Chuck Puckman, Lorraine Nadia, and Frederick Keane came of age in the late 1960s. Like that era, their lives were mysterious, idealistic, passionate, even romantic—but ultimately confused and often ineffectual. More than thirty years later, their youthful adventures continue to have ramifications: Chuck faces prosecution after an industrial accident at his family business, Lorraine's daughter is searching for the father she never knew, and Frederick has gone underground after his radical l...

It started with a haunting image: a Ford Explorer, iridescent in the moonlight and alone on a desolate stretch of beach. Its owner, Melissa Gibbons, has gone missing. Her husband says she flew the coop. But Los Angeles Deputy DA Rachel Knight is convinced otherwise: Melissa Gibbons has been murdered.So begins the confounding case that Rachel must present before a disbelieving jury. A dissatisfied heiress and her philandering husband -- what really happened? The husband has a fiendis...

A man's frantic search for his missing family draws him into a terrifying plot in this novel from "one of the best thriller writers in the business" ( Library Journal, starred review).Though Jeff and Sarah Griffin are teetering on divorce, they try to keep the heart-wrenching turmoil from their young son, Cole. In fact, they all travel from Montana to Manhattan to give Cole a dream vacation. While sightseeing near Times Square, Jeff steps into a store to bu...

Zoo was just the beginning. Now, the last humans on Earth are fighting for their lives in a dystopia where humans are prey in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.The planet is still under violent siege by ferocious animals. Except some humans are evolving, mutating into a savage species that could save civilization ... or end it.BookShots—original, lightning-fast stories by James Patterson,...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA sharply observed, mordantly funny, and startlingly original novel from an exciting, unconventional new voice—the author of the acclaimed The Wallcreeper—about the making and unmaking of the American family that lays bare all of our assumptions about race and racism, sexuality and desire.Stillwater College in Virginia, 1966. Freshman Peggy, an ingénue with literary pretensions, falls under the spell of Le...

**“**Single Malt is full of explosive chemistry, captivating characters, and edge-of-your-seat suspense. A must read for any romantic suspense fan!” —Megan Erickson, USA TODAY bestselling authorEight months after the car crash that blew a hole in his life, FBI agent Aidan Talley is back at work and more dedicated than ever. He’s got anew department, a new case, a new partner and enough work to bur...

Named a Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year: The explosive debut novel about family, power, and privilege from the creator of the award-winning Mad Men.Mark and Karen Breakstone have constructed the idyllic life of wealth and status they always wanted, made complete by their beautiful and extraordinary daughter Heather. But they are still not quite at the top. When the new owners of the penthouse above them begin construction, an unstable stranger penetra...

April showers bring May flowers. But as the rain-swollen creeks recede, the residents of one rural Pennsylvania town learn that April showers bring something far worse than destructive floods and property damage. This year, the April showers have brought a cryptozoological nightmare named Scratch, and only pain and terror follow in his wake.This novella by award-winning, best-selling writer Brian Keene also includes a bonus short story - "Halves".

Read the true story of the manhunt that inspired The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, the acclaimed FX series.“The breadth and thoroughness of [Maureen] Orth’s research are often staggering.”—The New York Times“Fascinating . . . ripe with chilling detail.”—Entertainment WeeklyOn July 15, 1997, Gianni Versace was shot and killed on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion ...

If the good guys can't save you, call a bad guy.When viral video of an explosive terrorist attack on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge reveals that a Federal witness long thought dead is still alive, the organization he'd agreed to testify against will stop at nothing to put him in the ground.FBI Special Agent Charlie Thompson is determined to protect him, but her hands are tied; the FBI's sole priority is catching the terrorists before they strike again. So Charlie calls ...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • San Francisco ChronicleIn True Believers, Kurt Andersen—the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Heyday and Turn of the Century—delivers his most powerful and moving novel yet. Dazzling in its wit and effervescent insight, this kaleidoscopic tour de force of cultural observation and seductive storytelling alternates be...

Natalie Lindstrom was once one of an elite group of investigators with the power to interview the dead victims of violent crime. But now Natalie has had enough. Enough of the violence. Enough of the darkness that has already gotten too close to her five-year-old daughter. Yet as she tries to build a new life and protect her child from the world she has left, Natalie still knows injustice when she sees it. And she knows that in a high-profile California trial, a young man is getting away wi...