Crime Kidnap

The Great Depression was a time of desperation in America - parents struggled to feed their children and unemployment was at a record high. Adding to the lawlessness of the decade, thugs with guns and corrupt law-enforcement officers ran rampant. But amidst this panic, there was one surefire way to make money, one used by criminals and resourceful civilians alike: kidnapping. The Kidnap Years is a thoughtfully reported pause-resister that chronicles the sweep of abductions that afflicted all corners of the country as desperate people were pushed to do the unthinkable.

"I really enjoyed this one. I honestly couldn't put it down. The ending was a total surprise. I'm still thinking about it!" - #1 Amazon and USA TODAY bestselling author Freida McFadden ER physician and medical researcher, Drake Cody, has developed an experimental drug that may treat spinal cord injury and help the paralyzed walk. A massive Big Pharma pay-off awaits twisted pharmaceutical genius Meryl Kampf if she can pirate Drake's breakthrough. Meryl, while ingesting increasing doses of cocaine and steroids, spearheads agents of an international crime syndicate and a traitor none suspect, ...

Charlie is an old school private detective. He lives in LA, California one of the greatest, famous or infamous cities on the whole globe.In this novel, he investigates a kidnapping of the Chairman of the Board of a very large Los Angeles bank.It is very exciting, intrieging, as well as action packed.Other's in the series are"1. Charlie O'Brien, Private Investigator2. The Money Changer3. For the Love of Moneyand coming soonCharlie's Angels

Four stand-alone crime thrillers written by USA Today best-selling author Kristen Middleton. This audiobook includes: Searching for Faith, Looking for Lainey, Forget Me Not, and Hear Them Scream. These books are suggested for fans of Kay Hooper, Heather Graham, Iris Johansen, and Nora Roberts.

He killed my brother. He destroyed my life. Now, he wants my body. Smokey is a ruthless biker who rides with the Steel Reapers MC. Years ago, he betrayed and killed my brother. Ever since, I’ve been driven by a burning need for vengeance. Now, I've finally caught him. But just as I'm about to take my revenge, we're attacked. And he saves my life. Forced together by enemies out to kill us, I learn a dark secret that hints there’s more to my brother’s death. But the only way to the full truth is to get closer to Smokey. The closer we get, the more my defenses shatter, Smokey is the most...

My best friend's little sister and the woman who haunts my dreams are one and the same. Always off-limits. Until now. As a member of the Steel Reapers MC and an ex-Marine, duty defines me.. My best friend, Smokey, saved my life in the Marines and now he's calling in that debt. His little sister is a bridesmaid at a Mafia wedding and needs a bodyguard. My mission: pose as her date and keep everyone's hands off her. Including my own. But he doesn't know I've always wanted Danielle. And now she's a woman with curves more dangerous than anything I saw in combat, It’s only a matter of time ...

Gus’s wakes up to discover that he’s been kidnapped by a Mexican mobster. He’s not the only one who has been kidnapped, however. Apparently, someone’s pinched the crime lord’s kid and the head thug of the gang wants Gus to find the missing kid before the crime lord finds out about it. By kid, it turns out that they meant young goat. If the goat doesn’t turn up in time then the ire of the crime lord will surely fall on one of them. Gus needs to figure out which suspect is the correct one. Luckily, Gus has Father Xavier around to help him sort out this tricky situation. Can Gus ...

This is a STAND-ALONE sequel. “Midnight Requisition” - Book One “Midnight Requisition 2: Amateur Night”- Book Two “Midnight Requisition 3: Circular Run” - Book Three “Midnight Requisition 4: Charlie Foxtrot” – Book Four A series of brutal murders leaves a traumatized young woman on a hunt to find a killer. When they were just babies, Scorpio and her twin brother, Kane, tragically lost their parents under mysterious circumstances. Refusing to accept his father was dead, Kane set off on a mission to find a man he’d never met. A home invasion gone wrong leaves Scorpio ...

As VP of the Steel Cobras, I steal cars for a living. Among other things. When I hot-wire a Mercedes, I don’t expect to find a hot-girl tied up in the trunk. A girl with no memory. No recollection of how she got here. Olivia's beaten and bruised, And she’s hot af Finders’ keepers, right? She thinks I’m her savior. Hah! I'll save her. With my big, thick. . .cobra. . . Steel Cobra, that is. The Club. I'm VP, remember? When I discover her father is paying off the prez of a rival club, And out for war, I risk everything for her. When the day of reckoning comes, Like a Phoenix, I’ll ...

Is a father's love stronger than his devotion to God's calling? Monsignor Kevin Devlin's life is on a soaring trajectory within the Catholic Church until an unexpected revelation shakes the very foundations of his faith. He learns that he fathered a son he never knew existed, a revelation that sends shockwaves through his life, and that his son has disappeared. As he embarks on a relentless search for the missing boy, the Monsignor's journey takes an unexpected and harrowing turn, leading him into the shadowy underbelly of strip clubs, sex trafficking, and the sinister world of pedophiles. ...

Abby Miller thought she had the perfect family; a good looking, loving husband and a beautiful daughter. Her life was complete. The shock discovery that her husband, Jared, had been having an affair rocked her world. So when Jared suggested a short break to the Cannard Islands, to heal their fractured marriage, Abby agreed. An idyllic holiday turns into a nightmare when Abby sees something through the telephoto lens of her camera. Suddenly her life and the life of her daughter are in serious danger and no one seems able to help them.

THE CARTAYA CAPER is a story whose plot is woven from the fabric of real life experience on the Costa de la Luz. Despite living in a pleasant seaside village close to the Portuguese border, Nick Mellors is bored of his life as an itinerant teacher. His Welsh friend Meuric is tired of his office job, while his young Spanish pal Juanjo is sick of working for peanuts at a posh hotel. When the three men sit down to devise a money-making scheme to get them out of their collective rut, some rather dodgy options are discussed. After choosing one and planning their first project, their lives will ...

What would you do if your child was abducted—and the ransom was your other child? AN ORIGINAL ABDUCTION THRILLER WITH A FEARLESS YOUNG HEROINE—AND AN UNFLINCHING DESCENT INTO THE DISTURBED MIND OF A KILLER. Based on the award-winning screenplay. A routine blood donation puts high school senior and gifted athlete Kenley Madson in the path of a twisted serial killer who collects women who resemble his dead mother. When her little brother is kidnapped and held for an unthinkable ransom, Kenley must choose between her freedom and his. The choice is easy. What comes after is anything but. ...

From a USA Today Bestselling Author... The Prescott Brides. A thrilling new series by USA Today Bestselling Author Cynthia Woolf! Five outlaw brides. Five brothers. They take a chance and each find love. The love of mother for her child can never be broken. Fiona O’Neill knows that love. To save her child she would do anything, even become a mail-order bride to a stranger. Her new groom is unlike any man she’s ever known, he’s physically stronger than her but doesn’t use that strength against her. And though he guards his heart, he’s fiercely protective of her. They both have ...

Lorton McCroy returns to take on the Treasure of Oak Island! Summer vacation is off to a great start when Lorton’s archaeologist uncle, Tom McCroy, invites him to join in on the search for the legendary Oak Island treasure. After convincing his reluctant parents to let him go, Lorton soon finds himself on a plane to Nova Scotia...and to adventure! Once there, they meet their guide, a mysterious one-eyed man with secrets of his own. With a treasure map in hand, the trio descend into the tunnels, where they must overcome ingenious booby traps, flooded tunnels and deadly sinkholes—and two ...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ WOW! This is one of the best thrilling, fun books I have read in a long time. Goodreads reviewer Con artists Dawn and Roger must confront the past - while fighting for their future Siblings Dawn and Roger are orphans, brought up in Paris by their (known-criminal) uncle. Despite being left financially secure by an inheritance, they nonetheless decide to make their own way in life– and under Uncle Claude’s tutelage, become successful con artists. Their weakness, ironically, being an overactive sense of justice. Now, as adults, Roger lives on a boat berthed in Cannes’ ...

“Midnight Requisition 2” is a STAND ALONE sequel. “Midnight Requisition” - Book One “Midnight Requisition 2: Amateur Night”- Book Two “Midnight Requisition 3: Circular Run” - Book Three “Midnight Requisition 4: Charlie Foxtrot” – Book Four A brother and sister duo team up to catch a potential kidnapper. After finally reuniting with her not-so-dead brother, Scorpio and her friends are taunted into helping him with his new case. A wealthy cattle rancher believes someone wants to abduct his daughter, but the team suspects her ex-boyfriend is pulling off an elaborate ...

Early on August 12, 2000, four of America's best young rock climbers were sleeping in their portaledges high on the Yellow Wall, in the central Asian mountain range of Kyrgyzstan,. By daybreak, they would be taken at gunpoint by militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which is linked to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network. In a life-and-death journey over six terrifying days, they would be forced to choose between saving their own lives and committing an act none of them thought they ever could.

The politics and the paper-pushing are wearing on Sheriff Mel. Will she chuck it all? Mel’s burned out. She’s tired of playing local politics. She’s tired of the mounds of paper on her desk that never seem to diminish. She’s tired of budgets, of personnel conflicts, of citizen complaints and all of the other things a sheriff is responsible for. She misses police work. Real police work, but she knows she can’t go back to the street. Not in Muskingum County…maybe not in Ohio. Dana bought a cabin – a nice little getaway for the two of them in Tennessee. Mel’s mom is worried her...

During the first half of the 1970s, large swathes of England was subjected to a vicious crime wave the like of which had never been seen before. The perpetrator was one man, a hooded figure armed with a sawn-off shotgun who terrorised sub-post offices across the North and Midlands. Three innocent men were to die and a woman battered beyond recognition then left for dead during violent encounters with the man who’d come to be known as ‘the black panther’. Despite being placed under intense pressure from the media, try as they might, the police simply could not catch him. In a search ...