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Talia March, Pallas Llewellyn, and Amelia Rivers, bonded by a night none of them can remember, are dedicated to uncovering the mystery of what reallyhappenedtothemmonths agoanexperiencethatamplified innate psychic abilities in each of them. The women suspect they were test subjects years earlier, and that there are more people like them, all they have to do is find the list of others who took that same test.
When Talia follows up on a lead from Phoebe, a fan of the trio's podcast, she discovers that the informant has vanished. Talia isn't the only one looking for Phoebe, however. Luke Rand, a hunted and haunted man who is chasing the same list that Talia is after, also shows up at the meeting place.
It's clear he has his own agenda, and they are instantly suspicious of each other. But when a killer begins to stalk them, they realize they have to join forces to find Phoebe and the list.
The rocky investigation leads Talia and Luke to a rustic, remote retreat on Night Island in thePacificNorthwest,wherethe UnpluggedExperiencepromises to rejuvenate guests. Upon their arrival, Talia and Luke discover they are quite literally cut off from the outside world when none of their high-tech devices work on the island.
It soon becomes clear that Phoebe is not the first person to disappear into the strange gardens that surround the Unplugged Experience retreat. The NightIsland isaparapsychology thriller by Jayne Ann Krentz.
Detective Alex Cross is in the sights of the Dead Hours Killer, a serial murderer on a ruthless mission. An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope.
'Drop whatever you're doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,' DC Metro Police dispatch says. 'A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto.' Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn't fail, it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War-era machine gun.
The list of experts who can operate the weapon is short. And time before another lethal strike runs even shorter.
Especially for Detective Cross. One of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, Alex Cross is in the sights of the Dead Hours Killer, a serial murderer on a ruthless mission, in Alex Cross Must Die byJames Patterson.