The murder of John Li, a South L.A. liquour store owner, hits LAPD Detective Harry Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. As Bosch uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad -- a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in America -- his world instantly explodes, and the person he holds most dear is taken from him.

Ponyboy is 14 years old, tough and confused, yet sensitive beneath his bold front. When his best friend kills a member of a rival gang, a nightmare of violence begins and quickly envelops Ponyboy in a turbulent chain of events.

Spencer and his cohort Hawk investigate a murder in the housing projects of Boston and are drawn into a world of violence and hate.

Detective Michael Bennett takes his family to upstate New York in an effort to escape a lawless crime wave erupting in Manhattan only to find themselves immersed in another nightmare, one that endangers his relationship with his wife.

America's favorite bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, faces a notorious gang in Trenton who wants her dead. Morelli warns that she's in for trouble, and Stephanie doesn't disagree, but the gang won't let her bow out. With Ranger nowhere to be found, Stephanie has to go into hiding. Out of nowhere, she stumbles on to the secret location of Ranger's "bat cave."

As a gang of urban teenagers known as the TKO Club makes random attacks on bystanders, Erica, who is dating the gang leader, wrestles with her dark side and "good kid" identity.

Eleven-year-old Benny Kaminsky leads a rag-tag gang of neighborhood children as they use improbable disguises and crazy ruses while investigating such crimes as counterfeiting and stolen silver in 1894 London.

"In The welcoming: Danger rarely comes to Whale Watch Inn on Orcas Island. But undercover FBI agent Roman DeWinter knows something ugly is going on beneath the cozy surface. He believes there is an insidious criminal gang operating out of the inn, and all the evidence points to Charity Ford, the owner. When a hit-and-run attack leaves Charity shaken and bruised, Roman is left questioning if he should trust his heart or his head. In The art of deception:...

After being mugged, seventeen-year-old Gretchen is still struggling to deal with her fears when she meets Phoenix, an eighteen-year-old immigrant from El Salvador. Told in alternating first person points of view, this is a story of love, sacrifice, and the journey from victim to survivor. It offers an intimate glimpse into the causes and devastating impact of Latino gang violence, both in the U.S. and in Central America, and explores the risks that...