Lady Sandrilene Fa Toren must combine her magic with that of her young student Pesco in order to reveal a mysterious murderer who has the power to reduce essence to nothingness.
Jenny and her mother hunt a killer and fear for their own safety when the reading of their millionaire cousin's will leads to the murder of another cousin.
A weekend four years ago that ended in someone's death comes back to haunt Rose. The police have her diary of that summer and are questioning her again, and someone else wants to keep her from telling what really happened--forever.
Sixteen-year-old Cristina is forced to evaluate her sophisticated world of elegant New York apartments, private schools, and rich friends when a girl she knows is murdered after a party they both attended.
Fourteen-year-old Daniel's life is turned upside down when his father's merchant ship is plundered by pirates in 1696 and Daniel is forced to stay aboard the pirate ship as a hostage.