Special Agent Pendergrast assists NYPD Lieutenant D'Agosta in the investigation of a number of killings that ultimately prove to be messages from his wife's kidnappers.
Fifteen-year-old Michelle Pena, born into a powerful Mexican American gang family, tries to reconcile her gangster legacy with the girl she has become--a nationally ranked runner and academic superstar.
Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone decides to help after hearing his old friend Cassiopeia Vitt is in trouble and soon finds himself caught up in a mystery involving an emperor's tomb, a secret society, and a battle for control of China and the world.
Kidnapped and left in an underground room, Jackie explores her psychological strengths and limitations as she tries to make contact with the outside world by writing messages and sending them through a slit in the door.
Too curious for her own good, Roni, crime reporter for her high school newspaper, teams up with Brian, freshman science geek, to investigate the beating and kidnapping of a classmate.
Mack Megaton, a robot designed for world domination, has a hard time achieving the ordinary life he wants, and when his neighbors are kidnapped, he finds himself trying to save his entire city.
Former United States operative Cotton Malone's plans to settle down by buying a bookstore are ruined when criminals set fire to his shop, kidnap his son, and demand he give them the key that contains the location of the lost library of Alexandria.
New York detective Michael Bennett faces raising his ten children alone after the death of his wife when he is called upon to help rescue thirty-four high-profile hostages.
