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As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman—a girl Will had once loved—was found brutally murdered in her family’s basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good.

On October 17, 11 years ago, Julie Miller was found brutally strangled in the basement of her house in the township of Livingston, New Jersey. On that day, Will's brother, Ken Klein, became the subject of an international manhunt accused of the crime. He has not been seen since. Will has tried to get on with his life in the intervening years. He has a beautiful new girlfriend, Sheila, and a job working with the homeless.

The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?

They say one action doesn’t define you. I killed a man. Stabbed him in the neck and licked the blood off my lips after I did it. Still, one action doesn’t define you. I could have called anyone. My father, the Prez of The Fallen MC, our family lawyer, my best friend, Lila, or my brother, King. I didn’t. Instead, I called Lionel Danner, the police officer renowned for taking down the Nightstalkers MC.

When Spencer gets stuck inside the magical Midnight Garden, I will not rest until I can release him. Unfortunately, Inspector Grant Stirling isn’t thinking along the same lines. Truth be told, I believe he’d happily wipe his hands of the garden and Spencer. Good thing for Spencer that he isn’t relying on Scotland Yard!

Ein Albtraum scheint für die Familie Whitaker endlich beendet: Annas und Toms Tochter Julie, die mit 13 Jahren entführt wurde, steht als 21-Jährige plötzlich vor ihrer Haustür. Endlich wieder vereint - die Familie kann ihr Glück kaum fassen. Doch schon bald spüren alle, dass Julies Geschichte so nicht stimmen kann. Als Anna dann von einem ehemaligen Polizisten geheime Informationen über den Entführungsfall erhält, hegt sie einen furchtbaren Verdacht.

I kept smiling when I caught my fiancé coming down my sister’s chimney on Christmas Eve. I gave polite congratulations when they got engaged. And I even offered to help decorate for their Christmas wedding despite the fact that was supposed to be my dream wedding. But when my sister cuts up my great-grandmother’s one-hundred-year-old wedding dress and turns it into a skank show, even though that was the dress I was going to wear on my wedding day? Well, this elf is torching down the North Pole.

Calvin Sidey - steely, hardened, with his own personal code - is one of the last cowboys. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father and grandfather, Calvin nevertheless agrees to stay with his grandchildren for a week. He decamps for his son's house in the small town where he once was a mythic figure, and soon enough problems arise: A boy's attentions to 17-year-old Ann are increasingly aggressive, and a group of reckless kids portend danger for 11-year-old Will.

She's perfect. He's not. She's the lead singer in a popular rock band. He's a tattoo artist. She's all perfect creases and fancy clothes. He's covered in prison ink. She's wealthy. He doesn't have a pot to piss in. She's good. He's bad. The question is - will she ever be good enough for him?

One day, 18-year-old Bowen's monotonous life is shaken to its core when she finds a dead body. But upon returning with help, it's nowhere to be found. She questions her sanity until he turns up at her house, very much alive. Peter's not dead...at least not anymore. He's nothing like she could have expected. As normal as he appears, he's never ridden in a car, used a shower, or has any idea where he is on the map. And as they scramble to piece together his history and find out who he really is, they soon learn that he isn't the only thing around that goes bump in the night.

Elizabeth Hampton has not spoken to her mother in weeks when she gets the phone call. Her mother has been found dead under suspicious circumstances. But who would want to kill a woman who stayed at home to care for her son Ronnie’s special needs? And why did her mother recently change her will? The police tell Elizabeth this is not only a murder investigation.

When Lexi Green's older brother, Charlie, starts plotting a road trip to find a famous musician who's been reported missing, she's beyond confused. Her brother hasn't left the couch since his girlfriend broke up with him months ago - but he'll hop in a car to find some hipster rocker? Concerned at how he seems to be rebounding, Lexi decides to go along for the ride. Besides, Lexi could use the distraction. The anger and bewilderment coursing through her after getting dumped by her pretentious boyfriend, Seth, has left her on edge.

Eight years ago, 13-year-old Julie Whitaker was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night. In the years since, her family have papered over the cracks of their grief - while hoping against hope that Julie is still alive. And then, one night, the doorbell rings. Gripping, shocking, and deviously clever, Good as Gone is perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and The Ice Twins - and will keep listeners guessing until the final moments.

Ever since a devastating family tragedy 17 years ago, Grace Bighill has struggled to keep her remaining family from falling apart. Then the discovery of her mother's body in the woods unearths a connection to a decades-old murder case, and Grace is dragged into a politician's bitter bid for revenge.

Brittany Pearce und Julian Barazza haben eines gemeinsam. Sie halten sich nicht gern an Gesetze. Darüber hinaus verbindet sie allerdings nicht viel. Als sie auf einer Party ein heißes, flüchtiges Abenteuer miteinander erleben, ahnen beide nicht, wer der jeweils andere ist und dass diese Begegnung unvergesslich bleiben wird. Denn sie sehen sich an dem Abend zwar zum ersten, aber nicht zum letzten Mal. Brittany ist Juwelendiebin und die Villa, in die sie in jener Nacht einbrechen will, gehört ausgerechnet Julian.

Devon McKinsey ist Anwalt. Sein Ruf ist tadellos, seine Weste bei Weitem nicht. Denn wenn es darum geht, entlastendes Material für seine Klienten zu besorgen, ist ihm jedes Mittel recht. Das weiß auch Elena. Sie wird des Mordes an ihrem Milliardärsgatten Richard Thornton angeklagt. Verzweifelt und unerwartet mittellos wendet sich die hübsche Blondine an Devon. Der Fall verspricht nur Ärger. Doch wider besseres Wissen lässt er sich dennoch darauf ein - und auf eine ganz besondere Bezahlmethode: Leistung gegen Sex. Bis aufkommende Gefühle sein Urteilsvermögen trüben und plötzlich alles außer Kontrolle gerät, denn nichts ist, wie es scheint.

Asher: Falls mein Bruder je wieder aus dem Knast kommt, werde ich ihn für den ganzen Ärger erwürgen, den er mir eingebrockt hat. Was für eine dämliche Idee, Koks in der Wohnung neben meiner zu verstecken - zu allem Überfluss Koks, das ihm nicht gehört. Natürlich ist den ursprünglichen Besitzern aufgefallen, dass es weg ist, und jetzt muss ich in die Nachbarwohnung einbrechen, um es zurückzubekommen. Dabei bin ich doch der Gute! Peyton: Der Verlag sitzt mir im Nacken, meine Lektorin ist verzweifelt und meine Testleserinnen sagen es mir schonungslos: Meine Sexszenen sind unterirdisch schlecht.

This bundle includes books one, two, and three in the Beechwood Harbor Magic Mysteries series.

When Iris was a teen, her twin sister Piper was kidnapped. Now an adult, Iris wants one thing – proof. And if the police still won’t help, she’ll just have to find it her own way: by interning at the isolated Shoal Island Hospital for the criminally insane, where secrets lurk in the shadows and are kept under lock and key. But Iris soon realizes that something even more sinister is simmering beneath the surface of the Shoal, and that the patients aren’t the only ones being observed…

In Life Is Hard, God Is Good, Let's Dance, Brant is at his best—sharing stories from around the world, as well as from his own heart and head, with a writing style that will likely make you laugh, cry, and rethink your outlook on life and the kingdom of God.