Plot summary (with spoilers): The action of this novel takes place a few months after what happened in Sweetheart (book 2 of the series). Serial Killer Gretchen Lowell is again on the loose in the Portland area, while homicide detective Archie Sheridan is in a mental hospital recovering from his wounds and addictions — [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): As the novel opens, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the chief medical examiner for the commonwealth of Virginia, is called to a crime scene in the middle of the night. A woman has been strangled, and while that alone ordinarily wouldn’t warrant the wake-up call, this case is different. It’s thought to [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): It seems that things in Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer’s life simply can’t go smoothly for very long. With crime on the rise in San Francisco, everyone on the police force is putting in extra hours, yet they’re still woefully understaffed. As a result, Boxer herself partners up with Warren Jacobi again [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): Upscale private investigator Aaron Fox (black) and LAPD detective Moses “Moe” Reed (white) are estranged half-brothers who suddenly find themselves working on the same case. They are both investigating the disappearance of a college student named Caitlin Frostig, who went missing after a night at the swanky Riptide club [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): Portland homicide detective Archie Sheridan is slowly trying to piece his life back together after 10 horrific days of captivity and torture at the hands of Gretchen Lowell, also known as The Beauty Killer. Archie is back at work, has just captured the so-called After School Strangler a couple months [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): The night after celebrating her 12th birthday at the Camp David presidential retreat, Willa Dutton is abducted from her home in nearby Virginia. Her two siblings and father Tuck are unharmed, but her mother Pam had her throat slit and died at the scene. Willa is the president’s niece, so [...]
Plot summary (with possible spoilers): Dr. Temperance Brennan is a forensic anthropologist who splits her time between teaching at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and working as a coroner for the Montreal police department. She also has a penchant for getting embroiled in murder investigations, which is exactly what happens during her latest stint [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): One Sunday morning as Lt. Lindsay Boxer is jogging through an upscale San Francisco neighborhood, a house literally explodes in front of her eyes. She calls for help, then rushes in to see if there’s anyone inside who needs rescuing. She emerges with a young boy, but he’s the only [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): Thirty-something Paul Copeland is an Essex County prosecutor with a history of heartache. He recently lost his wife to cancer, and 20 years before that, his sister disappeared along with three others from the summer camp where they worked together and was presumed to be the victim of serial killer [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): LAPD detective Harry Bosch is back in action, and this time it’s personal. While investigating the murder of an elderly Chinese liquor store owner in L.A., Bosch picks up a suspect who reputedly has links to a triad — some kind of ancient Chinese gang. The cops don’t have any [...]