Alex Kava

"In the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times-bestselling author Alex Kava, Ryder Creed, his K-9 search-and-rescue dogs, and FBI agent Maggie O'Dell find themselves at the center of a dire and mysterious case. In Chicago, a young man jumps from his thirtieth-story hotel room; along the Missouri river, a hunter and his son stumble upon a lake whose surface is littered with snow geese, all of them dead; and in southern Alabama, Ryder Creed...

When a bank robbery goes horribly wrong, leaving six people dead, con artist Melanie Starks, her seventeen-year-old son Charlie, and a paroled prisoner take an innocent author hostage and hide out in his secluded cabin in Platte River State Park.

"Ryder Creed rescues abandoned dogs and turns them into heroes. But this time, it's Creed who may need rescuing when a madman leads him and FBI Agent Maggie O'Dell on a gut-wrenching scavenger hunt." --

A leading scientist at EchoEnergy, a company seeking a clean, alternative energy source, Sabrina Galloway makes the alarming discovery that an unknown saboteur has tampered with the production process, and risks her life to uncover the truth about a deadly conspiracy.

When a latest arson fire in Washington, D.C. results in a casualty, special agent Maggie O'Dell disregards profiler theories to pursue her own suspicions and is targeted by a reporter who digs up aspects of Maggie's private life.

When FBI criminal profiler Maggie O'Dell walks into a killer's trap and is exposed to a deadly virus, she, along with Assistant Director Cunningham, must pursue a self-declared aficionado of criminal minds who uses the methods of other serial killers.

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

EchoEnergy has broken through the barriers to alternative fuel sources. The impact on world markets could be staggering. But amid the euphoria, Sabrina Galloway, one of EE's top scientists, makes an alarming discovery. Sabotage of the process has unleashed an eco-disaster, and toxic waste is poisoning Florida waters and the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Youthful congressional

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The brutal murders of three young boys paralyze the citizens of Platte City, Nebraska. What's worse is the grim realization that the man recently executed for the crimes was a copycat. When Sheriff Nick Morrelli is called to the scene of another grisly murder, it becomes clear that the real predator is still at large, waiting to kill again.

Morrelli understands the urgency of the case terrorizing his community, but it's the experienced

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Investigating the bizarre deaths of three hard-partying teens, Special Agent Maggie O'Dell sifts through conflicting accounts only to discover that surviving partygoers are being targeted and systematically killed.

While investigating the ritualistic murders of Catholic priests across America, Maggie O'Dell stumbles upon an Internet role-playing game for youths who have been victims of male authority figures.