Sparkling Stars #19

When thirteen-year-old James Gibson hears an eight-year-old boy crying for help after plunging into a sand-pit funnel, he doesn't hesitate—he descends into the danger himself to keep the trapped child from suffocating under cascading sand. With a truck driver's quick thinking and the coordinated efforts of fire and emergency squads, both boys are pulled to safety in a harrowing two-and-a-half-hour rescue.

In "The Killer Cop," rookie officer "Handsome Dan" Graham faces a grim fate after a betrayal that shatters both his badge and his friendship. Set in New York, the story unfolds with a chilling focus on duty, loyalty, and the dark turn one man takes when those ideals collapse.

Detective Click Hunt matches wits with a seemingly unhinged former executive who threatens to kill the executives of the Gilbert Camera Corporation—but when murders begin at a celebration party, Hunt discovers the real killer is far more cunning than anyone suspected. As ingenious booby traps disguised as cameras turn deadly, Hunt must unravel the truth before the mastermind behind it all strikes again.