Quiet Game/24 Hours Omnibus by Greg Iles
The Quiet GamePenn Cage is no stranger to death. As a Houston prosecutor he sent sixteen men to death row. Now, in the aftermath of the death of his young wife, he decides to return to his home town of Natchez Mississippi with his only daughter.But any hopes of a quiet life are dashed when he finds his father is being blackmailed over a long-forgotten murder. Penn is soon up to his neck in Natchez's dark underbelly of passion, power and racial tension.24 HoursWill and Karen Jennings are a successful young couple with a beautiful five-year-old daughter. But their ideal world is threatened when serial kidnapper John Hickey enters their lives.John Hickey has kidnapped five times before. But this time he's chosen the wrong family. Has he finally met his match Will and Karen have twenty-four hours to succeed where others have failed. Twenty four hours to live or die...