After the tragic death of her adoptive father, Willow De Beers receives an unexpected gift: a family diary that unlocks all the secrets of her world - and shatters the life she's known in glitzy Palm Beach, Florida. At last, Willow learns the identity of her real father, and unearths his secret love affair with her real mother. She discovers the reasons for her adoptive mother's cruelty ... and the truth about the mysterious woman who couldn't keep her, but would love her forever. This volume also contains the original e-book prequel to the De Beers series, DARK SEED, in print here for the first time.

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The danger is increasing for Grianne Ohmsford, rightful High Druid of Shannara, who has been banished to the harsh world called the Forbidding by a treasonous fellow druid. Her only hope for rescue is her nephew Pen - but Pen is under seige as well. Both he and his parents are sought by the Druids, who want to make sure that their magic will never help Grianne to return. Yet no one but Grianne is aware that her banishment into the Forbidding - accomplished with the use of dark magic - allowed the simultaneous transference of a fearsome denizen of the Forbidding back into Grianne's world. No one but Grianne is aware of its existence in the Four Lands - a creature that can take on any shape, can kill at will, and is only the harbinger of a much greater, devastating invasion.

Giancarlo Lo Monto is the toughest cop on the toughest beat in Europe - a detective in the Naples homicide squad, dedicated to bringing down the mob. But what hurts the gangsters in the old country hurts them in the new world too. In the highest towers of the most expensive streets in New York City, Lo Monto is becoming a problem. When Lo Monto learns his teenage niece, Paula, has gone missing in Manhattan, the two worlds, the two cities, are set to collide. The poor of Naples call New York Paradise City. For Gian Lo Monto, coming to the City is a journey into hell.

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Every crime scene tells a story. But it's not always the obvious one, and teasing out the final proof from the evidence left behind is a formidable and fascinating task. For veteran forensic investigator Gil Grisson and his team, no crime scene is straightforward and no case is ever cut and dried. Using all their scientific skills, with the very latest in cutting-edge technology - plus a healthy dose of instinct, experience and good old-fashioned intuition - they leave no stone unturned in unravelling the truth. When a man is found bound, gagged and strangled in his own home, Las Vegas Police Captain Jim Brass recognises the MO as that of a serial killer from fifteen years ago who was never caught. But with plenty of other suspects and motives to go around, it will take all of the CSI team's combined abilities to finally lay the ghosts of the past to rest.

The disappearance of a child is one of our worst nightmares. Especially when it' s your child who has disappeared from the local playground.
When Antonia Weblock's four-year old, Charlotte, disappears no-one is above suspicion. The police asking the questions in everyone's mind: Did Charlotte wander off or was she kidnapped? Could her "devoted" nanny have had a hand in this? Why wasn't her stepfather looking after her as promised? And where was her real father when she went missing? The tabloids blame Antonia, saying she's selfishly put her child at risk for the sake of her career. And when Antonia turns to her cousin, Trish Maguire - a barrister who specialises in cases involving children - it isn't long before Trish then comes to the attention of the police.

Exeter, 1195: At a local jousting day, there's a serious altercation between Hugh Peverel, lord of Sampford Peverel, near Tiverton, and a stranger by the name of Reginald de Charterai. Two days later, Hugh's body is found in a barn, stabbed in the back. Is de Charterai to blame? The county coroner, Sir John de Wolfe, soon finds plenty of other suspects for the killing of the almost universally hated Hugh Peverel. All three of his brothers had a motive: two for the succession and the third to steal Hugh's attractive young wife, Beatrice. It's no secret that Beatrice herself detested her adulterous husband, as did his mother-in-law, Adelina. Another suspect is Godwin Thatcher, a Saxon villager whose two sons were hanged some months earlier, being arbitrarily sentenced by Hugh at his manorial court. Then there's the manor reeve, Warin Fishacre, who harboured a deep grudge against his master for taking the virginity of his daughter, Maud, just before her marriage. With so many suspects to choose from, Sir John is confronted with one of the most difficult cases of his distinguished career.

Trendy dance club The Underground is the hottest place in town. It's where, one night, uptight Paige Thorndyke meets a handsome stranger - and allows herself to be seduced. Twelve hours later she's dead - rushed to hospital displaying the classic symptoms of advanced scurvy. But why? The dead woman enjoyed a healthy lifestyle and diet, rich in vitamin C. When another young woman shows up dead, appearing to be suffering from an extreme case of beriberi, a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin B, physician Terri Barnard determines to find out what's going on. As she's about to discover, the truth about the women's deaths is more bizarre, more shocking, more terrifying than she could ever have imagined ...

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