Investigating sinister threats against a man hiding a criminal past, detective Charlie Parker stumbles into a web of corruption and deceit involving the FBI, a doomed mobster, and a missing teenage girl.

"Everyone has a secret they'll do anything to hide ... Twenty-five years ago, the body of sixteen-year-old Eve Knox was found in the caves near her home in small-town Grotto, Iowa--discovered by her best friend, Maggie, and her sister, Nola. There were a handful of suspects, including her boyfriend, Nick, but without sufficient evidence the case ultimately went cold. For decades Maggie was haunted by Eve's death and that horrible night. Now a detective...

"The small town of Lachlan, Florida, was rocked last year when two bodies were uncovered in the roots of a fallen tree. Despite their lack of investigative experience, Sara Medlar; her niece, Kate; and Jack Wyatt found themselves at the center of the mystery, working together to reveal the truth behind a decades-old secret in the sleepy town. After a narrow escape, they vowed to never again involve themselves in something so dangerous--until Janet...

Detective Royce Fleming has dealt with the worst of the worst in his small Utah town. But even after years of dealing with criminals, he's shaken when a battered young woman enters his office. The victim of ruthless domestic abuse, Ellerie Pearson finally has the courage to share her painful secret history with the kind officer. For Royce, this information is just another piece in the puzzle he's working to solve--because unbeknownst to Ellerie, her...

"Katie, an author struggling to write her second novel, heads to Evergreen, Vermont for a holiday retreat--only to get an assignment to write an article about the town. On the train, she meets Ben, a former big-city reporter who's now a librarian in Evergreen. Katie's initially skeptical about Evergreen's love of Christmas; the place seems too good to be true. Meanwhile, Ben's wary of Katie's intentions. He's protective of his hometown, and he knows...

Greyhill, Virginia is a refuge of old money, old mansions, and old-fashioned ideas about who belongs and who doesn't. When Bess Warner arrives in town with her husband Cole and their kids, they'll be living across from his mother, and taking over the family's inn-keeping business. Bess lost her White House job under a cloud of scandal. She gets an opportunity to write an article for the Washington Post's lifestyle supplement, interviewing Susannah...

Dedicated government employee Leslie Knope and her fellow colleagues ramp up for their most important civic project yet: the Harvest Festival. As Leslie Knope plans, prepares and publicizes, her colleagues take on other challenges such as a crippling flu, the statewide softball tournament, and the sad demise of a local icon, a miniature horse named Li'l Sebastian.

A stressed-out police officer struggles not to give in to the paranoia that grips his small mountain town as bodies turn up after each full moon.

In this contemporary ghost story, a man uncovers haunting family secrets—and a hidden tradition of witchcraft—in his New England hometown.
College professor Will Connor tries to keep his distance from the village north of Boston where he grew up. But now that he's back to care for his injured mother, he finds himself reexamining a horrific incident that took place years ago during one of his mother's "spirit circles." His mother had...