A long-hidden journal full of ancient island secrets. A gathering of friends that turns into a painful goodbye. Island report Adele Plank now faces a multitude of choices that will directly impact her future and those closest to her - including the man she loves. Join her as she once again seeks answers to questions few have had the courage to ask even as her enemies work to keep that knowledge hidden. -- back of cover.

Twelve-year-old Abigail is shocked to discover her elite boarding school is really a cover for a huge spy ring, and must undergo Spy Training 101 in order to save her mother, who happens to be the spy ring's top agent.

"Chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint. After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this savage, and why"--

"It's 1836 in the fast-growing town of Adamant. The young Pennsylvania Dutch sheriff Gideon has a new case when a beautiful woman - suspected of witchcraft and residing in a nearby German settlement - is murdered. Suffering from a head injury after a fall off his horse, Gideon can't recall anything that happened at the time of the woman's death. As flashes of memory return, he realizes that not only did he know the victim, he was with her the night...

"When Gerald's mom says he should get more "involved" at school, he joins the newspaper staff. But reporting on current events is a snooze, until he stumbles onto a few mysteries. Why is Room 117 always locked? What is the disgusting smell coming out of Mr. Zane's briefcase? And . . . why is Gerald's best friend, Sam the Slime, suddenly acting so strangely? Someone has to figure out what's really going on at Mob Middle School. But never fear--Gerald...

"Public prosecutor J.P. "Kaj" Cardozo has only lived in New Orleans for six months, and he's already working on a high-profile celebrity sexual assault case that's made headlines all over the country. But when his son becomes the target of a kidnapping attempt as a threat to Kaj, he is desperate to keep him safe and turns to a private investigative firm famous for their protection services. A veteran Marine, Val Sorensen is glad to have found a new...

A missing friend. A dead body on a beach. Multiple suspects and far more questions than answers. Join reporter Adele Plank as she seeks to unravel an increasingly complicated mystery which reaches back more than a century and that now threatens the lives of those closest to her. The Truthing Tree isthe eighth highly-anticipated novel in the popular San Juan Islands Mystery Series by USA Today featured author, D.W. Ulsterman.-The Writer -Dark Waters...

Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.

"¿Alguna vez te preguntaste por qué las palomas hacen cosas tan raras? Pues es porque están persiguiendo a los malos, salvándonos el trasero a todos y ¡resolviendo complicado misterios! ¿Por qué han desaparecido todas las migajas del parque? ¿Quién está secuestrando a los murciélagos? Y, lo más importante, ¿conseguierá la Pandilla Paloma evitar que la cena se covierta en un desastre?"--

"Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon, but a decade ago, she was a ranked and rising MMA fighter. Her career came to a quick end when she was knocked out and concussed in the first round by Mandy Kerrigan, a much more talented fighter. Now the situation couldn't be more different, with Kerrigan on her last legs, her career nearly over, arrested for the quadruple murder of the entire Finch family . . . and Kerrigan's...