Brings together some of the best selling Crime writers in the World to create a collection of short stories of murder, betrayal and intrigue. Each story in this book is interlinked by a charm bracelet which makes its way into each tale bringing bad luck wherever it is found. The authors' tales are set in their usual city and era of choice.

Three years ago former medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her tragic past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlanta she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in to the emergency room, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror.

When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder.

Martin Reed feels as if the life that should have been his is slowly slipping away. He works as a senior executive accountant, but his passion is reading crime fiction. When two murders occur at his work, the overwhelming evidence points to Martin, especially when he can't or won't admit he has an alibi.

A 17-year-old girl is found murdered in her home by her mother. At first the Atlanta police believe it is a simple case of one victim, one killer. But when another girl is brutally killed, and a third goes missing soon afterwards, they realise they are dealing with something far more sinister.

Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare. Her baby daughter Emma has been locked outside, and there's a trail of blood to the front door. Without waiting for back-up, Faith enters the house. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood. Most worrying of all, her mother is missing.

The sleepy town of Heartsdale is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams, a young college professor, dead in the local diner.

When a teenage quarrel in the small town of Heartsdale explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy. What seems at first to be a terrible but individual catastrophe proves to have wider implications when the autopsy reveals evidence of long-term abuse and ritualistic self-mutilation.

Sara Linton, medical examiner in the town of Heartsdale, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues - and the college authorities are keen to avoid a scandal - but for Sara and the police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don't add up.

Medical examiner Sara Linton and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver are first on the scene when Jeffrey's best friend, Robert, shoots dead an intruder who breaks into his house. However, Sara is not convinced by Robert's story. 12 years later, they are caught up in a brutal attack. It seems that the past is catching up with them.