Irene Stenson returns to her hometown to find that her best friend has died suddenly, compelling her to extend her stay at a local lodge where she and the hazel-eyed owner will risk far more than local gossip to uncover the truth behind the mystery.

From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott... What if everything about your life was a lie? Evan Casher is a successful documentary filmmaker with a perfect life--until the day his mother is brutally murdered. Suddenly pursued by a ruthless circle of killers, Evan discovers his entire past has been a carefully constructed lie. With only one chance at survival and no one he can trust, Evan must discover the shocking truth about his family--and...

In this Southern saga begun by Michael McDowell and finished after his death by Tabitha King, seven-year-old Calley and her mother find themselves exiled to Pensacola Beach after the brutal murder of her father. There a woman awaits their presence—for Calley is no normal little girl.

When his father is found murdered, the investigation into the crime uncovers dark family secrets that threaten to unravel the life of North Carolina lawyer Work Pickens and those of his troubled sister and other small-town characters.

Her family and dreams shattered by her father's untimely death at the hands of a ruthless tea baron, Fiona Finnegan flees East London and eventually establishes herself at the head of the tea trade in New York.