Blair Owens, a former doubter, comes to depend on God for help when she sets out to discover what happened to Cade, the Cape Refuge police chief who disappeared shortly after hitting and killing a man who walked out in front of his car, and who is now suspected of having some connection to the dead man's wife.

Local detective Patrick Hedstrom must find the murderer of a little girl found in a fisherman's net in FjA¤llbacka, Sweden

While Brooklyn has temporarily relocated to her parents' place in Northern California, she attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under their commune. A room is unearthed, revealing artwork, rare books, cases of wine, a chest of jewelry...and a perfectly mummified body. A closer examination of the murdered man's possessions reveals a valuable first edition of Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth containing a secret treasure map....

Dr. Jennifer White is the prime suspect in the murder of her life-long friend and neighbor, Amanda, but as she descends further into the later stages of dementia, it becomes unclear if her shattered memory is preventing her from remembering the truth or helping her hide it.

Freelance writer Jaine Austen, having penned a letter for the awkward Howard in which he declares his love for gorgeous aerobics instructor, Stacy Lawrence, feels obligated to investigate when Stacy is found bludgeoned to death with a Thigh Master and Howard jailed as the number one suspect.

Kelly Flynn's plans to renovate her recently purchased alpaca ranch are threatened by acts of sabotage targeting her new home and her local yarn shop, a situation that is complicated by the discovery of the body of a young woman in the basement of her shop.

When Brenda Riley, a colleague from Ali's old news broadcasting days in California, shows up in town with an alcohol problem and an unlikely story about a missing fiancae, Ali reluctantly agrees to help. The man posing as Brenda's fiancae is revealed to be Richard Lowensdale, a cyber-sociopath who has left a trail of broken hearts in his virtual wake. When he is viciously murdered, the police soon focus their investigation on Brend

Yavapai County Police Department media relations consultant Ali Reynolds and unidentified patient advocate Sister Anselm work together to uncover evidence about a case in which a woman was left to die inside a raging fire, and soon realize there is a possible connection to a domestic terrorist group and they are putting their lives and the victim's life in danger by continuing their investigation.

Ten strangers--each with a sordid past--are summoned by an absent millionaire to a private island off the coast of Devon and begin to die one by one upon arrival.

Although forbidden to see each other, Ryan and Sarah continue their investigation of the mysterious happenings at the dredge by communicating through video clips, text messages, midnight meetings, and journaling. The reader may view videos on a website by using links and passwords found in the text.