Joe Bridger's time was up, he was on death row in Rikers Island and his only solace was setting a puzzle for Detective Clancy Sullivan to solve. The poems in his diary were the keys to the missing bodies, but would she become just one more to add to the list?


Running his own business had long been an ambition of Tom Blessed, and when Grant Masefield, his boss, gave him his chance he grabbed it with both hands. His rise was meteoric and he took pride in what he was achieving. That pride came with some terrible consequences.


Evelyn and her husband, Ad, were deliriously happy in their little cottage with its beautiful garden - everything seemed to be coming up roses. However, once Mazikeen made his appearance, the naked truth about their circumstances became all too apparent.


Marcel DuPont was a very happy young man. He had the career that he had always wanted, a boss who was more than willing to give him his head, and a beautiful girl, Nicole Fournier, on his arm. It wasn't until the evening before his wedding that he realised that things were not as they had seemed to be.