When lawyer David Canaday is found dead and a battle over his estate ensues, Pru Marlowe is drawn into a murder investigation involving the dead man's three adult daughters and a kitten who is being blamed for Canaday's demise.

"Three different personal quests with eerily parallel outcomes. Jack spent his life amassing wealth, but after losing his family, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack, he heads to South America. After thrashing his dog-abusing boss, Hunter learns of his father's death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California. Seventeen-year-old Anne flees Tennessee after her...

James and the other Cherub agents go up against a radical group for animal protection who think that it's okay to kill one human in order to save many animals.

Marty will do anything to save his new friend Shiloh in this Newbery Medal–winning novel from Phillis Reynolds Naylor. When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sight—and also big trouble. It turns out the dog, which Marty names Shiloh, belongs to Judd Travers, who drinks too much and has a gun—and abuses his dogs. So when Shiloh runs away from Judd to Marty, Marty just has to hide him and...