Retired New York homicide detective Artemis Beam, called upon to help find a twisted serial killer who is terrorizing the city, is fully aware that his unofficial status means he is free to use whatever methods he feels are appropriate to bring the murderer to justice.

"Bonnie and Clyde, they thought. And what's-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, and chips on their shoulders, and guns. The first person they killed was a highway patrolman. The second was a woman during a robbery. Then, hell, why not keep on going? As their crime spree cuts a swath through rural Minnesota, some of it captured on the killers' cell phones and sent to a local television station, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension...

They're one of the country's most telegenic couples: beloved TV journalist Sara Lowell and New York's hottest basketball star, Michael Silverman. In a Manhattan clinic, a doctor has dedicated his life to eradicating a devastating disease. One by one, his patients are getting well -- and, one by one, they're being targeted by a serial killer. And now Michael has been diagnosed with the disease.

Detectives Bentz and Montoya are assigned to investigate the murder of young novice Sister Camille, and, as more bodies are found, they uncover Montoya is connected to the first victim and the prime suspect, Father Frank O'Toole, as well as evidence that indicates a killer, who was believed to be dead, may be targeting nuns.

"He's a serial killer. A murderer of young women, all killed in brutal attacks. But despite Hamish Wolfe's conviction, he's always stuck to his story--he's innocent and he's been wrongly imprisoned. And now he wants someone to investigate and, more importantly, to write his story. Maggie Rose is a notorious defense attorney and writer whose specialty is getting convictions overturned. At first, Maggie is reluctant to even acknowledge Hamish's requests...

After years of paying her dues on the force, Beth Sturgis is finally a detective for the Robbery-Homicide division of the Atlanta PD. Now, she's in charge of a major manhunt for a potential serial killer who's working his way inward from the outskirts of the city. The copycat elements in the first crime scene lead Beth to retired FBI agent Jack Kale, who was responsible for apprehending and nearly killing the murderer known as the Scarecrow, who appears...

"Alex Cross enters the final battle with the all-knowing genius who has stalked him and his family for years. Dr. Alex Cross and Detective John Sampson venture into the rugged Montana wilderness--where they will be the prey. They're not on the job, but on a personal mission. Until they're attacked by two rival teams of assassins, controlled by the same mastermind who has stalked Alex and his family for years. Darkness falls. The river churns into...

Moving to Innocence, Mississippi, to escape the public eye following her much publicized break-up with her composer lover, celebrated concert violinist Caroline Waverly discovers that Innocence provides no haven from a killer at large.

Transporting a confessed murderer only to learn that the man's crime falls under his jurisdiction and that the killer has escaped, Sheriff Walt Longmire taps insights from Indian mysticism and Dante's "Inferno" in a manhunt through the icy Cloud Peak Wilderness Area.

The Monterey Peninsula is rocked when a killer begins to leave roadside crosses beside local highways -- not in memoriam, but as announcements of his intention to kill. And to kill in particularly horrific and efficient ways: using the personal details about the victims that they've carelessly posted in blogs and on social networking websites. Kathryn Dance and Deputy Michael O'Neil follow the leads to a brilliant role-playing game specialist who...