In this charming mystery, a South Carolina island bookstore owner investigates when the local July 4th celebration is halted by murder.

British sleuth Patrick Dawlish gets drawn into the strangest investigation of his crime-solving career: someone is using the medium’s powers to prey upon others, and it isn’t the psychic himself. Dawlish may not believe in the otherworldly, but he’s very familiar with the avarice and evil that exist in the here and now.

A wave of babynappings terrorizes the Pacific Northwest, and when the Pied Piper kidnaps Detective Lou Boldt's daughter, he's forced to lead a secret investigation. Caught between professional duties and a personal nightmare, Boldt must outwit both the FBI and the kidnapper in a high-stakes race against time.

Pamela North comes to the aid of a young man accused of murdering his beloved in “one of the screwiest cases the Norths have ever been mixed up in and, by the same token, one of the most amusing” (The New York Times).

In this fiendishly clever and darkly funny novel, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins explores the bonds and compromises we make as children—and the fatal errors we can make at any time in our lives.