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The two corpses are mutilated. Naked. Frozen solid. It’s only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. With no evidence, no leads, and no clues, the local PD has no choice but to call in the FBI. Enter FBI recruit Chase Adams. While she may be new to the Bureau, Chase is no rookie when it comes to murder. But this case will push even Chase to the limits - it’s like nothing she has investigated before. When a third body surfaces across the country, Chase realizes that she is on the hunt for a killer whose murder spree knows no boundaries.

Three women have been stripped naked, their throats slashed. Someone has put duct tape across their mouths and propped their eyes open. Fresh off her first case, FBI Agent Chase Adams finds herself on the road again, this time with a new partner. But before she can even arrive in Chicago, the killer strikes again, bringing the victim total to four. To make matters worse, the killer seems to be taunting Chase, leaving a trail of confusing evidence that leads to nowhere. The local PD is convinced that they're looking for a single suspect.

FBI Agent Chase Adams has hit rock bottom. Found in a rock quarry in Virginia, Chase is battered, bruised, and clinging to life. It takes the collective efforts of the few people she hasn't burned to drag her back to the land of the living and make sure that she stays there. But their efforts aren't entirely altruistic. While Chase undoubtedly needs her colleagues, the FBI also needs her.

Thirty years ago, four children went missing from rural Tennessee. FBI Special Agent Chase Adams' sister was one of them. She's been searching for her ever since. Now, after more than three decades of silence, seven-year-old Stacy Peterson's bike is found at the end of her driveway. Only problem is that Stacy isn't riding it. When her abduction is linked to three other girls who vanished into thin air, Chase fears this is the start of another kidnapping spree. It doesn't take long for her to be convinced these cases are related, despite being separated by more than a quarter century.

Someone is targeting high-stakes poker games in Las Vegas, brutally murdering the players and stealing the cash. They leave no evidence, no witnesses, no calling cards behind. What's even more bizarre is that even with all the cameras in Las Vegas at their disposal, Chase and her team have no idea how the killers got in or out of the hotel room. In a city known for its glitz, glamour, and magic, it appears as if the FBI have a real-life Houdini on their hands. And the only way to reveal the true nature of this deadly trick might be to go undercover.

Elizabeth Walton has always been very protective of her daughter Meg. In the past, she has begged Meg to leave the detective work to the professionals. But now things are different. Because this time, the victim is one of Elizabeth's good friends. So with the pressure on her, Meg sets out to bring the killer to justice.

Meg Walton knows she's dealing with a twisted mind. After all, only a crazy person would want to kill a psychologist like Nicole Conway. But Nicole was more than just a respected therapist in town. She was also one of Meg's good friends. So no matter how much this case messes with her head, Meg isn't going to stop until she finds Nicole's killer.

Just when it seems like Meg Walton can get back to business as usual running the family's donut shop, another murder occurs in the once-sleepy town of Enchanted Bay. This time, a double-crossing carpet salesman turned theater owner is the victim...the police suspect one of Meg's friends as the possible killer. Meg knows she can't stand idly by. In order to prove her friend's innocence, she decides to find the real killer herself.

Donut shop manager and secret witch Meg Walton has her picture-perfect small town life rocked when she finds out her old friend, Paige Martin, has died in Los Angeles. The police have ruled the death a suicide, but Meg's gut instinct is telling her foul play was involved. As Meg retraces the final days of Paige's life, she becomes convinced that her friend's death was murder. When the police brush Meg's theory off, she knows the only way for justice to be served is to find Paige's killer herself.

Just as donut-shop manager and secret witch Meg Walton thinks her sleuthing days are finally behind her, another murder rocks her coastal, Northern California hometown of Enchanted Bay. The case strikes especially close to home when Meg finds out the victim is one of her mother's close friends, Hope Riddle. When the local police rule that Hope's death is a burglary gone bad, Meg sets out to prove them wrong and bring Hope's real killer to justice - with the help of a few good spells.

Meg Walton hopes her days of sleuthing are behind her. So, when another murder occurs, the secret witch-turned-sleuth finds her life turned upside down. This time, the case is personal when Meg finds out one of her dearest friends is the victim. Even more, Meg's friend has made enemies of the most influential family in town. Somehow, Meg has to find a way to navigate her grief while cracking her hardest case yet. Is Meg finally in over her head?

When secret witch and donut shop manager Meg Walton discovers that her neighbor Walter Newman has been murdered, she becomes determined to find the killer at all costs. It won't be easy. Plenty of people wanted Walter dead, including his estranged wife, tattoo artist son, bitter mistress, and various squabbling co-workers. Somehow, Meg has to find a way to catch the killer while keeping her identity as a witch secret.

Thirty years ago, four-year-old Georgina Adams was kidnapped from a fair in Franklin, Tennessee. She was taken away from her sister, her parents, her community. Neither she nor the people who knew her were ever the same again. This is her story.

Meg Walton comes from a long line of witches. It's a secret her family has been keeping for generations. The Waltons have been living a quiet existence, running the local donut shop in town. All that changes when a murder occurs. Enter Connor Smith, Meg's former crush, who left for San Francisco 10 years before, and who has now returned to town as the new detective with the Enchanted Bay police department. If Meg's feelings were mixed enough over having Connor back in town, the detective wrongfully suspects one of Meg's good friends for murder.

Nova Martin is a simple smuggler trying to get away from her crime boss to make a life of her own. But after she stows away on an errant ship and kills an assassin in self defense, she's forced to take his place, finding herself embroiled in the political machinations of a galactic regime and tasked with assassinating princeling playboy Drace, heir to the Sovereignty. Nova just wants to keep her true identity secret and get out of the situation alive, but the deeper she gets, the more she learns that nothing is quite as it seems, and Drace is keeping secrets of his own.