Tending the grounds of an island church with no parishioners, retired priest Murphy Shepherd voyages down the Intracoastal waterway to scatter a friend's ashes before agreeing to help a woman whose daughter has been abducted into the world of trafficking.

A man who gained infamy after murdering his own father ten years prior discovers seven murdered men on his yacht.

"The latest from Kathy Reichs finds Tempe Brennan investigating the connections between a long-dead businessman, the smuggling of mummified dogs from Peru, and the death of a teenage girl killed in a hit and run. When she discovers a human trafficking enterprise at the center of it all, the scope of the case extends from South America to Afghanistan. And Tempe's soon-to-be ex might have connections that run to the very heart of the trafficking ring"--...

When fifteen-year-old Lance Covington finds the abandoned baby of a drug addict, he is accused of kidnapping, and his mother Barbara looks for help from her old lover, Kent Harlan.

Treated like an outsider by Ozark Mountain neighbors who regard her mother's disappearance years earlier with suspicion, 16-year-old Lucy is further haunted by a friend's murder, which compels her to investigate family secrets and sacrifices.

After the murder of a young girl sends her over the edge, Detective Scarlett Bishop teams up with former Army Ranger Marcus O'Bannion, a champion of victims' rights, to take down a powerful underground ring that deals in human trafficking.

Uncovering a human trafficking operation while in Croatia, Court Gentry follows its ringleader to Hollywood before encountering unexpected interference by his CIA handlers.

Returning to her homeland in India, Tara searches for her childhood friend, Mukta, who was kidnapped from her home eleven years ago, and delves into the brutal underground world of human trafficking.

When a botched undercover mission is semi-salvaged by criminal psychologist Patrick Law, FBI agent Jordan Wallace, who was close to cracking a human trafficking case, must partner with this man whose innate ability to get inside a criminal’s head may be the only thing keeping them alive.

Forging a deep friendship with impoverished but passionate fellow weaver Savitha, motherless Poornima leaves behind everything she knows to search for her friend after an act of cruelty drives Savitha away.