She awakes on Nantucket Island, not knowing where she is -- or who she is -- and she doesn't want to find out. She calls herself 'Verona', a name borrowed from the stern of the first boat she sees -- a name she hopes will help scuttle her past. This mystery tour has a lighthouse on the move, an old woman with a secret, and a cast of characters who are always on the bus -- a tour bus where unexpected stops along the way are part of the pleasure.

"Everything my husband and I have always dreamt of has finally come true. Our new home with its open-plan kitchen and marble countertops couldn't be further from the small, damp flat where we lived only months ago. I'd hoped this would be our fresh start, an escape from my past, but the handwritten note that arrived on our doorstep makes my blood run cold - you don't deserve this life. I've never told my husband, Hayden, what I did all those years...

This fourth volume in the Library of America edition of the complete novels of Henry James contains the four novels he wrote after a failed attempt to forge a career as a playwright on the London stage. Together they mark the beginning of the brilliant period in the novelist's career known as the late phase. "The Other House" (1896) shows James incorporating an act of murder into the heart of his narrative. Long neglected, the novel is a fascinating...

After a botched payroll heist, a trio of vicious criminals take hostages in a desperate getaway that explodes with cruelty, degradation, and shocking violence.

"Eight years ago, Grace McMullen broke Sutton Whitlock's heart when she walked away. But it was only to save him from the baggage of her own troubled past. Now all she wants is to make sure he's okay. Only everything she learns about him online says otherwise. According to his social media accounts, he placed roots in her hometown, married a look-alike, and even named his daughter Grace. He clearly hasn't moved on. In fact, it's creepy. So Grace...

"A secret love becomes a fatal affair in a twisting novel of suspense by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Joe Hart. When novelist Andy Drake returns to his hometown to care for his ailing father, a reconnection with his childhood friend Rachel escalates into a secret love affair. For Rachel, struggling to maintain the facade of a picture-perfect life, it's an escape from an emotionally abusive marriage. Then Andy receives an anonymous note...

Five years ago, Claire Fletcher escaped her abductor. But some scars never fade, and surviving was just the beginning ... When Claire sees a car full of children careen into a river, she rushes to the rescue. But the driver, a mother named Leah Holloway, prefers to drown. For Claire and her ex, Detective Connor Parks, it doesn't add up. What would motivate a woman with a beautiful family and a successful career to resort to such unspeakable extremes?...

She thought her fiance was the perfect man, until he turned out to be the perfect killer. Katherine Cole is running for her life, desperate to escape the Valentine Killer, so-called because he stabs his victims through the heart and leaves them holding a telltale single red rose. Still he tracks her to New Orleans and begins carving a bloody path to her door. But this time, Katherine refuses to run any farther.