Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that's taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea's young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn't return soon,...

Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a five-pointed silver badge and carrying a Sig Sauer. When a native woman disappears on the summer solstice, clues point to a cold case. Yates, a quick-draw champion, partners with expert archer Ava Cruz of the Tigua Tribal police. The investigation leads to the edges of Texas's most unforgiving landscape, where the officers take dead aim with every shot in their arsenals.

Jack Swyteck must defend a woman accused of kidnapping her niece while uncovering deadly secrets about the parents as political forces and international law complicate the case in the latest addition to the series following Goodbye Girl.

Recovering their balance after their adventures in Lincoln and the discovery of their secret sister, Aventurine Morrow and her twin Micheline are holed up together in Hay-on-Wye. There, they receive several coded messages indicating the possibility that Mick's husband, Shep, lost at sea, might actually have died by suicide. When her twin disappears, Avi must join forces with the always-suspicious policeman Dominic Burroughs to decipher those clues...

Following her husband's murder, Lila Culhane battles his pregnant mistress for leverage while preparing for a high-stakes reining competition, questioning her ranch manager and lover's loyalty, and dealing with a growing list of suspects in Frank's death.

Every Contact Leaves a Trace is a gripping look at crime scenes--dead bodies, blood spatter, murder weapons--and how a forensics specialist keeps it together as she does her job. Enter the fascinating world of crime scene investigation with this chilling memoir from Jo Ward of BBC's Forensics--the Real CSI. For most people, dead bodies are horrifying. They are the physical representation of everything we're afraid of--our own mortality, the unknown,...

"Dovey Van Dalen has a gorgeous day planned for her 200th birthday: driving her new Porsche, admiring the cherry blossoms abloom in her adopted city of Washington, D.C., and a little pampering. But her boss has other ideas. A powerful artifact has been stolen, and he fears it's causing chaos in the unmagical world... The rich and connected Ariti family has suffered a string of suspicious deaths, with no signs of foul play. Yet each member has died...

"With mouthwatering treats selling fast in October, Emily is delighted to welcome her assistant's younger sister, Hannah, to help at the donut shop while taking a semester off from college. But Hannah's talent for dishing powdered pastries without dropping a crumb attracts some unusual customers, as two admirers with opposite personalities begin to show up during her shifts-much to her older sister's disappointment . . . Real trouble comes after hours...

"When Olive Porter's off-the-grid parents go missing, she reluctantly seeks out Noah Turner, her ex and the only person she both trusts implicitly and not at all. As a special investigative agent for the National Park Service, Noah's used to living under intense pressure. Or he was until he got injured on the job. Now unhappily recuperating at home while being smothered by his loving but nosy family, he'd love nothing more than a good distraction....

A successful ghostwriter reluctantly joins the "Get Lit Cruise" hosted by her frenemy Payton Garrett, but the event turns deadly when an attendee is murdered and others fall ill, prompting her to navigate a web of motives and suspects while grappling with her past and chaotic cruise dynamics.