When his new wife and her daughter disappear, widower Luke Driskell, with no trace of their whereabouts, discovers the woman he loves is not who she seems as he sets out on a cross-country pursuit of the truth, soon discovering that finding her could destroy all their lives.

Natasha's sister is missing. Her car was found abandoned on the edge of a local nature preserve known as the Bend, but as the case goes cold, Natasha's loss turns to burning anger. She'll do anything to find answers. Della's family has channeled magic from the Bend for generations, providing spells for the desperate. But when Natasha appears on her doorstep, Della knows it will take more than simple potions to help her. But Della has her own secrets...

Forty years after a woman vanishes from a gathering of a powerful and secretive family, a journalist and a computer hacker are asked to solve the mystery of her disappearance; as Millenium magazine launches an investigation into a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders and must go on the run while Mikael tries to clear her name; as she lies in the hospital charged with three murders and Mikael works to prove her innocence, Lisbeth...