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A novel of breathtaking suspense from an author whose books are "edge-of-your-seat thrilling. Page-turners that don''t let up" (Louise Penny, #1 New York Times–bestselling author).When a killer tornado rips through a Dallas flea market, a kind stranger helps Jenna Cooper protect her baby boy. But in the aftermath, Jenna can''t find her son or the woman who''d been holding him.Upon discovering the tragedy, reporter and single mom Kate Page, battling for her career and trying to hold her life together, vows to determine what happened to tiny Caleb Cooper.As the FBI launches an investigation amid the devastation, Kate uncovers troubling clues to the trail of the woman last seen with the baby—clues that reveal a plot more sinister than anybody had imagined. Against mounting odds, Kate risks everything in the race to find the truth . . . before it''s too late."Impossible to put down. The exciting plot is edgy and fast-paced with many suspenseful twists leading to an intensely thrilling ending. Mofina is at the top of his game." —Fresh Fiction"Another stellar read that demonstrates Mofina''s one of the best thriller writers in the business." —RT Book Reviews (Top Pick)

"An intricate and absorbing plot, leading to a chilling conclusion . . . another powerhouse thriller" from the USA Today–bestselling author of Whirlwind (Fresh Fiction).Deep in the woods of upstate New York a woman flees a blazing barn. She is burned beyond recognition, and her dying words point police to a labyrinth of "confinement rooms" —rooms designed to hold human beings captive—where they make other chilling discoveries.In Manhattan, Kate Page, a single mom and reporter with a newswire service, receives a heart-stopping call from a detective on the case. A guardian angel charm found at the scene fits the description of the one belonging to Kate''s sister, Vanessa, who washed away after a car crash in a mountain river twenty years ago.Kate has spent much of her life searching for the truth behind her little sister''s disappearance. Now, a manhunt for a killer who''s kept a collection of victims prisoner for years without detection becomes her final chance to either mourn Vanessa''s death—or save her life.Praise for Rick Mofina and his thrillers"Rick Mofina''s tense, taut writing makes every thriller he writes an adrenaline-packed ride." —Tess Gerritsen, New York Times–bestselling author"A blisteringly paced story that cuts to the bone. It left me ripping through pages deep into the night." —James Rollins, #1 New York Times–bestselling author"Mofina is one of the best thriller writers in the business." —Library Journal

"A terrifying race against time as airplanes start falling out of the sky for unknown reasons . . . The kind of thriller that keeps you up late." —The Big ThrillHigh above the Adirondack Mountains, a commuter flight to New York City turns into a rolling, twisting nightmare, plunging from the sky before the crew regains control. Then, in London, a jetliner crashes into the runway, killing fifteen people.Reporter Kate Page believes something beyond mechanical—or human—error is behind the incidents that have air investigators baffled. But the mystery deepens as teams scramble to pinpoint a link between the tragedies, and Kate receives an untraceable message from someone boasting responsibility and threatening another event.As Kate, the FBI and the NTSB race to find answers, the shadow figures behind the operation launch their most devastating plan yet, and time ticks down on one of the greatest tragedies the world has ever known."Journalist Kate Page, one of Rick Mofina''s best characters, is back in this high-paced novel with a scary theme . . . Mofina is at his best here with technical knowledge and a solid investigation underpinning a plot that we can all connect to. Do not read this one before getting on a plane." —The Globe and Mail"A chilling account of two airliners making routine flights but losing control as they approached their landing sites . . . a complex suspense thriller . . . a pulse-pounding story." —Mysterious Reviews

Tick, tock. Time is running out. "An all-American family with the nice house, good yard, sunny life and then: pandemonium . . . one of Mofina''s best yet." —The Globe and MailOn a quiet night in their tranquil suburban home, the Fulton family awakens to a nightmare. Four armed men force bank manager Dan Fulton to steal a quarter million dollars from his branch—strapping remote-detonation bombs on him, his wife, Lori, and their young son.The FBI moves swiftly with a major investigation while Kate Page, a reporter with a newswire service, digs deep into the story. In the wake of the Fulton family''s abduction, questions emerge, including one of the most troubling: is the case linked to Lori Fulton''s tragic past?Working as fast as they can, Kate and the investigators inch closer to a devastating truth—it''s not only the Fultons'' lives at stake, but thousands of others . . . and every second counts in the race to save them."The tension hits you from page one—hell, from the first sentence—and doesn''t let up until the last page . . . Rick Mofina is obviously at the top of the thriller game!" —The Big Thrill"[A] skillfully conceived thriller . . . Utilizing chilling plot twists and convincing characters, Every Second progresses at breakneck speed to an electrifying conclusion." —Fresh Fiction

*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*What happens when your worst nightmare becomes your reality?One sunny day in California, Jessie is hugging her nine-year-old son, Dylan, goodbye at the airport. He's travelling alone, all the way across the country, to visit his grandparents and father, Jessie's soon-to-be ex-husband. Her heart is breaking, but she puts on a brave face and gives her son one last wave as a flight attendant leads him away. Several hours later, Jessie gets a frantic call from Dylan's grandmother in New York. Dylan is missing.In a split-second, Jessie's world turns upside down.The AirTag she'd put in Dylan's backpack says he's still at LAX. The airline insists that he was picked up at JFK by an elderly couple claiming to be his grandparents—but Jessie's in-laws insist they haven't seen him.Dylan has disappeared into thin air.At the same moment, miles away, in Toronto, a train operator loses control of a subway train, and the fiery crash kills five passengers and injures dozens of others. Was this a fatal human error or something more sinister? And how exactly is it connected to the disappearance of Dylan?Because, somehow, it is.

‘Echoing Ludlum and Forsythe…a big international thriller that grabs your gut – and your heart – and doesn’t let go’Jeffery DeaverAn anguished mother desperate to find her child.A detective in need of redemption.Three strangers thrown together in a plan to change the world – in only SIX SECONDS. By award-winning author Rick Mofina.

A woman’s body lies twisted in a shallow grave. Carved into her bloody skin, one word. Guilty.A trail of bodies litters America’s loneliest highways, their branded corpses marking a path of brutal retribution. This killer is judge, jury – executioner. For a detective hiding a dark secret and an ordinary man willing to put his life on the line to stop the killing spree is running out.Judgement day has come. Who is ready to die?

A single mother becomes an eyewitness to murder Lisa Palmer has barely recovered from the sudden death of her husband when she is drawn into a new nightmare. On her way home from upstate New York, Lisa stops at a service center minutes before an armored car heist. Four men are executed before her eyes—one, an off-duty FBI agent she tried to help. Now Lisa is the FBI’s secret witness and the key to finding the fugitive killers. A haunted FBI agent fears this case is his last FBI agent Frank Morrow leads the investigation of the high-profile case. Hiding a very personal secret, Frank knows this assignment will be like no other he’s ever faced…and it could be his last. A relentless reporter must nail the story before it's too late Pressured to land an exclusive, journalist Jack Gannon chases the elusive thread of an anonymous tipster. With every instinct telling Jack the story is within his grasp, he risks everything to reveal the chilling truth…before the cold-blooded killers can take the next step in their vengeful mission.

A loving family, fracturing under pressure… Jeff Griffin, a mechanic, and his wife, Sarah, travel from Montana to Manhattan to give their nine-year-old son, Cole, his dream vacation as they secretly face the heart-wrenching turmoil that has them teetering on divorce. In the wake of their heartbreak, a mother and son disappear…While sightseeing near Times Square, Jeff steps into a store to buy batteries for their camera—but upon returning to the street he finds that Sarah and Cole have vanished. A frantic father searches for clues as time ticks down… Battling his anguish and police suspicions, Jeff fights to rescue Sarah and Cole.He knows now that the love he and Sarah have is worth saving. But he could lose the chance to tell her amid growing fears that they have become entangled in an unfolding plot that could have global consequences.

The sole survivor of a heartbreaking family tragedy… Claire Bowen, a haunted psychologist, devotes her life to helping troubled women rebuild theirs. But her dream of a family with her new husband, Robert, a pilot and local hero, begins to crumble as disturbing revelations from his past emerge. And a grieving cop who lures a killer from the shadows… Detective Joe Tanner, struggling to overcome his wife's death while raising their little girl alone, heads the task force formed to stop the monster who has resurfaced with a chilling message. Race the clock in a life-and-death struggle to save the next victim…In the wake of five cold-case murders across Los Angeles, one of Claire's most promising patients vanishes. Gut instinct tells Tanner the truth is within his grasp, while Claire is torn between guilt and terror over what’s to come. As time runs out, both are pulled deeper and deeper into an unspeakable darkness."Rick Mofina's tense, taut writing makes every thriller he writes an adrenaline-packed ride." —Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author

A car crashes in Wyoming: A young mother is thrown clear of the devastating crash. Dazed, she sees a figure pull her son from the flames. Or does she? The police believe it's trauma playing tricks on the mind, until the woman hears a voice on the phone: "Your baby is alive."A bomb explodes in Rio de Janeiro: The heinous act kills ten people, including two journalists. Jack Gannon's assignment is to find out whether his colleagues were innocent victims or targets who got too close to a huge story.A Caribbean cruise ends in horror: Doctors are desperate to identify the cause of a passenger's agonizing death. They turn to the world's top scientists, who fear that someone has resurrected their secret research. Research that is now being used as a deadly weapon.With millions of lives at stake, experts work frantically against time. And as an anguished mother searches for her child and Jack Gannon pursues the truth, an unstoppable force hurls them all into the panic zone.

Eleven-year-old Tilly Martin is dragged from her suburban bedroom. Her mother, Cora, pleads for mercy but the kidnappers are clear: if they don't get their $5 million back in five days, Tilly dies. If anyone contacts police, Tilly dies.Journalist Jack Gannon's estranged sister, Cora, disappeared without a trace decades ago. Now she is frantically reaching out to him for help. Cora tells him about the shameful mistakes she's made–but she guards the one secret that may be keeping her daughter alive.A twenty-year-old assassin, haunted by the faces of the people he's executed, seeks absolution as he sets out to commit his last murders as a hired killer.In the U.S. and Mexico, police and the press go flat out on Tilly's case. But as Gannon digs deeper into his anguished sister's past, the hours tick down on his niece's life and he faces losing a fragment of his rediscovered family forever.

An anguished mother loses her baby in a deadly storm… A kind stranger helps Jenna Cooper protect her baby boy when a killer tornado rips through a Dallas flea market. But in the aftermath, Jenna can't find her son or the woman who'd been holding him. A journalist under pressure breaks the story… Upon discovering the tragedy, reporter and single mom Kate Page, battling for her career and trying to hold her life together, vows to determine what happened to tiny Caleb Cooper. A vortex of life-and-death forces… As the FBI launches an investigation amid the devastation, Kate uncovers troubling clues to the trail of the woman last seen with the baby…clues that reveal a plot more sinister than anybody had imagined. Against mounting odds, Kate risks everything in the race to find the truth…before it's too late.

A life-and-death race against time Deep in the woods of upstate New York a woman flees a blazing barn. She is burned beyond recognition, and her dying words point police to a labyrinth of "confinement rooms"—rooms designed to hold human beings captive—where they make other chilling discoveries.In Manhattan, Kate Page, a single mom and reporter with a newswire service, receives a heart-stopping call from a detective on the case. A guardian angel charm found at the scene fits the description of the one belonging to Kate's sister, Vanessa, who washed away after a car crash in a mountain river twenty years ago.Kate has spent much of her life searching for the truth behind her little sister's disappearance. Now, a manhunt for a killer who's kept a collection of victims prisoner for years without detection becomes her final chance to either mourn Vanessa's death—or save her life.

Terror claws into the lives of an American family… On a quiet night in their tranquil suburban home, the Fulton family awakens to a nightmare. Four armed men force bank manager Dan Fulton to steal a quarter million dollars from his branch—strapping remote-detonation bombs on him, his wife, Lori, and their young son. A relentless reporter discovers an agonizing secret… The FBI moves swiftly with a major investigation while Kate Page, a reporter with a newswire service, digs deep into the story. In the wake of the Fulton family's abduction, questions emerge, including one of the most troubling: is the case linked to Lori Fulton's tragic past? Time ticks down on a chilling plan… Working as fast as they can, Kate and the investigators inch closer to a devastating truth—it's not only the Fultons' lives at stake, but thousands of others…and every second counts in the race to save them.

CRISIS IN THE SKIES Pilots with no control… High above the Adirondack Mountains, a commuter flight to New York City turns into a rolling, twisting nightmare, plunging from the sky before the crew regains control. Then, in London, a jetliner crashes into the runway, killing fifteen people. Investigators with no answers… Reporter Kate Page believes something beyond mechanical—or human—error is behind the incidents that have air investigators baffled. But the mystery deepens as teams scramble to pinpoint a link between the tragedies, and Kate receives an untraceable message from someone boasting responsibility and threatening another event. A looming disaster… As Kate, the FBI and the NTSB race to find answers, the shadow figures behind the operation launch their most devastating plan yet, and time ticks down on one of the greatest tragedies the world has ever known.

They are the perfect family. But perfection is fragile…Cal Hudson knows the world can be an ugly place. As a journalist, he has journeyed into society's darkest corners to expose the vilest crimes. But the world he shares with his wife, Faith, and their son, Gage, is different – it is a safe place, filled with love and kindness.Until the unthinkable happens.In a split second at a local carnival, nine-year-old Gage vanishes and the Hudsons' world begins unravelling. A frantic search starts to uncover splinters in their carefully crafted facade, revealing buried secrets that cast just as much suspicion on Cal and Faith as any stranger, and proving that the line between love and violence can disappear as suddenly as a child at a chaotic funfair. A gripping thriller for fans of James Patterson and Michael Connelly, which makes you wonder what really goes on behind closed doors… Readers love Mofina:“Fantastic plot”“I couldn't put the book down”“Outstanding”“A totally, riveting, intense story!”“Absolutely fantastic!!!”“He hooks you from the first chapter!”“Absolutely AMAZING read!!”“Mofina really scares the heck out of me. 5/5”

When a twelve-year-old girl goes missing, a suburban family''s perfect life reveals its dark secrets in this tense psychological thriller.Life can change in an instant. For Ryan and Karen Lane, it happens on the morning they discover their twelve-year-old daughter''s window open, their beloved Maddie missing from her bed. Police investigate. Suspicions swirl. The Lane family is thrown into turmoil. Then detectives turn their sights on them.No one is ruled out. Not Karen, with her tragic past, who argued with her daughter. Not Ryan, with his violent streak. Not Maddie''s thirteen-year-old brother, Tyler, who heard voices in her room the night she vanished.As time goes by and no answers emerge, the Lanes fear that Maddie is gone forever. But when a stunning revelation shocks everyone, the family plunges deep into a world of buried secrets whose revelations threaten the very foundation of their lives.

Three strangers scattered across the world become entangled in a terrorist plot of global proportions in "this well-crafted and timely thriller" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).An aid worker who lost her husband and child in a brutal attack saves the life of an American contractor in Iraq. Believing he can help her avenge her family''s deaths, she follows him back home to the United States . . .Meanwhile, a California soccer mom arrives to pick up her son from school, only to discover that her husband has taken their child and vanished without a trace . . .An off-duty cop in the Rocky Mountains rescues a little girl from a raging river moments before she utters her final words in his arms. Haunted by failure, he launches an investigation that leads him to a school in Montana, where time is ticking down on an event that will rewrite history . . .

In this domestic thriller, a terrifying home invasion unravels everything a young woman thinks she knows about her perfect home and marriage.Lisa Taylor has friends, family and a job she loved back in Cleveland. But when her husband Jeff lands the promotion of a lifetime, she gives it all up to go him. Their whirlwind move to Miami feels like an adventure, their idyllic new neighborhood the perfect place to start a family. But their dreams are shattered when a stranger breaks into their house, holding a knife to Lisa’s throat before Jeff can chase him off.Suddenly, every sacrifice Lisa made feels like a loss she’ll never recover from. But Jeff makes it clear there’s too much at stake to return to Ohio. Isolated and afraid, Lisa becomes a hostage in her own home. She can’t shake the feeling she’s being watched. And with the man she married growing increasingly unrecognizable, she’s starting to wonder whether their hasty move was to pursue a better life—or escape a chilling past that won’t be outrun.

When a psychologist''s patient goes missing, a grieving detective gets close to a killer in the USA Today–bestselling author''s psychological thriller.Psychologist Claire Bowen devotes her life to helping troubled women rebuild theirs. But her dream of starting a family with her new husband Robert begins to crumble as disturbing revelations from his past emerge.Meanwhile, Los Angeles Detective Joe Tanner is struggling to overcome his wife''s death while raising their little girl alone. But now he faces a new kind of challenge: a breakthrough in a series of cold case murders suggests the killer has resurfaced.When one of Claire''s most promising patients goes missing, Tanner suspects the truth is within his grasp. But as time runs out, both are pulled deep into an unspeakable darkness with little chance of escape.

“[A] lifetime of secrets and lies come back to haunt in this layered, engrossing thriller. . . . A riveting, moving read.” —Lisa Unger, New York Times–bestselling author of The Stranger InsideSome mistakes can never be forgotten—or forgiven.Janie Klassyn was only fourteen years old when she made the blood pact with her friends. She could never imagine she was setting in motion the horrifying crime that would tear her peaceful prairie town apart.Twenty years later in California, school counselor Emma Grant struggles to keep her past buried. But when she finds a note on her car threatening to reveal her secret, it becomes harder to keep up the deception. Even her teenage stepdaughter suspects that Emma is hiding something. Now, with her celebrated true-crime author husband digging into a decades-old murder case for his next book, and a suspicious accident involving someone who’s been following her, the perfect life Emma’s built is crumbling, forcing her to take desperate steps to save it . . . “Rick Mofina’s books are edge-of-your seat thrilling. Page turners that don’t let up.” —Louise Penny, #1 New York Times–bestselling author

A Chicago crime reporter’s idyllic home life comes undone when his child disappears in this thriller by the USA Today–bestselling author of Six Seconds. As a reporter for a big Chicago newspaper, Cal Hudson has journeyed into society’s darkest corners and expose the vilest crimes. But the world he and his wife share with their nine-year-old son is much nicer. They have made sure of it, creating a tranquil haven in suburban River Ridge to protect the person most precious to them. Until the unthinkable happens.When their son disappears at a local carnival, the Hudsons’ storybook world is shattered. A frantic search begins to uncover splinters in their carefully crafted facade, revealing secrets that cast just as much suspicion on Cal and his wife as any ill-meaning stranger. It soon becomes clear that the line between love and violence can disappear as suddenly as a child on a chaotic midway.

A man''s frantic search for his missing family draws him into a terrifying plot in this novel from "one of the best thriller writers in the business" (Library Journal, starred review).Though Jeff and Sarah Griffin are teetering on divorce, they try to keep the heart-wrenching turmoil from their young son, Cole. In fact, they all travel from Montana to Manhattan to give Cole a dream vacation. While sightseeing near Times Square, Jeff steps into a store to buy batteries for their camera. By the time he returns, Sarah and Cole have vanished.Battling his anguish and police suspicions, Jeff fights to rescue his family. He knows now that the love he and Sarah have is worth saving. But he could lose the chance to tell her amid growing fears that they have become entangled in an unfolding plot that could have global consequences.