Kidnapping Thriller

It has been two decades since Detective Francis X. Loughlin solved his first big case, the brutal murder of a woman doctor. The young man convicted of the killing, Julian Vega, is back on the streets now, released on a technicality after years of appeals. Not long after his release, another murder takes place, one so similar to that long-ago case that Julian is the first suspect in Detective Loughlin's sights.

Early on a cold Somerset morning, ten year old Alesha Daniels is reported missing by her father, a violent alcoholic. Her mother, a known drug addict, is found unconscious, but it’s her mother’s boyfriend the police are keen to trace. As the hunt for Alesha gathers pace, a second local girl is taken, plunging another family into the depths of despair.

Panic grips the small town of Minneola, GA, when a young child goes missing at the lake. Newly paired detectives Jo Wiles and Mark Allen are assigned to the case....

Hollywood was betting a lot on this movie being a hit. It had a big budget and an A-list cast including Danny Glover and Dennis Quaid in the lead roles. To help insure it worked they wanted an author whom a studio chief called “Mr. Action” to rewrite a knotty script and novelize the movie. I, Dave, the “Mr. Action” in question, viewed the movie’s concept as a kind of serious “Twin Peaks” and part of a lineage of mountaineering thrillers dating back to the 1909 Where Snow is Sovereign: A Romance of the Glaciers. The script I got was titled “Going West in America.” I changed...

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 ...

Her fiancé battles terrorists… He's one of America’s elite…Marrying him is a risk – suppose he doesn’t come home?Alex, now living in Virginia and working in Washington, DC for the Institute of Medicine, is recalled to the Big Easy to investigate a series of hospital crimes where she reconnects with her ex-husband Robert, the calm, steady surgeon.She realizes she misses him desperately as guilt consumes her…A series of emergency calls, one from the hospital, another from her home, Twist her heart and her…What will she do? She’s being pulled in so many directions… Evil ...

Children with Invisible Faces, a chilling suspense thriller by Steve Jaffe, is a fast paced story that is partially based on true events. Each year, thousands of children in the foster care system go missing. They are forgotten, and become invisible. The understaffed authorities are unable to act on finding these children. One man is claiming responsibility for these kidnappings. He is only known as the Pied Piper. He leaves arrogant notes for the FBI, boasting that he is giving these children a better life, away from their abusive parents, and the uncaring foster care system. ...

Abduction. Amnesia. And family secrets that were supposed to remain buried forever.18-year-old Gwen Taylor has lived a sheltered life being raised by her grandmother, and she never thought to question or rebel against her grandmother's strict rules. At least not until she meets Ray, a college student who fills her head with dreams of a more ambitious life and her heart with deep desire for him. But she is still young and naïve, and when she makes the long drive to visit him, she is mortified to find him with another woman. Fleeing the scene, Gwen suddenly spots someone standing in the ...

Take one reckless travel writer Add one agoraphobic ex-wife Stir in one kidnapped child And you have a Caribbean noir cocktail that packs a punch Turner’s a reckless travel journalist. His ex-wife Sally is an overprotective agoraphobe with an intense fear of flying. When their eight-year-old son is kidnapped in the Dominican Republic, Turner and Sally have to rely on each other in ways they never managed when they were married. When the true viciousness of the kidnappers’ plan is revealed, Turner and Sally have to tap the most violent sides of their natures to save their child.

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 ...

When it comes down to life or death, how do you summon the strength you need to survive? From a small town in Pennsylvania to a city full of secrets, nothing is safe here. Hiding in the shadows are the answers that so desperately need to be found. Addie, a freshman in high school, pretended she had it all. A cool best friend, a fun mom, and a loving boyfriend. When she meets an older college guy and falls head over heels for him, all her pretenses are tested. With self-involved parents and friends, Addie gives all she has to this older man. Blindly following and trusting him, she digs ...

To save her sister, she will have to seek answers from the past.The search goes on. Rachel and the police leave no stone unturned as they look into Peter Dumont's strange and disturbing past in hopes of finding information that will lead them to discovering where he is hiding. But the process is slow, and with every second that passes, Rachel fears that it might be a second too late to save her sister . . . Meanwhile, Haylee is fighting two separate battles simultaneously. One with Peter Dumont, as she tries desperately to do everything in her power to resist his attempts to control her and...

It all started in Southport, Merseyside, a seventeen-year-old man killing three and injuring ten young girls at a Taylor Swift dance class, his weapon of choice, a kitchen knife. The murders sparked protests and riots around the country, mainly aimed at the Muslim community and the hotels housing illegal immigrants. People were beaten, properties vandalized, and as usual the boys in blue were stuck in the middle of it all. Could things get worse? Of course they could. A small group of people saw the rioting as an opportunity to escalate things to a higher level, to act against the migrants,...

Sonchai Jitpleecheep - the brash and beguiling Royal Thai Police Force detective who has been our guide through John Burdett’s five previous acclaimed Bangkok novels - is back. The former monk and devout Buddhist, forever battling to protect his karma from the assaults of morally compromising cases, is now faced with the most horrifying technological innovation to make its way to the streets of Bangkok and a conspiracy of almost unfathomable reach.

Alice Ingold has been kidnapped. Call the police. Alert the media. You can’t play this game without all the pieces. Beautiful, blond, and immensely privileged, Alice Ingold is the perfect victim for a true-crime obsessed culture—and for a masked duo with a singular purpose. Instead of a demand for ransom, her captors have a riddle, and they’re inviting the entire country to solve it.

Der 3. Fall für Eddie Flynn von Steve Cavanagh ("Thirteen"). Leonard Howells schlimmster Albtraum ist Realität: Seine Tochter Caroline wurde entführt und dabei schwer verletzt. Zwar schaltet Howell die Polizei ein, doch nur einem Mann traut er wirklich zu, Caroline zu retten: Eddie Flynn. Eddie weiß, wie es ist, eine Tochter zu verlieren. Und er schwört, Caroline sicher nach Hause zu bringen. Als ehemaliger Betrüger und jetziger Spitzenanwalt kennt Flynn alle Tricks, mit denen man seine Gegner hinters Licht führen kann.

“Solid writing that never drops the ball. I cannot recommend ‘Kayla’s Gone’ strongly enough.” It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. Morgan LaFlare returns from work to find her fourteen year old daughter, Kayla, missing. The police are convinced that she ran away. Morgan’s gut tells her otherwise. The only one she can turn to is Mark Spence, the former top secret government agent who murdered her ex-boyfriend. Mark, she finds, is facing his own demons. He wants free of his secret agent life, and he’s not sure he can make it out alive. Together they seek the truth, and quickly ...

Lieutenant Ethan Hendricks’ greatest nightmare just also happened to be his grandfather’s newest business venture. Logan Hendricks is thrilled about his brand new detective agency’s first case, but things weren’t turning out the way they were supposed to, including the attempted murder of one of his brand new employees. But he figures their next case, which involves finding a missing sister, should go a lot smoother. How dangerous could it be? Ethan Hendricks wasn’t quite as confident about his grandfather’s new hobby, or that the supposedly straight-forward case of a missing ...

One unusually sultry spring night, Jane is woken by a scream from the nursery - and rushes in to find the Tyler children's nanny murdered and the carefully locked window flung open.

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 ...