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In Italy during World War II, malingering bombardier Yossarian's real problem is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.

1975 is a time of change in America. In the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. Their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.

Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean, in a Maine village that bore his name. Today, Sonya MacTavish lives in that house—a manor that has been cursed for generations. Within its walls, she has witnessed the deaths of seven brides and the thefts of seven wedding rings. And now, to break the curse and banish a malevolent spirit once and for all, a difficult task must be completed.

Gabriela Rose, recovery agent extraordinaire, can’t seem to lose her gorgeous-but-infuriating ex-husband Rafer Jones. And now he needs her help. His cousin, Harley, is in trouble. As a bank president, he invested an astronomical amount of money in insuring some of the world’s most priceless artifacts at the urging of his board. Recently, these insured pieces started going missing and worse, there’s no paper trail of Harley being directed to make these risky investments. Unless the artwork can be recovered soon, it looks like Harley is going to be heading to jail as the fall guy for an ingenious crime. 

Everyone at Ridgemont Academy knows to expect perfect grades, perfect record, and a perfect life from Emma Caroline Blake. Then she stands up in class and commits an act so shocking her reputation will never recover. Emma has decided to live life as if everyone's future depends on it because it does.

Doris Grandfelt, an employee at an accounting firm, was brutally stabbed to death, but her killer was never found. Twenty years later, her twin sister Lara is determined to find Doris’s killer once and for all. Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are called in to review anything that might be a new lead. When one of the bloggers locates the murder weapon, Lucas and Virgil begin to uncover vital details about the killer’s identity. 

A wedding reception is coming to a close in the Hollywood Hills when the blissful day is shattered by the death of one of the newlyweds. Though the incident appears to be an accident, Homeland Security Investigations agent Carmen Sanchez and her partner, security expert Jake Heron, discover that the tragedy is the third in a series of similar deaths and conclude that chilling evidence points to a serial killer dubbed the Honeymoon Killer. Now his dark obsession has turned to Carmen and Jake, his perfect next target. 

Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Something deeper and darker, more damaging, is planned. Did he in fact arrest the Black Wolf, or are they still out there? 

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island. Then Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor, a Jane Doe identifiable at first only by a streak of purple dye in her hair. He is convinced he is the only one who can bring justice to the woman known as "Nightshade." Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city.
 

Army combat surgeon Maggie McCabe has lost her purpose after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by an elite plastic surgeon, a former colleague. A mysterious man requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate but skilled enough to take this job, Maggie fulfills her end of the agreement. When the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself.

First—a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. Nothing is missing. Second—a store to buy a coat. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note with a desperate plea for help.

In a tower apartment on Central Park West, NYPD Detective Declan Shaw finds a woman waiting for him. She's covered in blood. A body is lying dead on the floor of the luxurious living room. Every book in the apartment's floor-to-ceiling shelves is by the same author: bestselling true-crime writer Denise Morrow. "This is you?" Shaw asks the woman. "You're a writer?" Only one person knows the ending to this story. 

Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it. Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But when she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder.
 

Natural Resources police officer Sloan Coope pulled in at a convenience store and walked right into a robbery in progress and subsequent gunshot. After being shocked back to life on the operating table, she moves back to her parents’ peaceful house in Heron’s Rest. When a woman vanishes, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, Sloan searches online for similar cases. She finds them: Men and women, old and young, with nothing apparent in common. And the abductions keep happening.

Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up covered in blood with a knife in his hand. Beside him, the dead body of his girlfriend Anna. His screams drown out his thoughts and then he runs. Twenty-two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes Anna at the back of the classroom. She bolts when they make eye contact. Kierce knows he must find this woman and solve the impossible mystery that has haunted his every waking moment.