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C. J. Box has won a host of awards, including the Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry. In Plain Sight sees game warden Joe Pickett's life take a turn for the worse after millionaire Opal Scarlett goes missing. As Pickett discovers more and more disturbing truths, it becomes clear that someone wants the dogged game warden to keep his nose out of the investigation.

An award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right there, in front of our eyes ... Are we not alone? The moment we have an answer might have arrived. Award-winning investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs since mysterious...

When a magical plague is released in a Depression-era New York soup kitchen, private detective Alex Lockerby finds himself in a desperate hunt to catch a madman before he can strike again. His investigations lead Alex to a famous thief, a daring heist, and the search for a mythic book of ancient magic, but none of that brings him any closer to finding the man responsible for the massacre. With the police and New York’s Council of Sorcerers desperate to find the culprit, Alex becomes a suspect himself, thanks to his ties to the priest who ran the soup kitchen.

For years Myra Rutledge and Annie de Silva, founding members of the Sisterhood, have funded an underground network run by former Supreme Court Justice Pearl Barnes to help women escape abusive relationships. When two of Pearl's clients fail to report for their weekly check-in, the Sisterhood and their allies begin a search for French model Amalie Laurent and her one-time maid, Rosalee Muno.

JUDGE. JURY. EXECUTIONER. On a cold January morning, the killer executed Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse in broad daylight. Eight shots fired a block from the Kaufman County Courthouse. Two months later, a massacre. The day before Easter, the couple slept. Bunnies, eggs, a flower...

Fans of Tonya Sharp Hyche will devour In Plain Sight, her newest novel, another fast paced, unpredictable thriller that her readers have come to love and expect. When Addison Shaw learns that her only sister, Cassandra Rose, has died in a tragic boating accident along with her husband, Keith, of a few years, she returns to Tampa, Florida, to put her affairs in order. Once arriving, Addison finds the house all packed up in boxes under the lawyer’s direction. Then on the first night, the house alarm goes off in the middle of the night, and the FBI arrive- but why? When FBI Agent Aiden ...

What if everything you’ve been told is true? What if some of it isn’t? And what if the real story lies somewhere in between? From the assassination of President Kennedy to Area 51, from vaccine controversies to artificial intelligence, from financial power networks to pandemic origins, conspiracy theories shape how millions of people understand the modern world. They influence elections, medical choices, social movements, and trust in institutions. But how many of these theories are supported by evidence? And how many survive on repetition, fear, and incomplete information? In this ...

Bran is filled with hate and anger over the deaths of his parents and willingly accepts a mission to avenge them. The mission is simple: go undercover as a rogue shifter looking for work and infiltrate Collier Pack knowing their close ties to Westin Pack. Then, when the opportunity arises...kill Kelsey Westin. His mission is sealed by a blood oath forged by a powerful witch. He's prepared for every possible scenario - except Ruby.

Callahan Hastings is relentless when it comes to getting what he wants, and what he wants is me–to be his private chef in the Hamptons for the summer. My dream job served to me on a silver platter by one of the wealthiest members of Pembroke Hills Country Club. The only catch? He’s my ex-boyfriend’s older brother with a reputation for being as charming as he is cunning. But Cal doesn’t take no for an answer. He draws you in with flirty smiles and extravagant promises.

He’s everything her heart wants… but they can’t be together. Seraphina Hart has been betrothed since childhood. As the daughter of one of the most successful ranchers in the valley, her father has promised her hand to the son of a man who offered valuable land. But when Sera meets Cort Malone, a cowboy with an easy smile and a tendency to show up when she needs him most, she begins to question everything she’s been told she should want. Cort never expected to fall for a woman like Sera. From the first moment he lays eyes on her, he knows he should stay away if he values his job and ...

Held against her will and raped by her 38-year-old boss, 19-year-old Anna tries to make sense of her unbelievable situation. How did an innocent friendship with her boss turn into weeks of forced sex and the inability to leave her oppressor's side? Furthermore, what happens when weeks of rape result in a pregnancy? This true-life novel depicts a graphic and raw recounting of the unimaginable horrors of the Summer of 2010.

The last thing I expect when I meet the new guy at work is for my life to be thrown into chaos. I've spent years hiding my attraction to men, but Luka is funny, outgoing, and for reasons I can't explain, he sees past my introverted nature and wants to be friends. I've never felt a connection with anyone like I do with Luka. He makes me want to open up and share the parts of myself I usually keep hidden. I don't want to make things awkward between us, but the more I try to get over my feelings, the harder it is to stay away.

Alex Carson is in mid-life freefall. He owes a quarter million in back taxes, his bipolar wife Connie keeps going off her meds, and his dog’s just died. When his estranged twin brother Dave, a multi-millionaire with a disease that’s reduced him to crutches, invites him for a weekend visit, Alex is so eager to escape his own reality that he accepts, even though his wife decides at the last minute to tag along. Over drinks that evening, Dave tells them he suspects his wife Kristina of having an affair. Uninterested in Dave’s marital problems, Connie seeks sympathy for Alex’s tax debt ...

In the dead of night, four teenagers taking a shortcut through an archaeological dig site find a body in a trench. It doesn’t take long for them to be more scared than they’ve ever been in their lives. These are no ancient remains: the woman was killed just hours earlier . . .

This riveting inside story of the intense search for the Salt Lake City teenager who was kidnapped from her bed reveals never-before-told details of the largest investigation in Utah state history. Paced like a thriller, this true account moves between the parallel stories of the searchers and the abductor. Going beyond a mere eyewitness account, the book includes information culled from interviews with more than 150 people involved in the search and investigation, notes from family meetings, and memos from law enforcement officials.

Vincent never had a chance. He lost his mother in the South Tower. He lost his father to a bottle. The rest, he gave away slowly—to heroin, silence, and survival. ★★★★★ "by the time the last scene fades out, you’ll want to sit in the dark for a minute, just letting it settle."- Goodreads ★★★★★ "It did what The Sopranos ending tried to do but actually pulled it off. The final pages of In Powder Blue by Nikolas Pleiadi left me completely silent." - Goodreads ★★★★★ "A modern crime masterpiece....You could dissect this forever. On par with The Godfather."- ...

Agent Lena McClain wants out. Out of the Agency. Out of the shadows that have consumed her life for far too long. But walking away may cost her everything. The price of freedom could be Roc Branson—her husband, her partner, and the only man she’s ever loved. Bound together by secrets, missions, and a marriage forged in danger, Lena and Roc have survived betrayals no one else could understand. Now Lena is ready for a life without lies. The Agency isn’t willing to let her go. And love may be the most dangerous liability of all. Because in a world built on deception, choosing each other ...

Here is a timeless tale of waterside Britain that has been loved by generations of children and acclaimed as a classic. The story of Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Toad, and their escapades, whether messing about on the river or poop-pooping in Toad's shiny new car, cannot fail to enchant.

When Fitzwilliam Darcy’s father slides into an early grave, his son is forced to take on Pemberley’s mantle. Brandy numbs his pain, but Darcy’s worst inclinations run wild. After tragedy rips everything away, he spends years finding his way back to a new life as a man redeemed by a woman’s loving understanding. Elizabeth Bennet is afflicted with a common regency ailment: observing the world about her but not seeing those beneath her notice.

What if everything you thought you knew about race, geography, and human history was incomplete? For centuries, the world has been taught a simple narrative: Blackness belongs to Africa. Asia and the Middle East are something else. But history tells a different story. Across the forests of Southeast Asia, the deserts of Arabia, the coasts of India, and the islands of the Pacific live black populations whose presence challenges everything we think we know. They are dark-skinned. They are ancient. They are indigenous. And yet—they have been overlooked. Hidden in Plain Sight takes you on a ...