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The bizarre murder of a parish priest at a New York bondage club opens Nikki Heat's most thrilling and dangerous case so far, pitting her against New York's most vicious drug lord, an arrogant CIA contractor, and a shadowy death squad out to gun her down. And that is just the tip of an iceberg that leads to a dark conspiracy reaching all the way to the highest level of the NYPD. "In the third book of the New York Times bestselling Nikki Heat series,...

Still reeling from her recent breakup with acclaimed journalist Jameson Rook, Nikki Heat is called to investigate when Cassidy Towne, who pens the most scandalous gossip column in all of New York, is found viciously murdered. However, when Rook makes an unannounced return into Heat's life, the murder investigation, which includes a list of high-profile suspects, begins to drag.

Lincoln Rhyme, a renowned criminologist left paralyzed after an accident, must utilize an assistant as well as his own talents to uncover a killer's identity before he murders again.

Nikki Heat and Derrick Storm team up for the first time to save Nikki's mother, Cynthia, who has been in hiding (and presumed dead) for 17 years. Standing in their way is a nefarious group of Chinese businessmen known as the Shanghai Seven, who have the resources-and ruthlessness-to stop them.

Midwife Sarah Brandt and police detective Sergeant Frank Malloy investigate the arson murder of a wealthy industrialist, in a mystery set in turn-of-the-century New York City.

"The body had been left in a dumpster like so much trash. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas arrives on scene, one of the uniforms recognizes the victim: a woman with no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change--and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street. But the little notebook where she scribbled down her intel on litterers and other such offenders is nowhere to be found. Then, while...