After solving riddles from the secretive Reddimus Society to figure out their destination, the four Alden siblings fly to China, where they deliver an artifact at the Great Wall, but when they are next rushed to an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, the Aldens suspect they have been tricked and take extra precautions against their enemies.

"#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns with the remarkable twenty-fourth thriller in her popular high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. In the quiet of twilight, on an early autumn day, twenty-six-year-old Elisa Vandersteel is killed while riding her bicycle along the Charles River. It appears she was struck by lightning--except the weather is perfectly clear with not a cloud in sight. Dr. Kay Scarpetta,...

"22 seconds...until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge -- or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it's Lindsay's...

Eight years after her sister Patience's tragic death on her family's remote apple orchard, Sorrow returns to the land, determined to find out what really happened the night Patience died and what other secrets may be waiting for her there. The apple orchard in Vermont was Sorrow Lovegood's whole world-- until her sister Patience's tragic death. Sorrow was sent to Miami to live with her father, away from the only home she'd ever known. Now, eight...

"A female vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham vicarage. The gossipy cleaning woman who discovers her body, Maxine, happens to also be in the employ of retired Chief Inspector Wexford and his wife. When detective inspector Mike Burden calls him, Wexford, intrigued by the unusual circumstances of the murder, leaps at the chance to tag along with the investigators. A single-mother to a teenage girl, Hussein was a woman...

Travelling by hot-air balloon, Trap takes Geronimo along on a search for a legendary island covered in silver, but their trip is interrupted when they are shot down by a ship of pirate cats who plan to have a "mouse feast."

Withdrawing into her photography and a job at a homeless shelter after being attacked while riding her bike, a college student encounters a homeless man with a history of mental illness and a box of secret photos, but when he dies suddenly, she is certain that the photos hide a dark family secret and embarks on a search for the truth.

London, 1841. Returned from their adventures in India, Jeremiah Blake and William Avery have both had their difficulties adapting to life in Victorian England. Moreover, time and distance have weakened the close bond between them, forged in the jungles of India. Then a shocking series of murders in the world of Londons gutter press forces them back together.

It's June 2021, and Arkady knows that Russia is preparing to invade and subsequently annex Ukraine as it did Crimea in 2014. He is, however, preoccupied with other grievances. His longtime lover, Tatiana Petrovna, has deserted him for her work as an investigative reporter. His corrupt boss has relegated him to a desk job. And he is having trouble with his dexterity and balance. A visit to his doctor reveals that these are symptoms for Parkinson's...