The Mitford character Father Tim Kavanagh returns to his native town to find friends and family wrestling with difficulties.

The Boston detective D. D. Warren, seriously injured at a crime scene, is treated by a pain therapist whose father was a serial killer.

Katie Raymond must rethink everything she thought she knew about Brandon Hastings when a secret is revealed. The second of three erotica novellas.

A bond, and an attraction, between two stepsiblings.

The psychologist and police consultant Alex Delaware becomes embroiled in a child custody dispute that escalates into murder.

Abandoned by his crew, an astronaut embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive. Read by Wil Wheaton. 10 hours, 59 minutes unabridged.

Lt. Eve Dallas is on the case when the demolition of a building that once sheltered troubled teenagers reveals skeletons hidden in the walls; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

Two C.E.O.s — one a man, the other a woman — face very different challenges.

In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny. First published in 1993.

Eva and Gideon’s love is threatened by old wounds; a Crossfire novel.

John Puller, a special agent with the Army, hunts for his brother, who was convicted of treason and has escaped from prison.

Ana Steele learns more about Christian Grey’s troubled past; the second book in a trilogy.

A small Michigan town is transformed when its residents receive phone calls said to be from heaven.

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, former Secret Service agents turned private investigators, scrutinize a soldier’s mysterious death in Afghanistan.

In the 28th Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer takes on a complicated new client.

At Christmas, Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a narcissistic personal trainer; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

One holiday weekend in New Hampshire, the lives of a single mother and her son are irrevocably changed when they show kindness to a stranger with a terrible secret. Originally published in 2009; now a movie.

Government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers.

Fresh from a stay at a psychiatric hospital, a newspaper reporter returns (reluctantly) to her hometown to cover the murders of two girls.

There’s an obvious attraction between two newcomers to Thunder Point, Ore., but their differences may run too deep.

Nicolas Fox (a handsome con man) and Kate O’Hare (an F.B.I. agent) team up to steal back a Chinese artifact taken from the Smithsonian.

Dirk Pitt becomes involved in a post-Castro power struggle in Cuba.

The Vampire Chronicles continue after a long hiatus with the reappearance of Lestat de Lioncourt.

The early-20th-century detective Isaac Bell tracks a wide-ranging international criminal enterprise.

Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is stalked by a killer bent on vengeance.

Detective Alex Cross’s family is kidnapped by a madman who wants to turn Cross into a perfect killer.

Heroic lives in Manhattan between the late 19th century and the year 2000. Originally published in 1983.

In the 29th Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer confronts thieves who can bypass high-end security systems.

Long-held secrets revealed by a survivor of the Titanic change the life of her great-granddaughter.

The Chicago wizard Harry Dresden is forced to help an enemy break into a high-security vault; the 15th Dresden Files novel.