George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine. He awakens one morning to find his fiancée dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures....

In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. Until the day my life was stolen. For eighteen years I was a prisoner. For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible situation.

A serial killer is terrorizing Sacramento, preying on happily married couples and unleashing unspeakable cruelties upon his victims. The ordeal rekindles disturbing memories for private investigator Lizzy Gardner, who barely escaped a serial killer's clutches only years ago. But while most Sacramento residents are hiding in the shadows, paralyzed by fear, Lizzy is compelled to go after the Lovebird Killer.

When an innocent woman is kidnapped and two lawmen killed by the notorious Hall Brothers, ex-Texas Ranger, Varro Ramsay sets out to deliver his own kind of justice, but finds himself pursuing much more than just another bounty.

The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for more than a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon from SEAL Team Seven has been on continuous combat rotation. Act of Valor goes deep into the secret world of todayś most elite and highly trained group of warriors. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the United States, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a...

For Philadelphia homicide detective Matt Payne, the news from an old law-enforcement friend sends a shiver down his spine. Russian girls are being smuggled in to work in the sex trade, and now some of them are dying or just disappearing. Payne learns thatś not all. It isnt́ just Russian girls who are vanishing. Teenage girls are being lured from foster homes.

Army veteran-turned-private eye Dallas Rowen investigates the death of demolition derby driver Jerry Grady and quickly walks into the crosshairs of a murderer.

As a boy, he watched as his father, who had taken a man hostage, was shot down by a sniper. After dispatching the man responsible for his fatherś murder, Gideon is offered a job with a private contractor that does hush-hush work for the government. Gideonś mission: to intercept a Chinese scientist and relieve him of the plans for a top-secret weapon.

What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life. The invaluable insights in this book emerge from the revealing...

Hundreds of feet below Manhattan, a treacherous tunnel maze is inhabited by the sandhogs, teams of workers who are rebuilding New York City's deteriorating water supply system. A catastrophic explosion rips through Water Tunnel #3, sending shock waves that are felt throughout the city. The blast sends Alex's case in a shattering new direction -- and pulls her and detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace underground.