Witnessing the violent kidnapping of his daughter's basketball teammate, abduction specialist Jack Carpenter recognizes the snatcher from an unsolved case and sets out to rescue the girl.

Durant and Wu skillfully uncover the connection between a congressman's death and a plot to take over the seedy town of Pelican Bay.

"In the concluding volume of Shimon Adaf's genre-exploding detective trilogy, Elish Ben-Zaken is dead-it seems-but his niece, living in a grim, militaristic future, won't give up the investigation of her uncle's cold cases"--

Cat Deluca of the Pants On Fire Detective Agency is driven to clear the good name of her client, Cleo Jones, after Cleo's cheating husband turns up dead and she becomes the prime suspect.

"Stone Barrington, his former NYPD partner Dino Bachetti and CIA agent Holly Barker investigate a possible serial killer with ties to the White House"--

Sherlock's phenomenal mental acuity diminishing and the emotional life he had always resisted pushing its way to the surface, the worlds greatest detective is forced to confront the most baffling mystery of his career, that of the meaning and significance of his own inner life.

"The first book in an original mystery series featuring twenty-eight-year-old Veronica Mars, back in action after the events of Veronica Mars: The Movie. With the help of old friends -- Logan Echolls, Mac Mackenzie, Wallace Fennel, and even Dick Casablancas -- Veronica is ready to take on Neptune's darkest cases with her trademark sass and smarts. Final title and cover to be announced"--

"On the outskirts of San Diego, the bodies of two young women are discovered. They have no names, no IDs, and no family looking for them. Fearing the possibility of a human trafficking ring, the police and FBI reach out to Alice Vega, a private investigator known for finding the missing, for help in finding out who the Janes were - and finding the others who are missing. Alice Vega is a powerful woman whose determination is matched only by her intellect,...

"During an intense storm in Dark Harbor, Maine, a perplexing murder lands a dead man on Stone Barrington's doorstep. As secrets swirl around this mystery man's identity, Stone quickly sets out to unravel a web of cunning misdirections and lies. Soon enough, he is embroiled in an elaborate game of cat and mouse between the CIA and nefarious foreign forces, including a bewitching new companion who comes under his protection. But when Stone's actions...

When infamous actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of rape and murder, the Boston PD calls on Spenser to make heads or tails of the case. Although the evidence is mounting against Jumbo, Spenser makes a break when he teams up with Jumbo's bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and uncovers some secrets involving the murder victim.