Kidnapping Thriller

When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives only to find the recipient dead – brutally murdered in cold blood. To catch the killer, Mason must uncover the relic’s secrets. But he’s not the only one with an interest. The Guild of Night, a dangerous and vengeful cult, is determined to bring the Church to its knees – and the basin holds the power to do just that.

Stuck waiting for his girlfriend in a shopping mall parking lot, Doug witnesses someone scoping out cars. When he sees the figure break into a parked van, he expects the thief will be gone before anyone can stop him. Yet to Doug's horror, this is not what the man has in mind at all. Turns out the creep is only waiting for the van's occupants to return. He has big plans for them tonight, and he won't tolerate any interference from would-be heroes like Doug. With no time to call for help, Doug decides that he must stop the carjacker from harming the family. He's also horrified by the ...

You can escape anything except the colour of your skin... The body of a woman is found near a remote bus stop. The finger of blame points towards the bus driver, Chester Johnson. The victim is a family friend of British far-right activist, Oswald Moseley while Johnson is a black American ex-serviceman. Racial tension mounts as DI Nick Jellicoe investigates a murder where all is not as it seems. Set in a seaside town in 1959, this fast-paced British detective novel is a dark murder mystery that will keep you guessing until the final shocking twist at the end. The Bus Stop is the second in a ...

He's dedicated his life to saving missing persons, but will it be enough to save himself? Alex Mercer traded in his troubled past to protect the powerless. His blog for tracking down missing persons got his foot in the door at the police academy. But on his first day of training, a heroic act drops him into the hands of the captors he once hunted. Zoey planned to tell Alex how she felt the night he disappeared. As she and Alex's family discover the bloody signs of his fate, past regrets and dark secrets begin to come to light. It's enough to tear Alex's loved ones apart.

A newly successful filmmaker is shattered when his son is kidnapped only to be tragically killed during the escape. Consumed by grief and rage, he vows revenge on everyone involved in the plot, even those within his trusted circle.

COULD THE TRIPTYCH LEAD THEM TO ICONS WHICH ONCE BELONGED TO CATHERINE THE GREAT, CZARINA OF RUSSIA? Giving his treasured possession to the two Australians who rescued him from an icy death, the ancient Cossack swears that the icon, an icon given to him by his grandfather, contains a code which will point to the secret hiding place of priceless icons looted from the imperial palace by Bolsheviks during the early years of the Russian Revolution. They must decide whether there really is a secret concealed within the old man’s icon, or whether the story was merely the old Cossack’s fantasy...

Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing! When Max Harmon took the detective job in Rohm, he figured it was a nice little all-American town and a great place to spend his days until retirement. Boy, was he wrong! When a hitman comes to Rohm and assumes the role of the parish priest, something just doesn’t seem right. When everything you do is an uphill battle, sometimes the wise person reaches a point where enough is enough. As Max stands at a crossroads, he is faced with the daunting task of deciding to stay with the friends and colleagues he has taken him in, and face the continued Good ...

He was sure he could handle one petite PI with an attitude - but he'll need her help to solve the secret of his missing sister and outwit a ruthless killer. His family never fully recovered from the kidnapping of his siblings decades ago. Now Boone McGraw finally has a lead on his missing sister's location, but it means working with feisty private investigator C. J. Knight. Desperate to solve her partner's murder, C. J. doesn't believe her case could possibly be connected to the sexy horse breeder's investigation...until they find themselves running for their lives.

Three months after Detectives Jim North and Kerry Martin failed to recover a missing child, they struggle to come to terms with the child’s death. Since then, twelve more children have been abducted, and the man responsible is still at large. With the abductor taunting the detectives with mysterious texts, they have pushed themselves to the brink, and their obsession of bringing the kidnapper to justice could cost them everything.

Tim McAndrews, a top Seattle prosecutor, has his near-perfect case record unjustly tarnished by a self-defense shooting and fears his career as an assistant district attorney is doomed to go nowhere. It's not all bad, though. Legendary FBI Profiler, Elias Cain has offered a job with his team. As he weighs his options for the future, Tim is fortified by the fact that he saved his wife and lover, the beautiful Daniela St. Clair, from death at the hands of a serial killer. Tim takes a much-needed ski vacation with his wife and best friends to Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort. When a young girl ...

If you like Jack Higgins and John MacLean, this should be for you. A thirst for revenge A deadly chemical weapon A global conspiracy In this first book of the ’Megalomania’ series, DS Dan Weissman from the Sheriff’s office in Naples, Florida investigates what appears to be the simple hoax-kidnapping of a young girl from her bed in the middle of the night. When a connection is made to the Department of Defense, then the FBI, CIA and Homeland Security become interested, the case is obviously anything but simple. If DS Weismann and the combined forces of the Security Services can’t ...

The case FBI agent Trevor Montgomery and his partner Samantha Kaufman are working on is an ever expanding spider's web with each piece of evidence they discover. So far there has been no collateral damage. But that is about to change when his son's sabbatical interferes with the case at hand. In a race against the clock they need all the help they can get.

“A gritty FBI Thriller with jaw-dropping twists. King’s portrayal of the convoluted world of cross-border criminality, politics and business feels completely fresh.” — BestThrillers.com A junior official with the Mexican Consulate in Houston is abducted, his $600,000 automobile left abandoned in a pharmacy parking lot. In what initially appears to be a simple case of a wealthy foreign dilettante being held for ransom, FBI Special Agent Pete Cortez is assigned the task of securing the young consular official’s safe return and apprehending his kidnappers. With upwards of 150 foreign...

A heart-stopping, fast paced thriller that takes you on a wild ride from Kathmandu through the massive Himalayan Mountains and into the hot baked plains of India. Packed full of adventure and tugs at your heartstrings. You won't be able to put this book down. Jax, an Army helicopter pilot stationed in Japan, his wife Emma and their six-year-old daughter Jorani travel to Nepal to fulfill the dream of growing their family. In Kathmandu, while in the process of adopting a child, things go drastically wrong when the local mafia becomes involved and abducts their daughter. Jax, with the help of ...

You’re under arrest for murderNo. You can’t be serious! Yes. You were in the same place at the same time when 16 women were killed. Investigative journalist Barry Mackay has traveled the world. Putting his memory into overdrive, he recalls these places and thinks this is all about a woman he met in 1972. But how will he know for sure? Can he prove his innocence? Can he find the madman who hates him this much? When Barry’s daughter is kidnapped, the chase becomes more than life or death. It’s about stopping this elusive predator and bringing his daughter home alive. But time is not ...

September Day’s new Family complicates her world. Ashamed, but resolved to set right their wrongs, she’s determined to dismantle the sinister crime syndicate before her cop fiancé discovers the tainted relationship.

When a past trafficking victim confronts her and demands immediate justice, she’s mortified with guilt. Outraged her loved ones are also taken by the killer, September agrees to the ransom. She relies on her German Shepherd Shadow to locate the missing but must reluctantly accept help from her new untrustworthy “Family.”

Lee Ofsted has been hired to teach golf to the executives of a local salvage company on the bucolic Block Island. The setting is lovely, and the $1,000 a day salary will go a long way toward covering her expenses during her third year on the pro tour. But will it be compensation enough for solving a murder?

Dalen Reese, Detroit’s greatest Private Eye, is back, and this time he’s working without his partners, Ian Parker or Robert Stonewall. During the height of the Covid pandemic, a young barista from The Coffee Cabin fails to report to work and Dalen jumps into action to find out where she is. He enlists the assistance of his friend Picasso, one of the most feared men in the Motor City, Nomar, a new friend with more questions than answers, and his eager friend Morrison, to help find Pasha. Along the way, Dalen meets a young boy named Rico whose mother is involved with a crime family and is...

"Don't kill her. She's no good to us dead." These words haunt Jane MacGuire after a shocking attack shatters her world in an instant. Was it a random kidnapping attempt, or the countdown to something far more sinister?

Five years ago, Marina lost her husband in a car accident. Since then her life seems strange and foggy to her. Something bothers her, but she can't find a real reason for her anxiety. Why does she wake up in the middle of every night in a cold sweat? Why does she run into her son's room all the time to see if he is all right? Why does she, sometimes, catch her second's husband's intense look? The one she can't explain? Why does she feel like someone is watching her? Marina doesn't know how to answer her questions until one day she changes her usual route to work and her life, as she knows ...