Police Chief Jesse Stone must cope with two murders in his town in less than one week. When a sad link between the deaths is discovered, Stone becomes involved in an investigation that is malevolent and frightening.

Investigating a serial killer in an affluent suburban town is difficult, and dangerous, and with the added pressures from the town selectmen and the media, the heat is turned up on Jesse. He's spending too much time with the bottle-and with his ex-wife -- neither of which helps him, or the case. And the harder these outside forces push against him, the more Jesse retreats into himself, convinced-despite all the odds-that it's up to him alone to stop...

Former Los Angeles police officer Jesse Stone, fired for drinking on the job, has taken a position as Chief of Police in Paradise, Massachusetts, but he learns that big city crime can happen even in the most bucolic of towns when the body of a young woman washes up on the shore of a local lake.

12 lush and lilting interconnected stories, all taking place in the same Cape Cod farmhouse over the course of generations.

Liza Martin arrives on Angel Island to sell the inn she and her brother inherited from their aunt. She wants to return quickly to her busy life in Boston, so disposing of the inn is an easy decision. Not so easy is what to do with her unstable carer and recent divorce. Once on Angel Island, Liza finds herself reminiscing about golden summers -- and begins to waver about her plans. Even more doubts arise when she meets Daniel Merritt, the local handyman...

Jesse Stone investigates the murder of heiress Florence Horvath after her body washes ashore in Paradise, Massachusetts.

An inexplicable death in Haddan, Massachusetts leads to the unraveling of the lives of some of the residents of the small river town.

Cameron McDonald has spent his life guided by duty. As the police chief of a small Massachusetts town that has been home to generations of his Scottish clan, he is bound to the town's residents by blood and honor. Yet when his cousin Jamie arrives at the police station with the body of his wife and the bald confession that he has killed her, Cam immediately places him under arrest. The situation isn't as clear to Cam's wife, Allie. While she is devoted...

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family, from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall, is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager.
 
Springtime is finally arriving on Gardam Street, and there are surprises in store for each member of the family.
 
Some surprises are just wonderful, like neighbor...

Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange -- money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen. Convinced that Ashton Prince played a bigger role than just ransom delivery boy, Spenser enters into a daring game of cat-and-mouse with the thieves. But...