Kidnapping Thriller

A single night, a vanished child, and a hidden truth that turns desperation into a deadly game In this riveting abduction mystery, Chloe's world shatters when her daughter vanishes, dismissed by police as a custody issue. Driven by maternal instincts, she embarks on a frantic search, uncovering a personal vendetta against her by a ruthless predator. As Chloe battles against time and a psychopathic kidnapper, she's drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse. This heart-stopping novel offers relentless suspense, a courageous heroine, and a villainous twist that will leave you breathless. ...

She was their everything. Now she’s their greatest fight. Avery thought her life had finally fallen into place—a love that burned brighter than she ever imagined with Kamden, Jaxton, Liam, and Lennox by her side. But the illusion of safety shatters when she’s torn from her world and thrust into the clutches of someone from their past. Alone, isolated, and terrified, Avery must rely on her sharp mind and unbreakable spirit to survive. With a secret she can’t afford to lose, Avery knows she can’t simply wait for rescue. Every move she makes is a gamble, but she refuses to give in. ...

One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two girls - sisters, eight and 11 - go missing. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women. Taking us through a year in Kamchatka, Disappearing Earth enters with astonishing emotional acuity the worlds of a cast of richly drawn characters, all connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother.

When fame turns deadly... Sydney Booth traded her CSI badge in to become a private investigator, hoping working outside the law would allow her to help more people. Her first case seems straightforward: help social media influencer Cassie figure out who has been stalking her. But as Sydney navigates the treacherous world of online fame to help her new client the stakes quickly escalate to life and death. Surrounded by rival influencers, aggressive paparazzi, and a growing list of suspects, Sydney must race against time to unravel the twisted truth and save her client's life. "An Influential...

PLEASE NOTE: Feel free to read the first two books in the series in any order—they both will work just fine! This is deliberate—both storylines are intertwined, but they do not necessarily impose, which part in the series should be read first. The first human interstellar flight. A terrorist organization working against all sanity. And a terrifying discovery to be made just outside the Solar system. Humanity is working tirelessly at getting ready to travel to the stars and spread its eggs around several cosmic baskets. Julius Cousteau, a long-thought-dead former captain of a failed ...

What drives someone to murder? Logan McRae's personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but now that he works for Professional Standards he's policing his fellow officers. When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in the drivers seat of a crashed car, it's a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago. They buried him. Or they thought they did. As an investigation is launched into Bell's stabbing, Logan digs into his past. Where has he been all this time? Why did he disappear? And what's so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead?

Addison has it all: beauty, money, youth. She’s set to inherit the bulk of her father’s wealth, and takeover running his companies. But someone wants her dead. How far would you go to survive? Beaten, shot, and running from the men who want her dead, she escapes, but when a man living in the remote wilderness finds her unconscious, broken and bleeding, will he be friend or foe? *** Johnny was sent to prison because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but now he’s out and he doesn’t want to play nursemaid to a stubborn, obstinate, sexy as hell female. He went off the grid to...

Private is the most elite detective agency in the world. But when kidnappers threaten to execute a royal family member in front of the queen, Jack Morgan and his team have just 24 hours to stop them. Or heads will roll, literally.

When a frozen corpse is discovered amid a Helsinki winter, Detective Superintendent Topias Torikka is brought in to investigate. The dead man is the husband of a beautiful and beguiling young woman, whom Topias suspects knows more than she reveals. However, before long, she also finds herself in peril, and as the case progresses, so too does the body count. Intriguing connections arise, and motives appear, including the usual suspects: love, betrayal and money. Can Topias identify and bring a criminal conspiracy to justice before someone else dies?

Kelsey has lived most of her life in a shadow of suspicion, raised to see danger everywhere. Her mother hasn't set foot outside their front door in 17 years, since she escaped from her kidnappers with nothing but her attacker's baby growing inside her - Kelsey. Kelsey knows she's supposed to keep a low profile and stay off the grid for their protection, but that plan is shattered when her dramatic car accident and rescue by volunteer firefighter and classmate Ryan Baker sparks media coverage.

He has to catch a serial murderer who knows his deadly secret. A year after a cunning serial killer slaughtered Detective Hudson's daughter, Liz, a man named Ed Roth confesses to the murder to an informant. For some reason, Hudson is convinced Roth is lying. Why did Roth confess to a murder he didn't commit? What's his agenda? Is Hudson wrong about Roth? When another woman is killed the same way as Liz, Roth becomes the prime suspect. Despite all their efforts, detectives find no evidence linking him to the crime. They try to get him to confess on tape but fail. As he digs into Roth's past,...

Orphan Black meets Jason Bourne! Uncover the Dark Truth When Otis Thorne is brutally attacked, he exposes a sinister plot to abduct Noah, the mastermind behind top-secret government systems. As the FBI races to rescue Noah, Otis joins forces to track down the notorious Septem group and their hidden genetic engineering facility. Dive into a Heart-Pumping Thrill Ride Filled with twists and turns, this gripping thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for Fans of: Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, and Brad Thor.

Sometimes your best friend can be your worst enemy . . .Summer has arrived, and Kitty is looking forward to spending time with her friends while leaving the memories of the serial rapist that terrorized her and her friends in the past. But that won't be so easy. Lexi, whose father has sent her away to live with her aunt after learning of her pregnancy, is determined to stop her father from forcing her to give up her baby. And Kitty is about to get caught in the crossfire . . . Lexi invites Kitty to come visit her at her aunt's farmhouse in the country, but it's all part of her twisted plan ...

A young woman finds herself caught in a maze of secrets and stalked by a merciless killer in this breakneck Eve Duncan novel from renowned author Iris Johansen.

A Desperate Race Against the Clock to Save a Kidnapped Schoolgirl In this heart-pounding, gripping thriller, a gifted federal agent, Sam Caviello, faces his most dangerous mission yet. Amidst a treacherous landscape, a desperate plea for help reaches Caviello from an unlikely source. When a young girl is abducted from her Boston elementary school, her desperate mother turns to Caviello who is renowned for his unmatched expertise in tracking missing persons. Even though the kidnapping falls outside his jurisdiction, Caviello feels an unwavering obligation to assist. As the FBI focuses on a ...

Single mum Jane Cooper is forced into an altercation with a woman in a supermarket. It seems quite innocuous, but escalates, and despite Jane’s best efforts to calm the situation, the aggressor is knocked to the floor. The problem is the woman happens to be one Sharon Brown, the wife of one of the most feared gangster duos in England; Dougie Brown and his maniacal brother Len ‘the bitch’ Brown. Sharon Brown is more seriously hurt than first thought, and the Brown brothers feel that their name and reputation has been weakened because of the humiliating episode. So, Jane Cooper must be ...

Ella Raven became an FBI agent to heal her wounds…only to have them torn open…one by one. As a teenager Ella lost everything she had when her dad was brutally killed and her little sister kidnapped, never to be seen again. When, years later, a young girl is kidnapped without a trace in a quaint lake town in California, the story threatens to repeat itself. Now a rookie FBI agent, Ella is forced to work on the case together with Matthew Hunter, the mysterious agent who is more than a decade her senior. The case hits uncomfortably close to home for Ella, who must deal with her traumatic ...

A sapphic romance thriller unfolds against the backdrop of a remote, snowbound town during an unrelenting winter storm. Olivia Conners has just severed ties with Chief of Police Nick Whitmore, culminating in the retrieval of her last belongings from their mountain cabin. In the midst of her departure down a twisting, snow-covered road, an encroaching blizzard becomes a blinding whiteout. Her car crashes, colliding with Riley Bennett - the woman Olivia has secretly admired for so long. Stranded and left with no options, they take refuge in Olivia's cabin. As the storm rages outside, tensions...

After a traumatic injury took him off the job, prosecutor Solomon Shepard is back to work, teaming up with Sheriff Billie Gray to hunt down Utah’s most dangerous criminals. Shepard has spent years away from crime scenes and courtrooms, but one of those criminals still holds a grudge. Alonso Hafeez is out of prison after eleven years, and he’s determined to prove that Shepard tried him for a crime he didn’t commit. And he’s got something special planned: kidnapping Shepard and forcing him to revisit Hafeez’s case in an elaborately staged retrial.

In the rugged terrain of late 1800s Texas, where justice is as untamed as the land, one man stands against the chaos. Pharaoh Smith, a seasoned Texas Ranger with a no-nonsense approach, embarks on a relentless mission in this heart-pounding installment of the Pharaoh Smith, Texas Ranger series. The very air around them carries the weight of desperation as 16-year-old Anna Hinch is kidnapped by the ruthless Comanche warrior, Blood Eye. With a gang comprising Mexicans, Blacks, and Whites, Blood Eye is a force to be reckoned with.