Charles Martin

How do you find answers in a city that is a mystery itself? That is the question officer Herman Lok of the Hong Kong Police Force confronts every day, case by case. So when the body of a young woman washes up in the Hong Kong harbor, outfitted to make her death look like an accident, he assembles his force to begin a search for answers. The team of Lok, Million Man, Old Ko, Ears, and Big Pang embark on a trail that leads them not only to the city's...

"When Charlie's choices produce devastating consequences, he sets out to right wrongs, traveling to Central America where he will meet those who have paid for his actions. Will their encounter present Charlie with a way to seek the redemption he thought was impossible--and free his heart to love one woman as he never knew he could?"--

A high-flying US police chief shakes up the UK's Lincolnshire Police Force and his own life in the process.

"A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard." —Michael Dirda, Washington Post

Ovid's epic poem—whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages—is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's times to the present day, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. Charles Martin

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The Gibson family contacts the police about Grace's disappearance, while Marcella tries to make sense of her vague memories of visiting Grace the night before. Sex-worker Cara's habit of robbing her clients lands her in danger.

Marcella waits anxiously for Grace's body to be found and tries to fit together the pieces of the night by searching CCTV footage. Sylvie, distraught over her daughter's death, is livid to learn of Grace and Jason's relationship.

Jason issues Marcella a devastating ultimatum: grant him sole custody of their children or he'll tell everyone about her blackouts. Meanwhile, a lead on the latest body takes the detectives to a brothel, and Phil's true identity is leaked to the press.

Now convinced that the killer is a woman, Marcella grills Nigel, the man living near where the children were kept, for information about her. Tragedy strikes close to home when a hostage situation goes wrong.

When Marcella is called to investigate a body found inside a wall, she is horrified to discover that she knew the victim: Leo Priestley, a young boy who went missing years ago while walking home with her son, Edward.

Marcella arrests wealthy businessman Vince Whitman, but she is floored by his accusation that Tim has been sleeping with Vince's wife. Reg's manager brings an alarming confession letter to Marcella, prompting a search for Reg.