Silent night
C. J. Kyle
Christmas, Tennessee, is a town where no one locks their doors and the worst crime is a stolen bicycle. Until the night blood is found . . . but there's no body.

by Robert Muchamore (2015)
An airliner explodes over the Atlantic leaving 345 people dead. Crash investigators suspect terrorism, but they're getting nowhere. A distressed 12-year-old calls a police hotline and blames his father for the explosion. It could be a breakthrough, but there's no hard evidence.
C. J. Kyle
Christmas, Tennessee, is a town where no one locks their doors and the worst crime is a stolen bicycle. Until the night blood is found . . . but there's no body.
Kathleen Kaska
In 1952, reporter Sydney Lockhart checks into the historic Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs Arkansas and discovers the murdered body of the hotel's bookkeeper. Sydney becomes a suspect and is determined to clear her name and prove herself a reporter deserving more than just travel assignments. She soon becomes embroiled in the underworld of gangsters and gamblers and in the fight for the truth.
P.D. Martin
"Just as Aussie FBI profiler Sophie Anderson is settling into her job in the L.A. bureau, she's pulled into a case that's different from anything she's ever seen--the victim has had his throat ripped out. But what weapon could have caused such devastating injuries? And who is the John Doe? Sophie and her team are dealing with a skilled killer, someone who leaves virtually no forensic evidence. When the team links the body to an Asian criminal organization, things get even more mysterious. The victim has been missing for fifteen years, so where has he been and why has he returned? More important, who wanted him dead? As L.A.'s underworld rears its ugly head, Sophie will have to draw on her experience and her developing psychic skills to find a brilliant killer who's carved a trail of death in organized crime across the U.S. He leaves only one thing behind him--horrifying murder scenes."--Page 4 of cover.
Andrea Camilleri
After witnessing a seagull's odd dance and sudden dropping dead, Inspector Montalbano stops by his office and notices that Fazio is missing; the Inspector sets out to find him and learns that Fazio was last seen on the docks, secretly working on a case.