Jan Burke

Two centuries ago, Tyler Hawthorne bargained for his life. In exchange, he became a Messenger, one who hears the final thoughts of the dying, and conveys their last messages to their loved ones. Since that time, his life has been nomadic and solitary until he meets Amanda Clark in the foothills above Los Angeles and grows closer to her, unaware that he is being pursued by an old enemy who will stop at nothing to destroy him, or that he can only leave...

Reporter Irene Kelly matches wits with a killer who is giving her advance notice of his kills with riddles from Greek mythology. He signs himself Thanatos, as the Greeks called death, addresses her as Cassandra, the woman who told the truth but whom no one believed, and warns that Clio will be the first to die, a reference to the muse of history. The very same night a woman professor is murdered. By the author of Sweet Dreams, Irene.

Reporter Irene Kelly of Las Piernas, California, investigates the death of her high school teacher who became a street person. It turns out that shortly before his death the teacher visited a number of influential people and showed them a photograph. A tale of corruption and murder. By the author of Dear Irene.

When a fellow reporter is blown up while investigating an unsolved murder from 1955, Irene Kelly is determined to solve the mystery despite attempts on her own life.

There's nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it's a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist's mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any means necessary to unlock the secrets of The Mystery Box.

With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers. In Laura Lippman's "Waco 1982," a young reporter

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