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Ex-Army Civil Affairs specialist and loner Jo Gunning is headed west, but she detours and finds herself in a small town in rural Alabama. First, she runs afoul of local law enforcement, and then the owner of the local café asks Jo to find the truth about her nephew’s death.

Wall Eddington has always done the correct thing. It’s part of being British - part of family tradition. Yet somehow, someone drowned. Now, half a world away, he’s diving off an old sailboat with four American friends. As a vacation, it’s a bit primitive, but just what his soul craves. Until they find a shipwreck.

La desaparició misteriosa de l'Ariadna, una adolescent de disset anys, en un poble anomenat Arveda, desencadenarà les reaccions dels seus familiars i amics en un ambient asfixiant on res no és el que sembla. "Soc aquesta llarga acumulació d'angoixes. Soc les parpelles obertes mirant el cel estrellat. Soc una glopada de fàstic. Soc minúscula. Engruna. Formiga. Un gargall. Soc la dolenta de tots els contes. Soc fang. Un truc de màgia. Soc vella per dins. Soc vella. Soc i em moriré."

Special Agent Jo Pullinger is thrilled to chaperone her niece's school field trip. It is supposed to be a relaxing day away from the stresses of her job. But all of it changes in an instant when the call comes in that there is a bomb on the school bus.The bomber calls himself Graff, and he wants Jo to know that he is coming for her.

When her sister’s friend, who works at a top-secret biolab, mysteriously disappears, Jo’s sister wants help to find her, and Jo can't say no. As she begins her search, Jo stirs up more than she bargained for, and her questions reveal an unknown and deadly enemy who can’t afford for her to discover the truth. Soon danger threatens her family, and Jo must use all her training to protect them and find answers.

Special Agent Jo Pullinger needs a well-deserved break. She agrees to drive a fellow agent, Edward Swann, to his new job in Boise, Idaho. She figures the long drive will give her time to clear mind and get some fresh air. Halfway through their trip, a massive snowstorm forces Jo and her fellow agents into the town of Lapse, Oregon. The town seems abandoned, but they find a hotel and take up lodgings. They decide to wait out the storm and continue their journey the next day.

FBI Agent Jo Pullinger is tasked to solve a baffling new case, one that will affect someone close to her. As the sun sets on a quiet highway, a routine traffic stop takes a deadly turn. When Special Agent Jo Pullinger arrives on the scene, she finds a man dead in the back of a semi-truck and the driver in custody, charged with murder. But as she delves deeper into the case, she realizes that the driver is the older brother of a fellow agent, and she must navigate the complex personal and professional ties as she searches for the truth.

Jo Peters, a burned-out Los Angeles County District Attorney, has quit and taken a part-time job as a City Attorney for Mirasol, her hometown, which is adjacent to Los Angeles. Here, she won't have to deal with murder and mayhem.