A missing student. A dead-end investigation. Can a police officer uncover the truth before the child is lost forever?Policewoman Christine Lane feels guilty about the absent boy–why hadn’t she sensed a problem when she visited his class? After breaking up a fight between three students, Christine had sent the children on their way. The next day, one boy vanishes. Searching Toronto Island for the ten-year-old, Christine is shocked when investigators eventually conclude the child ran away. How did he get off the island? Why hasn’t he surfaced anywhere? And why did he leave the field trip in the first place?When Christine probes further, she receives pushback from her boss, the school board and the classmates’ families. Then the threats begin. Can Christine figure out what happened the night the boy disappeared, before she is shut down for good?MISSING is the second standalone book in the award-winning Christine Lane Mystery series.If you like female protagonists with grit, atmospheric settings and page-turning suspense, then you’ll love Dianne Scott’s MISSING. Crime Writers of Canada Excellence in Crime Writing Award Finalist.

They came to Dumont for a week off. They found a body instead - and a town convinced they're the killers.Detectives Daniels and Remalla have walked into a nightmare. A body on the Black River. A cold case decades old - a murdered woman whose ghost still walks the bank, whose killer was never caught. And now a second victim, behind Daniels' cabin, same spot as the first. The sheriff is watching. The town is watching. And someone is willing to kill again to make sure the past stays buried.Daniels has a personal reason to find the truth: his late grandfather knew something about this town. He never talked. Now he can't.To crack the case, the detectives will have to navigate a web of small-town lies, a cast of suspects with everything to hide, and something stranger - paranormal activity that can't be explained and won't be ignored. The dead aren't staying quiet. And when the killer finally comes for them, they'll need every skill they have - including help from the other side.Detective duo. Cold case. Paranormal investigation. Small-town secrets. For fans of John Connolly's Charlie Parker series, the Agent Pendergast books, and Odd Thomas - grounded crime meets genuine ghost story.From Amazon reviews…"Characters are believable, and I completely enjoy the touch of the paranormal that is woven into each of the stories I have read so far. No overkill on the violence, or romance.""The murder-mystery plot was solid, with the added bonus of legit paranormal ghost activity.""Riveting, spooky, drama and hilarity all at the same time! Couldn't put it down.""This was such a refreshing change from the usual crime book. Great characters and an ending that will make you want to read more from this author."Follow J.T. Bishop on her Amazon page to be notified of new releases.

A PI pieces together a serial killer's bloody puzzle in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Frenzy.Frank Quinn was once New York City's top homicide detective—until a setup forced him into early retirement. Now running his own detective agency, he assists the NYPD on some of their most disturbing cases . . .A woman's body is found in Central Park drained of blood, dismembered, and reassembled. Her killer is a cold man who enjoys taking things apart to figure out what makes them tick. And this is only the beginning of his destructive, bloody plan. Before he is finished, he will try to see what makes Frank Quinn tick, and what makes him break.Praise for John Lutz"Lutz knows how to make you shiver." —Harlan Coben"One of the masters of the police novel." —Ridley Pearson"Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster of a tale." —Jeffrey Deaver"Lutz ranks with such vintage masters of big-city murder as Lawrence Block and Ed McBain." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When they were boys, Ray Dawley, Eddie Sayers, and Matthew Kauffman were the best of friends. Then new kid Bobby “Bones” Bonetti fell through the ice at Blackamore Pond. The other boys saved Bobby from drowning, but something else came out of the water that day, something dangerous that would tear their friendship apart and set one of them on a dark path.Forty years after the incident on the ice, Ray, a retired college professor, has moved back into his childhood home. Eddie is a retired homicide detective, and Matthew is a successful investment banker. Bobby, who is on disability from his job as a corrections officer at a juvenile detention center, has a secret: the darkness that found him under the ice when he was a kid has made him do terrible things.Following a reunion at Ray’s house, Matthew is found murdered in his car beside the old pond. The killer includes a chilling message that only the three remaining friends would recognize. Could one of their own be a murderer?All the Silent Bones, a tense and disturbing thriller told from alternating perspectives of morally complex characters, explores the lasting impact of childhood trauma and its influence on adult relationships.

From the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master comes this standalone thriller about police investigating the murder of a suspected rapist. Martin Torrey is dead. The butchered body of the registered sex offender was found in Santa Rita, California. People living in the small town suspected Torrey of committing a series of assaults, and no one will mourn his passing.But police chief Griffin Kells and detective Robert Ortiz must investigate Torrey's murder—after failing to find evidence that would have put him behind bars. At the same time, the rape survivors and their husbands grapple with their various traumas, struggling to believe the nightmare is over. The town's mayor has already moved on, pursuing higher political ambitions. Torrey's wife grieves her loss, while also fearing that her husband was indeed guilty.And then Kells uncovers something that threatens to damage the already devastated community beyond healing . . ."The series of brief first-person accounts used to report the progress of the case and its many resonances throughout Santa Rita is the most impressive feature here, giving a truly prismatic view of many conflicts that have divided the troubled community." —Kirkus Reviews

"Carter's writing is on target."—Publisher's WeeklyFormer FBI agent Karen Pantelli lives by a simple philosophy: never, ever care. Three years after a tragic mistake ends her once-stellar career, she drifts from one dead-end job to another, quickly moving on when she finds herself getting too attached. A new city. A new life. A new way of forgetting and being forgotten. Until one chilly night behind a seedy bar, when a frightened girl leaps out of the back of a speeding van. As they end up on the run in a thrilling chase that spans half the country, Karen soon realizes it's much easier to say you don't care than to actually mean it. And that unlocking the secrets in this girl's extraordinary mind might not only save both of them, but bring down one of the most sinister organizations the world has ever known.