missing children

When her teenage daughter vanishes shortly after Kara Marshall and her husband put their Long Island home on the market, Kara fears the worst despite the suspicions of police that the girl is a runaway.

Nancy Harmon is leading a quiet life on Cape Cod, until a newspaper article and the disappearance of her two young children brings to light the story of her first marriage, the deaths of her first two children, and her trial for murder in California.

"When Bobby and Susan Martin come across a dirty, shivering child at their campsite, the last thing the childless couple expects is to be drawn into an unthinkable crime. But when one of the boy's kidnappers comes out of the brush waving a gun, Bobby is forced to react. In one chaotic, explosive moment, the predator is brutally murdered. But was he a criminal--or a cop? With a vicious crime ring closing in on them, and unsure of whom to trust, Bobby and Susan desperately plunge into the heart of danger to save the boy--and themselves."--back cover.

Kinky attempts to find a young, autistic New York boy and a three-legged Texas cat named Lucky.

Laura Principal, a private investigator, attempts to solve the puzzle of a mother who thinks she's spotted her missing child twelve years after his abduction.

Carli, a teen actress who has gone undercover at a New England boarding school in order to research a role, hooks up with a student graffiti artist to investigate the disappearance of another of the school's pupils.

A detective and a newspaper reporter raise new questions and open old wounds to ultimately help Janet find resolution twenty-five years after her brother's murder.

Young history teacher Cathy North decides to investigate when her favorite student, Megan Marie, a pretty high school junior, mysteriously disappears.

"Seattle, 1933. Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son, Daniel, good night and reluctantly leaves for work. She hates the night shift, but it's the only way she can earn enough to keep destitution at bay. In the morning--even though it's the second of May--a heavy snow is falling. Vera rushes to wake Daniel, but his bed is empty. His teddy bear lies outside in the snow. Seattle, present day. On the second of May, Seattle Herald reporter Claire Aldridge awakens to another late-season snowstorm. Assigned to cover this "blackberry winter" and its predecessor decades earlier, Claire learns of Daniel's unsolved abduction and vows to unearth the truth--only to discover that she and Vera are linked in unexpected ways"--.