. While Anna is walking on the beach with her daughter, shes attacked by a crazed teenager. Terrified, Anna reacts instinctively to protect her baby.But her life...

When Homicide Detective Alex King's ex-fiance's mother is murdered, he fears a serial killer the media dubbed The Pillow Strangler might be back. But when another person close to King becomes the killer's next victim, King is forced to admit the clues left behind might be blazing a trail straight to him. Investigative reporter, Samantha Bell, is presented an offer she can't refuse, but by a man she's not sure she can trust. Soon she and her crime-solving...

Still recovering from the Ragdoll case, Detective Emily Baxter delves into yet another gruesome case when a copycat killer emerges in New York City and must shake off the grief and fear that have paralyzed her to stop the murders. Still recovering from the Ragdoll case, London Detective Emily Baxter is ordered to New York to assist when a copycat killer emerges in New York City. This time the body is contorted into a familiar pose, strung up from...

The last thing crime reporter Samantha Bell expected to find was another journalist dead in the trunk of her car. Now considered a suspect in a murder she knows she didn’t commit, Samantha fears she might be next to die. He has a story to tell… Teaming up with her three crime-solving friends, Samantha soon discovers she’s caught the interest of serial killer Dale Tanner, a person she thought was serving out his sentence behind bars. …and...