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As Sid, Kiera, and Marge head home from a relaxing beach vacation, they get caught in the outer bands of a hurricane and are forced to seek shelter in an old motel along the Georgia coast. After a downed tree blocks the only motel exit, they find themselves stuck without power, cell service, or gasoline… but with a dead body.

A perfect weapon. A foolproof plan. And one man standing in the way. There's a new weapon on the world stage. Silent. Invisible. It boils its victims from the inside out and leaves no trace. A perfect assassination tool. A massacre in Pittsburgh was just a demonstration. A proof of concept before the weapon is scaled up. And the rogue faction behind it have far greater ambitions. They don't care if they provoke a war between the United States and China in the process. In fact, that's the point.

This story picks up right where State of the Union left off with another wild ride for the First Couple as they navigate work, family, and an all new and extra baffling murder mystery that has Sam pushing the boundaries to get answers before a killer can strike again. Meanwhile, Nick contends with the aftermath of his landmark State of the Union address as a person from his past threatens to undo all the progress he’s made since assuming the presidency.

When smart-aleck, down-on-his-luck bounty hunter Anderson Gunn snags his next job, he’s just happy to get the gig. The target he’s chasing may be wanted for murder, but his bills aren’t going to pay themselves. As it turns out, he probably should've been more selective. When he tracks down Cameron Kovak, the wanted man turns out to be no man at all. Gunn finds himself face to face with a tentacled creature out of Ridley Scott’s worst nightmare - a baby Cthulhu, wearing his target's skin like a onesie. And that's just the start of it.

Automne 1925. Jeanne Duluc, jeune journaliste socialiste et féministe, s'est fait embaucher au Central Gutenberg afin d'enquêter sur les difficiles conditions de travail des demoiselles du téléphone. C'est alors que l'une d'entre elles, Tatiana, est sauvagement assassinée. Sur son visage défiguré : un masque. Signature qui n'est pas sans rappeler celle du « tueur des Halles », terrorisant les femmes de la capitale depuis plusieurs mois. L'enquête est confiée à Paul Varenne, inspecteur dépendant à la cocaïne et à l'opium à la suite de ses blessures de guerre.

Ramona, a battered wife, plans to kill her husband and make it look like an accident. After his death, while going through his belongings, she finds papers he has written that make no sense. When her mama commits suicide, she finds her mama's diaries. The diaries begin just before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Ramona is amazed at what she learns about her mama, the sheriff, and the whole town of Addison, Georgia, where she lives.

Die schönen Tage mit Familie und Freunden in Camp David sind noch nicht vorbei, als Lieutenant Sam Holland sich mit einem neuen schrecklichen Todesfall konfrontiert sieht – und diesmal ist es ganz persönlich. In einem Rennen gegen die Zeit arbeiten Sam und ihr Team unermüdlich daran, Antworten zu finden und weitere Tote zu verhindern. Doch je tiefer sie in den Fall eintauchen, desto mehr wird Sam klar, dass sie zum ersten Mal an ihre Grenzen stößt und etwas tun muss, was ihr zutiefst widerstrebt: andere um Hilfe bitten.

As head of the FBI’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Squad, Agent Lucy Guardino has a reputation for bringing the lowest of lowlifes to justice. But today is different. Because the man who has taken her prisoner has promised Lucy three things: that before this day is over, she will be dead; that someone in her family will also die; and that he always wins.

There comes a time in every hero’s life when they fall harder and farther than ever before, and they face a choice that changes everything: to give up, or claw their way back again. Lucy thought she’d made her choice two months ago when she sacrificed everything to save her family, but now she has to decide whether or not she can save herself.