Books like In seconds by Brenda Novak

Harlan Coben’s thriller follows a man’s desperate search for his missing brother, spiraling into a painful hunt for a killer and the truth behind betrayal and family secrets.

A fast‑paced adventure for young adults, the second installment in the Mickey Bolitar series.

Mickey and his friends on a school adventure seek missing puzzle pieces, but a secret about Mickey's father's death and an escalating danger pull them into a thrilling mystery of investigation and peril.

A Seattle policewoman pursues justice when a hit‑and‑run investigation uncovers a missing piece of evidence that clears a naval serviceman—forcing her to fight the conspiracies that keep crime hidden.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

"Major Vince Deluca may have just accepted his most difficult recon mission ever--keeping an eye on Shay Bassett. As a pilot in the air force's top secret test unit, Vince keeps a cool head at the controls. But ever since they were teens, Shay's had a way of jamming his radar. Vince owes it to her dad, his old mentor, to keep her safe--but can he keep her at arm's length? Once young and desperate herself, Shay cares deeply about the troubled teens she works with. Now she's scheduled to tell Congress about Cleveland's escalating gang activity, and someone out there is trying to cut her testimony short. Living to tell the tale may depend on trusting the one man who burned her so badly years ago--and still makes her feel hot all over..."--p. [4] of cover.

After fourteen years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, Virgil Skinner is released to protect his family and assists the California Department of Corrections in thwarting a gang’s takeover of the state’s most dreaded supermax.

With the exception of a few consolation prize-winning legends (Susan Lucci, Al Gore, and the Buffalo Bills come to mind for their mediocrity), most runners-up aren't even remembered. But now the not-so-amazing achievements of those who faltered on the way to the top get their due, including: The second tallest U.S. president; The second most dangerous animal in the world; The second highest monument in the United States; The second worst sports team of all time. These 200 quirky accounts of almost-claims-to-fame may sound second-rate, but don't second-guess their superiority. They'll leave you feeling like you've won a gold medal-not a booby prize.