Based on the experience of the author, a federal judge who in 2000 presided over the first capital case in Massachusetts in more than 50 years, this extraordinary thriller offers an unprecedented inside view of a federal death penalty trial.

Based on the experience of the author, a federal judge who in 2000 presided over the first capital case in Massachusetts in more than 50 years, this extraordinary thriller offers an unprecedented inside view of a federal death penalty trial.

When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a Puerto Rican drug dealer and a hockey mom volunteering at an inner-city clinic, the police arrest a rival gang member. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so he can seek a death sentence.

The Honorable David S. Norcross, a federal judge with only two years on the bench, now presides over the first death penalty case in the state in decades. He must referee the clash of an ambitious female prosecutor and a brilliant veteran defense attorney in a high-stress environment of community outrage, media pressure, vengeful gang members, and a romantic entanglement that threatens to capsize his trial --- not to mention the most dangerous force of all: the unexpected.

RIPPER by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende is an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco.

RIPPER by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende is an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco.

The Jackson women, Indiana and Amanda, have always had each other. Though their bond is strong, mother and daughter are as different as night and day. Indiana, a beautiful holistic healer, is a free-spirited bohemian. Long divorced from Amanda’s father, she’s reluctant to settle down with either of the men who want her --- Alan, the wealthy scion of one of San Francisco’s elite families, and Ryan, an enigmatic, scarred former Navy SEAL.

While her mom looks for the good in people, Amanda is fascinated by the dark side of human nature --- as is her father, the SFPD’s deputy chief of homicide. Brilliant and introverted, the MIT-bound high school senior Amanda is a natural-born sleuth addicted to crime novels and to Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.

When a string of strange murders occurs across the city, Amanda plunges into her own investigation, probing hints and deductions that elude the police department. But the case becomes all too personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mother’s disappearance have something to do with the series of deaths? Now, with her mother’s life on the line, Amanda must solve the most complex mystery she’s ever faced before it’s too late.

Mary Hogan’s powerful and poignant debut novel is about two sisters --- opposites in every way --- plus their mother and the secrets and lies that define them all.

Mary Hogan’s powerful and poignant debut novel is about two sisters --- opposites in every way --- plus their mother and the secrets and lies that define them all.

Mary Hogan’s powerful and poignant debut novel about two sisters --- opposites in every way --- plus their mother and the secrets and lies that define them all.

One family, two sisters, a lifetime of secrets...

The third child in a family that wanted only two, Muriel Sullivant has always been an outsider. Short, dark-haired and round, she worships her beautiful blonde sister, Pia, and envies the close bond she shares with their mother, Lidia. Growing up in their shadow, Muriel believes that if she keeps all their secrets --- and she knows plenty, outsiders always do --- they will love her, too.

But that was a long time ago. Now an adult, Muriel has accepted the disappointments in her life. With her fourth-floor walk-up apartment and entry-level New York City job, she never will measure up to Pia and her wealthy husband, their daughter, and their suburban Connecticut dream home. Muriel would like nothing better than to avoid her judgmental family altogether. One thing she does quite well.

Until the day Pia shows up to visit and share devastating news that Muriel knows she cannot tell --- a secret that will force her to come to terms with the past and help her see her life and her family in unexpected new ways.

THE WEDDING BEES is a novel about finding sweetness where you least expect it and learning to love your way home.

THE WEDDING BEES is a novel about finding sweetness where you least expect it and learning to love your way home.

Sugar Wallace did not believe in love at first sight, but her bees did...

Every spring Sugar Wallace coaxes her sleepy honeybee queen --- presently the sixth in a long line of Queen Elizabeths --- out of the hive and lets her crawl around a treasured old map. Wherever the queen stops is their next destination, and this year it's New York City.

Sugar sets up her honeybees on the balcony of an East Village walk-up and then --- as she's done everywhere since leaving South Carolina --- she gets to know her neighbors. She is, after all, a former debutante who believes that manners make the world a better place even if they seem currently lacking in the big city.

Plus, she has a knack for helping people. There's Ruby with her scrapbook of wedding announcements; single mom Lola; reclusive chef Nate; and George, a courtly ex-doorman. They may not know what to make of her bees and her politeness, but they can't deny the magic in her honey.

And then there's Theo, a delightfully kind Scotsman who crosses Sugar's path as soon as she gets into town and is quickly besotted. But love is not on the menu for Sugar. She likes the strong independent woman she's become since leaving the South and there's nothing a charmer like Theo can do to change her mind...only her bees can do that.

THE WEDDING BEES is a novel about finding sweetness where you least expect it and learning to love your way home.