In 1970s Brooklyn, with the promise of violence everywhere, a currency itself, this story of community, crime and gentrification chronicles more than 50 years of life in one neighborhood where the players write the headlines, the histories and the laws of the streets.

After New York Times reporter William Smithback and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Pendergast--the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent--returns to New York City to investigate a murderous Obeah cult.

Living with motion blindness, Leah, with her acute senses of smell and hearing, very little escapes her notice, is convinced her neighbor, who is trying to escape from an abusive husband, is going to be murdered and makes a decision that will test her courage, her strength and ultimately her sanity.

"The Helena is an art deco apartment building that has witnessed the changing face of South Miami Beach for seventy years, observing the lives housed within. Among those who have called apartment 2B home across the decades are a Cuban concert pianist who performs in a nursing home; the widow of an intelligence officer raising her young daughter alone; a man waiting on a green card marriage to run its course so that he can divorce his wife and marry...

An indoor cat brings a community together after his dreams of exploring the outside world quickly go awry. Bob is an orange tabby cat with big dreams. He lives in a safe and friendly apartment building with his human, Pippa, but Bob knows he is more than an indoor cat―he's a Jungle Cat! When he sneaks outside to chase after his dream, Bob's adventure suddenly gets too wild. It's a good thing jungle cats know when to ask for help! Vibrantly illustrated,...

Joe conquers his fear of the strange creature moving into the house next door, as well as the treehouse in the creature's backyard.

"Ruby Graham tiene dos pasatiempos favoritos: la lectura y salir con su mejor amiga, Amber. Las dos chicas son polos opuestos, pero en eso radica su amistad. Bueno, en eso y en que Amber es la única otra adolescente de su edad en el edificio. Hasta que llegan los Woods. El entusiasmo y la curiosidad de Ruby por sus nuevos vecinos se disipan de golpe cuando Kem Woods, el hijo mayor, arruina uno de sus preciados libros al tirarle encima una cubeta...

"On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children—especially fifteen-year-old Etty—grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn't return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan's father—and...

"Welcome to 1106 Wildflower Place: It is no ordinary apartment house, but you, reader, are no ordinary visitor. So, please, come in! Two new tenants have just arrived, and nine-year-old Ella is determined to help them settle in. Who better to teach them about the glitchy lights and the nighttime noises? After all, Ella knows all the neighbors. Well, almost all. No one has met the mysterious Robinsons who live on the top floor. Will a special neighborly...

Cuando Elec rompió conmigo, lo último que necesitaba era convertirme en vecina de alguien que me recordara a él. Damien era una versión más atractiva de mi ex. También tenía dos perros gigantes que me mantenían despierta con sus ladridos. Él no quería tener nada que ver conmigo, o eso creía... Hasta que oí risas a través de un agujero en la pared de mi dormitorio. Damien había estado oyendo todas mis sesiones telefónicas con mi terapeuta....