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Assigned to protect a judge whose unpopular ruling on a serial killer has led to threats, Minneapolis homicide detective Sam Kovac and his partner, Nikki Liska, find their case taking a whole new direction when the judge is kidnapped.

The jig is up for Charity "Chase" Oliver's adorable plus-size cat, Quincy. His new vet says "diet" -- meaning no more cherry cheesecake bars from her Minneapolis treatery, Bar None. From now on it's only low-cal kibble, one taste of which drives him in search of better things. Quincy's escape is the last thing Chase needs after her nasty run-in with business rival Gable Naughtly. She tracks Quincy down in a neighbor's kitchen devouring a meatloaf...

"A slumlord butchered in Minneapolis...A rising political star executed in Manhattan...A judge slashed to death in Oklahoma City... Each victim has a history of bad behavior, but the only thing the killings have in common is the murder weapon-a Native American ceremonial knife-and a trail of blood that leads to an embodiment of evil known only as Shadow Love. Recruited to be the lethal hand of a terrorist campaign, Shadow Love has his own bloody agenda,...

"Ex-St. Paul cop Rushmore McKenzie has more time, and more money, than he knows what to do with. In fact, when he's willing to admit it to himself (and he usually isn't), Mac is downright bored. Until he decides to do a favor for a friend facing a family tragedy: Nine-year-old Stacy Carlson has been diagnosed with leukemia, and the only one with the matching bone marrow that can save her is her older sister, Jamie. Trouble is, Jamie ran away from...