When Charlotte police discover the body of a teenage girl along a desolate stretch of highway, Temperance Brennan fears the worst. Tempe must also examine a bundle of Peruvian dog mummies confiscated by U.S. Customs. A Desert Storm veteran stands accused of smuggling the objects into the country. Tempe must also grapple with personal turmoil. Her daughter, Katy, grieving the death of her boyfriend in Afghanistan, impulsively enlists in the army. Katys...

Jake Carlson, a top tabloid journalist and correspondent for the TV news show "American Outrage", is used to dragging himself into the dirt to get to the truth. Then his adopted son, Sam, asks him to use his investigative talents to find Sam's birth mother. Jake is stunned by the ugly secrets he uncovers, including a corrupt politician, the Albanian mafia, and a child-trafficking ring. Jake is galvanized by the career-making story--until he and...

Introverted Gi and radiant Il-sun are sold as sex workers by Il-sun's suitor, first in South Korea and then in the U.S. Though their captivity outside North Korea is even crueler than the oppression, they endure on their path to freedom.

On the eve of publisher Mikael Blomkvist's story about sex trafficking between Eastern Europe and Sweden, two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Mikael Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander--the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid years before.

When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, and Cole soon determines that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and are now lost in the gray and changing world of the professional border kidnappers who prey not only on innocent victims but also on one another, buying, selling, and stealing victims like commodities. Fortunately, the kidnappers...

"Nalia, a gorgeous, fierce eighteen-year-old jinni, is pitted against two magnetic adversaries, both of whom want her--and need her--to make a their wishes come true"--

At the local ER, a battered and bruised teenage girl has been brought in by a mysterious man who claimed she'd fallen out of a car. The staff is suspicious, but while they attend to the teenager, the unidentified man slips out. Then the girl dies, but not before informing social worker Hildy Schneider that the man had her little sister as well. Mattie's exam reveals forensic evidence of long-term IV drug use and physical abuse, findings consistent...

"The Bayou is a unique place to live and it provides a grit and passion to any who hail from it, including Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans. Cain had the dream job he had always wanted, protecting the President, until a single night resulted in a scandal that lost him his post. Needing a new direction for his life and with help from his sister who works in Japan, Cain takes a job in Tokyo as head of security detail for a very...

"USA Today bestselling author Colleen Coble delivers her signature blend of romance and suspense when Brenna Fleming flees to a cabin in Lavender Tides only to discover that everything she believed about herself has been a lie"--

Montana Grace Jensen spent her childhood trapped in the dark world of human trafficking. Rescued at twelve, she waded through deep emotional trauma to find her inner healing. Embracing new life and now in her 20s, Montana's heart brought her back into the world of human trafficking, this time with a passion for helping others escape the horrors she endured. Greg Blakely, an innocent and promising young actor, comes face to face with the darker side...