Interviewing the victims of a serial rapist in the hopes of gathering enough information to capture him, beat cop Toby Parkman is horrified by the stories he hears and becomes obsessed with protecting his own family. Reprint....
When desperate child-snatcher Paul Greber abducts a young boy in the hopes of raising him as his own son, Bancroft detective Toby Parkman faces a difficult search that begins with locating the missing boy's guilt-stricken babysitter. Original....
President Johnson described the war in Vietnam as “Just the biggest damn mess I ever saw.” Nevertheless, he proceeded to escalate, and the confusion, bungling, slaughter, and destruction dragged on for years. A high school student, Eddie, is caug...
At the bottom of the recent Great Recession, Nicole (the luckiest girl), desperate to save her struggling business, is inveigled into investing in the cocaine trade. She doesn’t know what she’s doing, and flounders. Meanwhile, Nicole’s dealer,...
The near future. The country is in turmoil, and abortion is illegal again. Pregnant, 16-year-old Kelsey appeals to police sergeant Joy Banta for help. Joy knows Kelsey only slightly, and the sentence for assisting is harsh, but she agrees. The simple...
Paul, an odd misfit, kidnaps Jeremy, a 5-year-old boy, to be his companion, but finds that becoming friends is harder than he expected. Meanwhile, Jeremy’s much-blamed teen babysitter, Essie, runs away in despair. Soon she is working in a restauran...