Kidnapping Mystery

Eden is not the perfect small town he made us believe it was. He said it was Heaven on Earth. And I believed him. I was mesmerized by the perfect life I thought I had. Until I received an anonymous letter making me realize my existence was far from perfect. Eden is a prison. A prison designed by no one else than him. Our leader. Created to keep us locked from our dreams, concealed from our freedom. A cult. I have to escape from this nightmare. But as I plan my escape, I find out a secret I never imagined possible. My mother, who I didn’t know existed is here. Locked in a basement. I ...

The fantastic prequel to The Good Daughter, the stunning new stand-alone from the number one best-selling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series. Protecting someone always comes at a cost. At the age of 13, Charlie Quinn’s childhood came to an abrupt and devastating end. Two men, with a grudge against her lawyer father, broke into her home - and after that shocking night, Charlie's world was never the same. Now a lawyer herself, Charlie has made it her mission to defend those with no one else to turn to.

What do you do when the unthinkable happens? August 8, 2000: A carefree birthday party goes horribly wrong. The children scatter to play hide and seek. But one little girl never returns. Three-year-old Grace has vanished without a trace. Fourteen years later: With the case long since gone cold, Grace's family has done its best to move on. But her sister, Elise, has never given up hope. And now Elise thinks she may have found her.... Is Elise going crazy? Could Grace really have returned? And if she has, where was she taken?

From hard-hitting New York Daily News columnist Linda Stasi comes Book of Judas, a riveting religious thriller featuring beloved protagonist Alessandra Russo. When her infant son is placed in mortal danger, New York reporter Alessandra Russo is forced to save him by tracking down the missing pages of the Gospel of Judas, a heretical manuscript that was unearthed in Egypt in the 1970s. Do the lost pages contain a secret that will challenge Christianity's core beliefs about the creation of life, or that might hold the power to unleash Armageddon?

An Ice Pick Murderer Is Terrorizing San Francisco San Francisco is reeling from a series of brutal icepick murders, and Cole Sage is distracted when his secretary and sidekick, Hanna, takes in a troubled teenage girl. The girl is on the run, and as it turns out is hiding things Hanna should know. Cole works with Lt. Leonard Chin to find the perpetrator of the savage killings terrorizing the city. As Cole and Hanna try to protect the girl, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, where every answer leads to more danger. With the body count rising, Cole must navigate a ...

Amazon Best-Selling Author Bronze Medal-winning writer--Global Book Awards In a quest to find the keys to a legendary queendom, will one fierce woman stumble on a hidden treasure or into an early grave? Sheba Bentley is thirsty for a breakthrough. On the cusp of discovering the capital of her namesake's lost empire, the NSA code breaker doesn't have time for a side mission chasing terrorists. But her world implodes when she receives a ciphered warning letter apparently written by the father she thought was dead. Enlisting her Army captain fiance along with a Romani supplying inside ...

He has to become a child killer to save his daughter's life. On May 6, five-year-old Annie Miller goes missing in a park. On May 7, her father, David Miller, fails a lie detector test. On May 9, during a hypnosis session, David confesses to murdering his daughter and gives the police the location of the knife he used to kill her. The knife has traces of Annie's blood and David's fingerprints all over it. Two weeks later, a man named Ben calls David and tells him Annie's alive. Ben is willing to let the girl go, but first David has to do something for him--something that would land David in ...

Sheriff Cray Dawson's quick-draw reputation keeps most criminals away from his Texas town of Somos Santos. But it doesn't keep the motley Walker Gang away for long. Although they temporarily divert their bankrobbing plans to a neighboring town, they soon stumble upon a way to weaken him. But will a strategic kidnapping and an unexpected ally undermine Dawson's resolve to do what he must?

When homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are called to a crime scene in a heavily-wooded city park, the setting is all too familiar. And when they discover a playing card on the victim's body, their worst fears are confirmed: There's a serial killer operating in the city for the first time in years. As the violence accelerates in Minneapolis, Magozzi and Rolseth soon realize their killer is planning to complete the deck, and they enlist Grace MacBride and her unconventional partners at Monkeewrench Software to help stop the rampage.

When a mysterious note arrives for six months pregnant Dr Eliana Hughes, she begins to doubt every aspect of her life - from her mixed feelings about motherhood to her marriage to Martin, who has become distant in recent months. As the person behind the note escalates their campaign to out Eli’s husband as a cheat, she finds herself unable to trust even her own instincts, and as pressure builds, she makes a mistake that jeopardises her entire future. Elsewhere, someone is watching.

When local children begin to vanish, Officer Alex Mercer is positive the cases are tied to recent threats against his family - especially since the first girl to go missing is his best friend's daughter. It all ties back to Alex. He's sure of it. The only solid link to the missing kids is a mysterious woman in a red dress. But that isn't enough to go on, and Alex has orders to focus on another case. As if that will stop him.

There is only one rule for Eva Santella: Kill or be killed. Former assassin and mafia boss Eva Lucia Santella has lost everything she’s ever cared about, but is still attempting to carve out a new life for herself back in Italy as a modern day Robin Hood, devoted to taking down those who prey on the innocent. Eva Santella is training an army of female assassins to help her do it. When one of her top lieutenants comes under attack, Eva vows revenge. But when her niece Gia Santella—unexpectedly shows up in Italy, Eva finds that she has more to lose than she ever dreamed possible. She’d ...

Murder is never the right note on Tin Pan Alley, the legendary centre of New York's music publishing industry... When "song plugger" George Rankin is found dead in the locked room of his apartment, reporter Bobbie Flynn, with the help of Detective Nolan, and opposition of her father, Inspector Flynn, delves deep into the glittering yet treacherous world of music publishing, where every note holds a secret and every alleyway conceals a potential suspect. Along the way they are joined by Mary Aston and Kit Aston's aunt, Agatha in a case that takes them from Hell's Kitchen to the hell of ...

Book #10 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Ezra receives an anonymous package on his front porch. It details the bullying death of a former classmate that has haunted him over 30 years. Worse, the classmate’s killers have eliminated anyone who threatens their multi-billion dollar empire. With Jab’s and the FBI’s help, Ezra faces his billionaire tormenters in a kill-or-be-killed challenge!

I thought I had a perfect life with a loving husband until… He joined a cult. I wake in the middle of a nightmare, alone in a room I don’t recognize. Far from my perfect life. And I realize my husband is not only my enemy, he’s also the worst villain in my life. He’s the reason I’m here. He brought me to this place because I refuse to follow the rules. His rules. He demands I have a son as our first child, and when the doctor announces we’re expecting a daughter, my husband accuses me of going against God’s vision for us. He thinks The Farm will put me on my path to God. And I...

I left New York for an adventure and ran smack dab into a wall, a beautifully crafted wall of brawn and muscle. She’s from New York, and he’s from Scotland. Their worlds collide while both are visiting Turkey and, literally, run into one another. The rich, dominant philanthropist, Lord Roswell is more than happy to lend a hand and help a woman in need. That is until he learns she may be a part of those who murdered his father. Now he is keeping her close to see what he can learn regarding his father’s untimely death, but the more he is around the beautiful yogi, the more he is falling...

A MISSING BIOLOGIST. A CHILLING CONSPIRACY. A COP THAT WON’T BACK DOWN. When Lachlan Harvey, a leading mind in synthetic biology, is drugged in the heart of the city, he wakes in a secret facility in the harsh Australian outback. Kidnapped for his unique skill set, he learns quickly that escape is impossible. His only chance of survival is compliance. Detective Cameron Cole and his partner Rachael Blake are tasked with solving the sudden disappearance of Lachlan Harvey. The case throws them into a dark world of conspiracy, corruption, and cutting edge science. Just as the pair begins to ...

A boy’s disappearance in the small town of Deerfield, CT, stokes distrust and resentment from its residents. Each local he interviews harbors a hidden agenda, keeping long-hidden secrets close to their chests. With trust in short supply, Sheriff Sean Callahan struggles to find answers to the child’s whereabouts, but every new secret he uncovers leads him closer to a horrifying truth.

Hiding is no longer acceptable…she needed answers…but answers alone might not be enough…and they could prove deadly…there were no more secrets…they could be deadly too… Mick Johnson might be dead but his killer is unknown and the clues leading to them are non-existent. Completely non-existent…which according to Jackson never ever happens…then he finds one but how does he tell Simon… But Elijah Sullivan, the father she adored all her life left clues…she just has to unravel them even as she comes to terms with her feelings about Harper…and his for her. It’s the middle ...

Nicki Pearl is the perfect daughter - every parent’s dream. And that of strangers, too. Wherever she goes, she’s being watched. Each stalker is different from the last, except for one thing - their alarming obsession with Nicki. Nicki’s father is turning to someone who can protect her: retired private detective and ex-Navy SEAL Jon Lancaster. Unlicensed, and unrestricted, he plays dirty. But this case is unusual. Why so many men? Why this one girl? Does Nicki have something to hide? Or do her parents? Trawling the darkest depths of southern Florida, Lancaster faces a growing tide of secrets and deception.