Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is called in to help the local police find a suspected serial killer who seems to choose his victims at random, but the case becomes more personal when a colleague is taken by the murderer, leading Veteren and the police on a chase to find their friend before it is too late.

When Marti MacAlister and her partner Matthew Jessenoivik are called in to investigate a report of skeletal remains found in the forest, they find themselves drawn into a centuries-old case of murder and conspiracy.

New York police detective Jacob Kanon searches for the killer of his daughter and her boyfriend, who were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in other European cities have been found dead with little to connect the murders except a postcard to the local newspaper. Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm, and they think they know where to find the next victims....

Twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective and must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.

Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.

Detective Steve Carella and the officers of the 87th Precinct work together to solve a series of murders.