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Six-year-old Olivia Hathaway tiptoes down the center aisle of Maybelle's Market, stopping once to glance over her shoulder and make sure her mother isn't watching. But Mrs. Hathaway is too preoccupied to notice her daughter has slipped away. Minutes later, a frantic Mrs. Hathaway runs up and down the aisles, desperately searching for her missing daughter. But Olivia is already gone. Will PI Sloane Monroe find her before it's too late?

Detective Georgiana Germaine is back on the trail of a cold-blooded killer, and once again, the case hits close to home. Twenty-year-old Olivia Spencer sits at her desk in her mother’s bookshop, dreaming about her upcoming wedding. The shop may be closed, but Olivia's not alone, and her dream is about to become her worst nightmare. Little Broken Things is the third book in the USA Today bestselling Georgiana Germaine mystery series. Grab your copy today and get swept up in a twisty tale of secrets and lies that will have you reading all night. Praise for Little Broken Things: "A ...

Thirteen-year-old Willie Compton and his younger brother Leonard stumble upon a mine shaft while hiking the hills of Park City, Utah. The shaft is unsealed, abandoned. While Leonard stares at the hole in wonderment, a Slinky he's been flipping back and forth between his hands slithers through his fingers, tumbling toward the mouth of the shaft.

On a calm summer evening, Giovanni takes his young son Luca for drive. A car pulls alongside, and when the window comes down, the driver is holding a gun. He aims, showering Daniela's car with gunfire. Who is this man? Why has he taken Giovanni? And will Luca survive?

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Fearing for her life after witnessing a gruesome murder, Juliette Granger whisks her two-year-old daughter Nora away in the dead of night and flees, planning to start a new life in a small, forgettable town under an alias. An hour into the escape, headlights flash behind her. A vehicle pulls alongside, and a masked man demands she stop the car. She refuses him, and a deadly game of cat and mouse begins.

Will Penelope's new beginning lead to her end? After living in a verbally abusive relationship for the past six years, twenty-seven-year-old Penelope Barlow has finally found the courage to leave. In the wee hours of night, she wakes her five-year-old daughter to play a game they've been practicing--getting to the car without waking Daddy. The game is a success. One month later, mother and daughter are enjoying their new beginning in Cambria, California, the same town where Penelope was raised. But someone in the tight-knit community isn't happy about her return. And for Penelope, her past ...

Something unusual is happening to Quinn Montgomery. Trapped inside her unconscious mind, the sound of her father's soothing voice seeps through, and the past 24 hours come flooding back. She wakes to find herself in the hospital. Her childhood best friend Evie is dead. But not just dead, murdered, and Evie's four-year-old son witnessed it all. Traumatized over what he saw, he's not talking. And when Evie's cold-blooded killer goes into hiding, Quinn isn't only out for justice, she's out for revenge.

A fancy hotel. A weekend getaway. For Sloane Monroe, rest has finally arrived, until the lights go out and her nightmare begins.

After her mother-in-law is fatally stabbed, Wren Bancroft is seen fleeing the house with the bloody knife. Is Wren really the killer, or is a dark, scandalous family secret to blame?

No one knows the value of keeping a secret more than former high school prom king Doug Ward. But after washing the past twenty years down with a smooth glass of whisky, Doug's steely resolve has started to crack. For Private Investigator Sloane Monroe, her high school reunion cruise has been nothing more than a mundane reminder of why she hasn't returned to her hometown after all these years. When dried blood is found on the deck where Doug was last seen, Sloane finesses her way into the surveillance room.

From New York Times best-selling author Cheryl Bradshaw: A single moment is about to change Sloane Monroe's life forever.... On an early winter morning, college student Shelby McCoy walks the quiet, snowy path back home. A tree branch snaps in the distance. Then another. A man is there with her, following close behind, whispering her name. She looks back, sees him gaining on her, and runs. Who is this man, and why is he carrying a gun?

After a physical altercation with an aggressive date, Sloane's best friend Maddie drives home, vowing never to go on another blind date again. Headlights flash off and on through her car's back windshield. Someone is following close behind, trying to run her off the road. When Maddie's car careens into a nearby tree, the chase comes to an end. But for Maddie, the end is just the beginning.

Grace Ashby wakes to the sound of a horrifying scream. She races down the hallway, finding her mother's lifeless body on the floor in a pool of blood. Her mother's boyfriend, Hugh, is hunched over her. At first glance, it seems Hugh is to blame, but is Hugh really her mother's killer? As revelations about Caroline Ashby's secret life unfold, private detective Sloane Monroe takes the case, but it won't take long to find the killer. He's been watching, carefully tracking her every move. And now, Sloane's own life is in grave danger.

Alexandra Weston has been telling lies for the last 25 years. Those closest to her think they know her, but they don't. No one does. When Alexandra is found brutally murdered on the last stop of her book tour, fellow colleague Joss Jax steps in to investigate. Joss's search reveals disturbing details from Alexandra's past, including secrets buried within the pages of her books, and a list of enemies ready to talk about the real Alexandra Weston.

A cryptic message. A missing niece. And only 24 hours to pay. After traveling to New Orleans to see his niece's band on tour, Police Chief Drake Cooper, a.k.a. Coop, finds a piece of paper stuck to the front door of his brother's home. A handwritten message reveals his niece has been abducted, a ransom is being demanded, and Coop's family has 24 hours to pay.

In the heart of Savannah’s hauntingly beautiful streets, a chilling mystery is about to unfold … Teenagers are vanishing from the shadowy depths of the city's ancient tunnels, and fourteen-year-old Andi Leland is determined to find out why. As she delves into the sinister underworld, she, too, vanishes without a trace. With Andi’s disappearance, the stakes are even higher, and time is running out. Enter Sloane and Maddie, two friends seeking a peaceful escape in the picturesque city. Their vacation is soon disrupted as they learn about the recent disappearances. Compelled by justice ...

It was Isabelle Donnelly's wedding day, a moment in time that should have been the happiest in her life...until it ended in murder. Three women, three motives to kill.

Marissa Calhoun sits alone on a beach-like swimming hole nestled on Australia's foreshore. Tonight, the lagoon is hers and hers alone. Or, is it? A tall figure steps out from behind the tree, his face cloaked beneath a dark hoodie. His footsteps slap against the pavement, fast and hard. Twenty feet, then 15, then 10. Instinct kicks in, and Marissa breaks into a sprint, but she's too late. His hand claws into the back of her head. Grabbing a fistful of her hair, he plunges her face into the water.

Tonight, there's a strange stillness to the air, an eerie quiet, an unsettling feeling brewing within—a feeling that something terrible is about to happen. A mysterious letter arrives from a woman named Eve Crawley. She claims to be Addison's cousin, a cousin Addison has never met or heard of before. The letter contains an invitation to Crawley Manor ... and a warning. Something evil is coming. Something dark. Something seeking to destroy everything and everyone in its path. And Addison Lockhart is the only one who can stop it. Praise for the Addison Lockhart paranormal and supernatural ...