Jonathan Davis

"Dr. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, disappears on a mountain road in North Carolina. By the time her husband Jeff, miffed over a recent argument, reports her missing, the trail has grown cold. Literally. Fog and ice encapsulate the mountainous wilderness and paralyze the search for her. While police suspect Jeff of "instant divorce," Emory, suffering from an unexplained head injury, regains consciousness and finds herself the...

Sashi Burgette vanished three years ago. The night after the teenager’s disappearance, ex-con Dylan Reeves was stopped for drunk driving. An article of Sashi’s clothing was found in his truck, and a police videotape of his drunken explanation sealed his fate at trial. Now, just days from Reeves’ execution, Sashi’s mother visits Jack Swyteck with shocking news: “Sashi called me.” The police dismiss the call as a cruel hoax. The governor...

In Phillip Margolin's fourth book featuring Portland, Oregon's finest defense attorney, Amanda Jaffe finds herself mixed up in a twisted international investigation that'll not only drag her deep into a perplexing and perilous puzzle, but also straight into the path of a brutal killer.

When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the preeminent black fraternity at Florida's flagship university, is discovered hog-tied in the stygian swamps of the Suwannee River Valley, the death sets off a firestorm that threatens to rage out of control as a fellow student, Mark Towson, the president of a prominent white fraternity, is accused of the crime.

Charlie Castillo's secret unit has been disbanded, but that doesn't mean he's out of business. A FedEx package arrives, bearing photos of barrels containing some of the most dangerous biohazard materials on Earth, all of which were supposed to have been destroyed during a raid on a secret Russian factory in the Congo. Who has them, and what do they want? Castillo has a feeling he's not going to like the answers.

Davis has brought his groundbreaking work up to the present, including the history of an "Era of Broken Trust," from the end of the Clinton administration through the recent Great Recession. This additional material covers the horrific events of 9/11 and the rise of conspiracy theorists, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the New Orleans levees, the global financial meltdown, the election of Barack Obama, and the...

Life is going well for Delia Hopkins. She has a daughter and a fiancâe, and with her search-and-rescue bloodhound, she helps find missing persons. But as she plans for her wedding, she is haunted by inexplicable flashbacks to a devastating time she cannot recall.

The book introduces Anakin's mother, her husband, and her stepson, Owen, who will raise the future Luke Skywalker, and describes her capture and the failed attempt to rescue her. If that doesn't appeal, there is always the chapter describing Amidala's family on Naboo, whom viewers never even meet in the film. Perhaps more enticing, the book treats readers to the actual scene of Anakin's vengeful destruction of the Tusken Raider encampment, an action...

"Michael Cantella is a rising star at Wall Street investment bank Saxton Silvers. Everything is going smoothly until the love of his life, Ivy Layton, vanishes on their honeymoon in the Bahamas. Years later, Michael is still on track: successful career, beautiful new wife, piles of money. But when he logs into his investment accounts, he makes a horrifying discovery. Someone has wiped him out. Not only has his fortune been liquidated, but his company...

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.