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Like all young men of a certain age, Harry Gilmour had his own notion of how a naval battle should be. This wasn't it. Norway, 1940: Sub Lieutenant Harry Gilmour's first encounter with battleship action is not the adventure he had hoped for. Faced with a thankless task and ill equipped to handle it, Gilmour's inexperience leads to a damning allegation. His future hangs in the balance.

Coming from scandalous Florida treasure hunters and drug smugglers, Sloan McPherson is forging her own path, for herself and for her daughter, out from under her family’s shadow. An auxiliary officer for Lauderdale Shores PD, she’s the go-to diver for evidence recovery. Then Sloan finds a fresh kill floating in a canal - a woman whose murky history collides with Sloan’s. Their troubling ties are making Sloan less a potential witness than a suspect. And her colleagues aren’t the only ones following every move she makes. So is the killer.

When a young woman washes ashore on a Fort Lauderdale beach, Sloan McPherson of the Underwater Investigation Unit is called in to consult. Sloan’s instinct says murder, but even then, there are too many questions. For answers she reaches out to Gwen Wylder. The Miami homicide detective is notorious for being manipulative, bitter, a tyrant to her peers, and wicked smart. And she demands something in return from Sloan: fresh insight into seemingly unrelated cold-case murders and disappearances—and a possible serial killer trolling the Florida coast.

While vacationing on a Caribbean cruise, Del Honeycutt runs across his old high school classmate Chet. When Chet suddenly vanishes from the ship, Del and best-selling mystery author Sabrina Spencer are thrust into a dark and dangerous voyage.

When Cédric is recruited by the Knights Hospitaller to the Greek island of Rhodes, his wife Sophie jumps at the chance to improve their fortunes. After a harrowing journey to Rhodes, Cédric plunges into the world of the knights—while Sophie is tempted by the endless riches that flow into the bustling harbor. But their dazzling new home has a dark side.

Eine Prügelei auf dem Schulhof führt Jack und Cliff auf die Spur eines neuen Falls. Was geht in der Fabrik von Mr. Hart vor, das er hinter verschlossenen Türen verbergen muss? Jack und Cliff entdecken eine geheime Tür und geraten in tödliche Gefahr: Ein Terrarium zerbricht und sie sind gefangen mit einer giftigen Spinne.

Auf dem Heimweg werden Jack und Cliff auf einmal von dem Geräusch einer zerberstenden Glasscheibe aufgeschreckt. Ein Einbrecher? Aber das Haus steht leer. Die Bewohner von Seaport sind entrüstet: Vandalismus in ihrem beschaulichen Städtchen? Jack und Cliff forschen nach und finden heraus, dass dies nicht die einzige Tat ist und dass die Zerstörung in einem Brief angekündigt wurde.

The murder of retired priest Andrew Irwin begins like any other homicide investigation for sheriff’s Investigator John Jordan. But it is soon interrupted by an existential superstorm of apocalyptic proportions that threatens to destroy both John and his family. Can John catch a killer under such extreme and extraordinary circumstances? Will he live long enough to even be able to try?

Hetta and her husband, Bob (Jenks) Jenkins, have finally broken free from the rat race of corporate America. Having forsaken the shackles of deadlines, they have been enjoying the soul liberating life of freedom. For the past five years, they have traveled on their boat, Jensky, meeting new friends and finding their true selves. Freedom, however, comes with a price.