"A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on the spy thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after a mission went tragically wrong. These days, she’s living quietly on her chicken farm, still wary of blowback from the events that forced her early retirement. But when...

"The first body is a mystery. She's young. She's beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets-- except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. The next body is a warning. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the streets. The police are skeptical. The mayor won't listen. And Kat's chief suspect is one of...

"Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case of a big game hunter found dead in his apartment, alone with the body of a beautiful white snow leopard he had recently been commissioned to procure and stuff for a high-profile museum in the area. Medical examiner Maura Isles connects the case to a number of seemingly unrelated deaths where the victims have all been found hanging upside down, the hallmark of a leopard's kill. Rizzoli follows the puzzling...

The man emerged from the mist, right in front of Cathy Weaver's car. He was running from killers who were closing in on him. Cathy had no choice - either pick him up or he dies. Victor Holland's story sounded like the ravings of a man on the brink of madness, but his claim to be a fugitive was confirmed by the haunted look in his eyes, and the bullet hole in his shoulder. As each hour brings pursuers ever closer, Cathy has to wonder, is she giving...

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles—the inspiration for the hit TNT series—continue their crime-solving streak. 
The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns—and so does that chilling novel’s diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to bequeath his evil legacy to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly.
It is a boiling hot Boston...

When an explosive misstep drives a painful wedge between Boston's finest crime-solving colleagues, Jane and Maura must set aside their personal difficulties in order to keep on top of the city's most heinous murder cases. Yet analyzing corpses and tracking killers is child's play compared to the complications that arise from both friends' families. Using intellect and instinct, the best friends do what it takes to regain each other2s trust while busting...

A Boston medical examiner and police officer investigate crime on the streets of Boston.

A “compulsively readable collection” of Poe’s short stories accompanied by essays from Jeffery Deaver, Stephen King, Lisa Scottoline, and many more (Booklist, starred review).
 
In the Shadow of the Master is an exceptional collection of classic stories from the lord of literary darkness himself—the inimitable Edgar Allan Poe—accompanied by enthralling essays from twenty of

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