Dr. Nadine Lavoie works in the lockdown ward of a psychiatric hospital. She has the tools to help people, and she has the desire: healing broken families is what she lives for. But Nadine doesn't want to look too closely at her family life - her daughter, Lisa, ran away and is still living on the streets - or her past, which is filled with black holes. Until a suicidal woman is admitted, and the details of her back story reveal troubling parallels with Nadine's own life. Digging deeper, Nadine is forced to confront her traumatic childhood and the damage that began when she and her brother were brought by their mother to a remote commune on Vancouver Island. What happened to Nadine? Why was their family destroyed? And what can she do, now, to save Lisa? Soon Nadine realizes that danger is closer to home than she ever imagined. She has no choice but to face what terrifies her the most - and fight back with everything she's got.

ORDER # U416-1   $11-90   ISBN 9781250081186

Milwaukee homicide detective Ellie MacIntosh's bizarre case takes gruesome to a new level - and is eerily and frustratingly familiar. She has seen the signature work of the killer before, but cannot connect the victims. There isn't a single suspect in sight, but at least the case gives Ellie something to focus on instead of her chaotic personal life. Ellie's partner, Jason Santiago, is glad to be back on the job, even on a disturbing case like this one. Working with Ellie has evolved into a tangled relationship that is no longer platonic, at least to him. The trouble is, she has no idea how he feels. Jason's chance to make a move is now, but he's paralyzed by the fear he will ruin both his career and a partnership he values more than any he has ever had.

ORDER # U416-2   $11-90   ISBN 9780765387042

A plane bound for Jordan goes down in the Caspian Sea. The only survivor: the Russian mercenary who hijacked the flight. Missing from the wreckage: a cask containing an agent of unprecedented destructive potential. Now that a carefully plotted terrorist attack is officially in motion, America is on the brink of war. But there's one man who might be able to put a stop to it. Journalist Jack Hatfield has been picking up the pieces of his career ever since making an inflammatory statement about Islamic extremists. But when, from out of nowhere, he gets a tip about a dangerous conspiracy to destroy Mecca, Jack finds himself in mortal danger. Now it's up to him and his ragtag friends on the fringes of the law - a prostitute, a clown, and a Jewish gangster among them - to put a stop to the devastating plot and face down a ruthless enemy and - or witness the collapse of the world as we know it.

ORDER # U416-3   $13-50   ISBN 9781250035714

David Slaton has a good life. He has a new wife and a house in the Virginia suburbs. But he also has a dark past. Slaton is a former "kidon," the most lethal Israeli assassin ever created. After decades of work, a brilliant scientist has taken Iran to the threshold of its dream - a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. Mossad must eliminate the man, but with a spy lurking high in its ranks there is only one option: bring back Slaton. The "kidon" has vowed to never kill again, but when his wife is attacked and forced to flee across Europe, events force his hand. Slaton plots to assassinate one of the most closely guarded men on earth. Success is improbable. Survival unlikely. Only when he learns the labyrinthine truth does Slaton see one high-stakes chance. A chance for an assassin's game.

ORDER # U416-4   $13-50   ISBN 9780765388094

They call them Travelers. They drift from city to city, always staying on the move. Now somebody is murdering them, one by one. When Lucas Davenport's adopted daughter, Letty, gets a phone call from a female Traveler she'd befriended in San Francisco, Letty urges her father to investigate. The woman's male companion is missing. And the woman is very afraid. Though he suspects Letty's getting played, Lucas volunteers to help. Little does he know, in the days to come, he'll embark upon an odyssey through a subculture unlike any he's ever seen, a trip that will not only put the two of them in danger - but just may change the course of his life.

ORDER # U416-5   $13-50   ISBN 9780425278857

On a mission in Tehran, Jack Ryan, Jr., meets his oldest friend, Seth Gregory. As they part, Seth slips Jack a key, along with a perplexing message. The next day Jack is summoned to an apartment where two men claim Seth has disappeared with funds for a vital intelligence operation. They say he's turned and leave Jack with a warning: If you hear from Seth, call us. Do not get involved. Jack soon finds himself lost in a maze of intrigue, lies, and betrayal where no one is who they seem to be - not even Seth, who's harboring a secret that harkens back to the Cold War. A secret that is driving him to the brink of treason.

ORDER # U416-6   $13-50   ISBN 9780425283189

Ex-Special Forces Sam Dryden lives quietly in a small coastal California town. But his peaceful existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an old friend in trouble - and now there's no turning back. FBI agent Marnie Calvert is called to a horrifying crime in the Mojave Desert. When the investigation leads Calvert to Dryden, the two find themselves caught up in a generations-long conspiracy that's finally coming to fruition. Now they must face down a phantom network whose technology can affect events before they even happen - and is bound to result in the death of millions. To defeat it, Dryden will need to do more than think fast: He must find a way to outsmart a ruthless enemy that can seize on his mistakes before he even makes them. And time is running out.

ORDER # U416-7   $13-50   ISBN 9781250030764

Stone Barrington isn't one to turn away in the face of danger, so when he witnesses a tricky situation underway, he jumps in to lend a hand. He never expected, though, that this favor would lead to a mutually beneficial business deal with a prominent gentleman who requires the ever-discreet services of Woodman & Weld. But in the ruthless corporate world no good deed goes unpunished, and Stone soon finds himself the target of a ragtag group of criminal toughs who don't appreciate his interference in their dealings. From the isolated landscape of Maine to the white sand beaches of Key West, the trail of deception, theft, and murder will lead to a perilous confrontation.

ORDER # U416-8   $13-50   ISBN 9780451477217

An attack on a Japanese warship brings Japan and China to the brink of war. Meanwhile, top Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is sent on a mission to recover mysterious material from the wreckage of the Fukushima nuclear reactor. When Smith fails to return, CIA agent Randi Russell heads off on an unsanctioned mission to find him. She quickly discovers that the missing samples may be evidence that Japan, led by hawkish military chief of staff Masao Takahashi, has been secretly developing next-generation weapon systems in preparation for a conflict with China. If the Covert-One team can't prevent General Takahashi from provoking a war, the entire world will be dragged into a battle certain to kill tens of millions of people and leave much of planet uninhabitable for centuries.

ORDER # U416-9   $13-50   ISBN 9781455577620

As the captain of Field County's ice rescue dive team, Callum Cook is driven to perfection. But when he meets new diver Louise "Lou" Sparks, all that hard-won order is obliterated in an instant. Lou is a hurricane. A walking disaster. And with her, he's never felt more alive - even if keeping her safe may just kill him. Lou's new to the Rockies, intent on escaping her controlling ex, and she's determined to make it on her own terms - no matter how tempting Callum may be. But when a routine training exercise unearths a body, Lou and Callum find themselves thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a killer who will stop at nothing to silence Lou - and prove that not even her new Search and Rescue family can keep her safe forever.

ORDER # U416-10   $11-95   ISBN 9781492628170

Mason Kane was once a loyal American soldier and a proud member of the elite, off-the-books Anvil Program - a group of black ops soldiers who wage war from the shadows. But all that changed when his commander, as a part of a twisted scheme to force America's continued involvement in the Middle East, ordered an innocent Afghan family murdered. Refusing the direct order, Mason now finds himself on the run, hunted by his former comrades and labeled a terrorist by the country he faithfully served. Relying only on his survival skills and the help of Special Operations agent Renee Hart, Mason must embark on his gravest mission yet: unraveling a conspiracy that reaches all way to the President's inner circle, and stopping the world's most dangerous soldiers from completing their treacherous plan.

ORDER # U416-11   $13-50   ISBN 9781501136160

A tremendous fatal blast rocks a book-signing event where supporters have gathered to see the inspirational leading advocate for New York City charter schools, a Holocaust survivor. A neo-Nazi is the prime suspect, but District Attorney Butch Karp believes the hate crime may be a cover-up for a more sinister plot. The treacherous teacher's union president has long been furious at the unqualified successes of the charter school movement, which threatens to expose his corrupt practices - manipulation and misappropriation of union funds and, now, possibly even murder. But is there another motive behind the attack that could derail the case? How will Karp discover the set-up, and can he do so in time to bring justice?

ORDER # U416-12   $13-50   ISBN 9781476793184

In the heart of Iraq, on the eve of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a CIA special forces unit met with Arab rebels near long-hidden ancient ruins, a place from which the Americans were direly warned to stay away. But team member Ezekiel Cross didn't listen and made an astounding discovery - one worth killing for. Now Cross is a ruthless cult leader on an ominous mission. Convinced that he's unlocked the secrets of the Bible's Book of Revelation, he's determined to gather four stone angels that will trigger God's promised End of Days. And he's not alone. A former U.S. president, with a vision of all-out religious warfare, plays a role in the dark plot. But while Cross may have the clues to tracking down the remaining angels, he hasn't been able to match them to real-world locations. For that he has coerced famed archaeologist Nina Wilde into assisting him, using her husband, ex-special forces soldier Eddie Chase, as collateral.

ORDER # U416-13   $13-50   ISBN 9781101965290

Jake Dent's dreams of baseball glory fell apart in a drunk-driving incident, along with his marriage. But a popular survivalist blog helped restore his sense of control. Now Jake is an avid Doomsday Prepper, raising his diabetic son, Andy, to be ready for anything. But Andy has a secret even his father never saw coming. A student at the prestigious Pepperell Academy where Jake works as a custodian, Andy is part of a computer club that redistributes money from the obscenely wealthy to the needy. But this time, they've stolen from the wrong people: a vicious drug cartel that is coming to get its money back.

ORDER # U416-14   $13-50   ISBN 9780786033836