Authors

“It was one thing to play with fire—it was another thing to leap directly into the flames.”

–STAY CLOSE
by Harlan Coben
“You thought you became desensitized to it, but that was just an illusion. The hole in your mind just got deeper.”

–ZERO DAY
by David Baldacci
“I also lived with the certain conviction that somehow, somewhere, I was going to get myself kidnapped again.”

–THE WORST THING
by Aaron Elkins
“Never acknowledge the dead. Don’t look at them, don’t speak to them, don’t let them sense your fear. Even when they touch you.”

–THE RESTORER
by Amanda Stevens
“Secrets that can get people dead I don’t usually forget.”

–WILDCASE
by Neil Russell
“We know who you are. The question is, do you?”

–YOU'RE NEXT
by Gregg Hurwitz
“Christmas will be here in five days, and I promise that I will make it. I’ve never broken a promise to you, and I never will.”

–ONE SUMMER
by David Baldacci
“All the regulator could say was: ‘I wish we had known about this fifteen years ago.’”

–BLOOD FEUD
by Kathleen Sharp
“Today she revealed to me a life more fantastic even than her famous history would suggest.”

–MOZART'S LAST ARIA
by Matt Rees
“Oh how fiercely I loved her. Even after all these years I can still feel that love in my heart.”

–CHERISHED
by Barbara Abercrombie
“I’ve seen the world a bit. A beautiful evening in Manhattan is still a pretty spectacular thing.”

–TIMELOCK
by David Klass
“The mirror provides a fabulous illusion. But there is a frightening secret behind it all.”

–THE LISTENER
by Shira Nayman
“This woman, I thought to myself, is as crazy as a rat trapped in an outhouse, and you know, the crazier she got, the more in love with her I got.”

–CROSSERS
by Philip Caputo
“I tried to see myself as a stranger might, to find the things about my boyish face and skinny body that might make them think I was worth talking to.”

–THE VAST FIELDS OF ORDINARY
by Nick Burd
“They ran hard toward the mountains, driving without lights. They had to move fast or Cole would be lost.”

–TAKEN
by Robert Crais
“‘You’re too pretty, and far too young, for Nigel,’ he said, still gazing at her face. ‘So the question becomes, are you a willing participant in this charade, luv?’”

–A ROGUE OF MY OWN
by Johanna Lindsey
“A life can change in an instant. That’s all it takes. Then be haunted by ‘what ifs.’”

–AN ACCIDENTAL LIGHT
by Elizabeth Diamond
“Sam breathed hard, watching him go. He was really good at cover-ups, she decided, and this was another one.”

–DARK LOVER
by Brenda Joyce
“Most Americans are raised never to give up, and in the South that credo is practically a religion.”

–THE DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL
by Greg Iles
“Closure was something people needed. Perhaps it was too painful to live with eternal hope.”

–UNHALLOWED GROUND
by Heather Graham
“They do not know how to express the longing they share. Their hearts rage in their throats, their stomachs hollow, yet together, theirs is a perfect silence. It is an artist’s use of vacancy, the lack of something implying a whole.”

–LANDSMAN
by Peter Charles Melman
“All she knows is that if Lewis is alive, and if she can find him, the hard journey will be worth it.”

–THE WHITE MARY
by Kira Salak
“Devon had been so focused on the limits of his responsibilities that he hadn’t even considered the breadth of his opportunities.”

–AMONG THIEVES
by David Hosp
“The lord giveth and most women piss it away. Perhaps this is why they lack the equipment to aim.”

–THE WILDE WOMEN
by Paula Wall
“He said the library was key. That he'd been there...Everyone has secrets. Your father was no exception.”

–THE BOOK OF SPIES
by Gayle Lynds