"The double kidnapping of the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress and the young son of the Secretary of the Treasury is only the beginning! Gary Soneji is a murderous serial kidnapper who wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read"--Publisher....

When a police labor dispute turns into the "blue flu," Seattle police lieutenant Lou Boldt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews investigate a string of robberies and the near murder of a policewoman

The host of a late night call-in radio show joins with a police psychologist to identify a mysterious caller known only as "Valentino" before he kills a woman whom he feels has wronged him

When the world's largest cities are seized by terrorists who threaten to set off bombs, Alex Cross heads a joint investigation by the FBI, CIA, and Interpol to outmaneuver two vicious criminals

As Alex Cross tries to plan his wedding, an elusive gunman is killing crooked D.C. politicians, and Cross must battle with FBI agent Max Siegel over jurisdiction as he tries to crack the case--until Cross finds out his arch enemy Kyle Craig is in town and doesn't plan on leaving until Alex and his family are dead

Val McDermid is a world-class crime writer whose books have sold millions worldwide. Now joining the Atlantic Monthly Press list for the first time, she is back with a chilling, high-velocity thriller featuring her immensely popular creations, clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and detective Carol Jordan. Tony Hill has had a good run. He and detective Carol Jordan have put away scores of dangerous criminals at a rate that colleagues envy. But there...

A forensic profiler is called in to track a vicious killer across northern Europe, a case that he takes on when the next victim is an old friend, although the case is soon complicated by his former partner