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When cold‑case evidence implicates his decorated dad in his mother’s disappearance, Army investigator John Puller must confront a family secret while a newly paroled killer named Paul Rogers seeks vengeance—both men discover a decades‑old conspiracy that binds them together.

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In southeast Minnesota, a school board vote to allow a local reporter to be killed triggers a mystery, as Virgil Flowers investigates a dognapping ring that has expanded into medical labs and a murder.

When a mysterious murder outside FBI headquarters threatens national security, former agent Amos Decker teams with DIA agent Harper Brown to prevent an imminent terror attack.

New York FBI agent Aiden Mahoney investigates a missing‑person case in Sleepy Hollow, uncovering a hidden world of paranormal minds and a deadly betrayal linked to his own unique ability to speak with the dead.

Amos Decker, an FBI profiler with perfect recall, teams up with journalist Alex Jamison to investigate a double murder in economically depressed Barronville, uncovering a hidden threat that could endanger the nation.

Former FBI researcher Emmy Dockery leaves her job to chase a hidden connection in hundreds of unsolved murders, kidnappings, and rapes, convincing even her ex‑boyfriend that a single killer is behind them all.

Special Crimes Unit agents, led by psychic detective Noah Bishop, must stop a deadly sniper whose murders trail through Tennessee while their own psychic powers begin to betray them.

Sheriff Miranda Knight of Gladstone, Tennessee must confront her past and collaborate with FBI profiler Noah Bishop to hunt a serial killer who terrorizes her town and preys on her sister.

Lawyer Lady Victoria Wentworth faces a brutal murder that spirals into a high‑stakes art theft, while New York art expert Anna Petrescu battles intrigue in the Twin Towers as a Van Gogh masterpiece changes hands.

A psychological thriller about a husband’s frantic attempts to save his wife from a sinister force lurking in their home, as a biographer uncovers a deadly pattern of madness tied to their family.

FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich race to investigate the murder of a judge during a high-profile trial, but their investigation turns deadly.

A woman awakening from a coma with no memory of her past must unravel a mystery linking her own amnesia to a missing friend, while an FBI agent with a unique insight helps expose a dangerous stalker.

Dr. Dani Justice, a psychic investigator, must outwit a ruthless serial killer who has already murdered a senator’s daughter. Joined by FBI special officer Noah Bishop and an unconventional crime‑stopping collective, the hunt for the monster ends in blood, fire, and lingering danger.

The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The Talisman was nominated for both the Locus and World Fantasy Awards in 1985. King and Straub followed up with a sequel, Black House (2001). Followed by: Black House

FBI Agent John O'Hara and Special Agent Sarah Brubaker track two serial killers who target newlyweds, turning honeymoon dreams into deadly nightmares.

After a fatal accident renders nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she battles grief and rebuilds her life with the help of a hearing dog. When a fellow nurse’s body is found in the woods, Amelia must unravel a dangerous mystery that threatens to upend everything she has worked hard to regain.

Trinity Nichols, a former high‑stress professional turned small‑town resident, teams up with Deacon James and FBI agents to unravel a series of mysterious murders in Sociable, Georgia, uncovering inexplicable forces and hidden agendas.

A Special Crimes Unit team probes a series of fatal accidents in Clarity, North Carolina, only to discover a deliberate killer known as "The Monster" who targets victims with the cryptic warning "Wait for Dark."

"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.

When people vanish in the mountain town of Serenity, Tennessee, the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit sends clairvoyant agents and a medium to uncover a supernatural mystery that turns deadly.

Riley Crane, a former army officer and federal occult specialist, wakes in a blood‑stained room with no memory of the past weeks, a new man nearby, and her clairvoyant gift gone. Alone on Opal Island, she must outwit a murder that blends reality and the supernatural, while powerful figures doubt her involvement.

Kellen Adams, scarred and amnesiac, takes a job at a North Pacific resort where a murder forces her to confront her past and the guests who may be killers.