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"Detective Regan Pescoli has worked the 'Star Crossed Killer' case for months, never imagining she'd be captured by the madman she's been hunting. Regan knows exactly what he's capable of--and avoiding the same fate will take every drop of her courage and cunning. Regan Pescoli is unlike any woman Nate Santana has met before. But now she's missing, and Nate knows something is dangerously wrong. The only person who can help him find her is Detective...

"Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are best friends who have plum jobs as senior staffers to well-respected congressmen. But after a decade in Washington, idealism has faded to disillusionment, and they're bored. Then one of them finds out about the clandestine Zero Game. It starts out as good fun--a simple wager between friends. But when someone close to them ends up dead, Harris and Matthew realize the game is far more sinister than they ever imagined--and...

When a career-making case falls into their laps, detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli must race against time to save the life of Jillian Rivers, who has been captured by an elusive serial killer who toys with his victims and then subjects them to a slow and agonizing death.

A bold woman known as the "duchess of Magnus" was wagered-and won-in a card game. But the woman who arrived was her shy, quiet cousin Eleanor. Eleanor de Lacy must have been mad to agree to exchange identities with her stronger-willed cousin. She would never convince Remington Knight of the folly of this union-especially since the man seemed so determined for it to take place. Worse still, she finds Remington dazzlingly attractive-and she's charmed...

Although the clues seem to indicate that Black, well-educated Dunbar Whipple is the murderer of his beautiful white fiancee Susan, Nero Wolfe uncovers a startling new motive for the crime.

Thyme Gilchrest is an honors student. Thyme Gilchrest is popular. Thyme Gilchrest is on student council. Thyme Gilchrest is a drug dealer. Like piecing together a logic puzzle, Thyme has organized a complex trading system that enables her to obtain the meds her friends need. They all come to her to diagnose their problems and provide the "cure"--Be it Prozac, Ritalin, Vicodin ... She's therapist, doctor, and pharmacist all in one. She helps people....

The Hardy boys investigate when the Fire Creek Mountain Race in Quebec is sabotaged by "accidents."