Kidnapping Thriller

Boxed set of the first three Vampire Crimes Special Unit mystery novels, featuring characters created by J.R. Rain in the Vampire for Hire universe, including: MOON HUNT (Book 1) Only a vampire can solve these crimes—an undead private eye named Samantha Moon. Private investigator Sam Moon is working undercover for the Fullerton Police Department’s new top-secret Vampire Crimes Special Unit (VCSU). With the increasing number of supernatural-type crimes in and around Orange County, Detective Sherbet needs Samantha’s special talents to help solve and prosecute the real and growing ...

When 4 teenage girls discover a body, badly beaten, a nice day at the beach goes horribly wrong. As they embark on a quest to solve the murder, they find themselves as the main suspects. The girls quickly turn on each other as they are blackmailed by an unknown person and harassed by residents of the small island they live on. Who killed the boy? Will the girls be next? This mesmerizing mystery, suspense novel will have you guessing until the end. Teens and Adults alike will enjoy this mystery series. Get your copy today! 2nd Edition - This novel has been thoroughly updated and edited, ...

Abandoned in childhood, ex-Navy SEAL Joe Harkin learned the hard way to trust no one. His background makes him a perfect addition to the KnightGuard Security team. Claire Willis has planned for the day she could escape her abusive husband. Desperate for help, she seeks refuge with her cousin in Black Pointe, Florida until she can figure out her next move. When danger follows her, KnightGuard Security assigns Joe to her case. Joe and Claire share a complicated history. She was the only woman he ever loved and who loved him back. Leaving his best friend after high school was the hardest ...

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.

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 ...

“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 ...

Marina is a divorced mother of three preschoolers. Lilah is a shy and lonely librarian. Opal is a broke post-menopausal fitness guru. These three strangers have nothing in common-except for the man who's been lying to all of them. And who they are now holding hostage in a basement. EAT, SLAY, LOVE is a book about making friends, finding joy, and discovering the woman you really are . . . though sometimes, becoming your best self involves committing abduction and murder.

Christina must try and survive the torture methods of man and demons if she wants to see her beautiful girls again. The FBI is hunting him to save her and a local detective must hide his connection while tracking her down. His fight is with her mother and a past wrapped around the unknown killer. Will he beat the FBI in saving her ensuring his dream of becoming Chief in the small town or does the killer get to him first?

Tragedy. Desperation. Innocence in peril. A figure from the past is leveraging what Sorrow Hunter loves to rope her into any illegal venture that serves him, his queen, and his pawns. Sorrow must destroy her family to save them, but everyone who knows Black Pantha knows there are no strings attached, no boundaries, and no mercy when it comes to her foes. In Respect My Gansta 3, watch as a once-cohesive family and crew become wary of each other, husbands and wives, friends, siblings, and lovers pitted against each other, and Black Pantha against all. Chess is no longer enough to test one's ...

In the city that never sleeps, her night from hell has only just begun... Fans of You're Next and While She Was Out will enjoy this revenge thriller filled with intense moments from start to finish! After working the night shift, Ashley agrees to pick up a delivery for her father, but she soon discovers that she was given the wrong bag in error...a bag filled with a lot of cash. Ashley decides to do what's right and attempts to return the bag, but she becomes entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a local street gang in the process. Ashley desperately tries to come up with a plan ...

Garden Of Lies Book 1 of 3: A Briana Song Crime Thriller 4.3 out of 5 stars Accident or Murder? Truth or Lies? Nothing is what it seems in the Garden District of New Orleans.When a renowned real estate tycoon is found hanging in his lavish Garden District mansion, all signs point to suicide. But the governor isn't convinced and requests the FBI's help. Assigned to the high-profile case are Special Agents Briana Song and James Buckley—but it's Briana's first investigation since transferring to the New Orleans office. As they investigate, Briana realizes they'll need to bend the rules to ...

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.

For fans of Fatal Attraction and Unfaithful, Bedrock is a dark, addictive psychological thriller where passion turns perilous, desire becomes deadly, and one wrong choice can unravel everything. Addison Greyer knows better. Or at least she should. Never in a million years would she have guessed she'd wind up agreeing to the sinister side-gig her tough-as-nails new boss proposes. Until she does. Turns out, one bad decision often leads to another. He's troubled. She's married. It's a dangerous game, for sure—one in which she stands to lose the most. Soon, she learns desire is not only ...

In the dead of night, a man’s body is found strapped to a chair in Glasgow’s Elder Park, his identity unknown. As forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod examines the scene, the violence on display suggests a gangland feud could be the cause. At the post-mortem, a bullet engraved with a snake’s head is found in the man’s stomach, lending weight to the theory. Elsewhere in the city, a major Hollywood movie is being filmed but comes to a standstill when its lead actor is reported missing. As the news spreads, Police Scotland believe the two cases may be connected.

When you’re blind to the danger right in front of you, who will you listen to before you get hurt? In a small town in rural Pennsylvania, nothing is as simple as it seems. Secrets lurk behind every corner, dying to be exposed. No one will make it out unscathed. Addie is a teenage girl that seems to have it all figured out. Starting high school can be hard, but not when you’re one of the popular crowd. Addie has all the boys wrapped around her finger, but what fun is there in that? All is not what it seems when her life outside of school is exposed. She makes it look easy, but dealing ...

Jess McAdams dotes on her four children and gives advice and suggestions to parents all around the world. No one would ever question her love and devotion to her children, let alone suspect her of murdering one. But Alex Mercer does. Alex has plenty of experience investigating crimes involving missing kids. So when he senses something is wrong, he trusts his instincts. The only problem is, he's a newly deputized officer of the law. If he's wrong about Jess, he'll destroy his career before it gets off the ground.

Wenn dein schlimmster Albtraum wahr wird. Die alleinerziehende Libby und ihr dreijähriger Sohn Ethan machen zum ersten Mal Urlaub in einem Luxus-Resort, um sich für die vergangenen schwierigen Jahre zu belohnen. Doch Libby kann sich nur schlecht entspannen: Sobald Ethan aus ihrem Blickfeld verschwindet, gerät sie in Panik. Ihre Sorge ist berechtigt – denn sie hat ein Geheimnis, das sie mit niemandem teilen kann. Als Ethan eines Abends in einem Fahrstuhl spielt und sich die Türen zu Libbys Entsetzen plötzlich schließen, beginnt der Kampf einer Mutter um das geliebte Kind.

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 ...

When forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is brought in to analyse a shallow grave on Scotland’s west coast, she is disturbed by a bundle of twigs crafted into a stickman and left in the victim’s mouth. Then, when a young woman is reported missing from a nearby campsite with another sinister figurine left in her van, it seems that someone is targeting wild campers. An idyllic coastline known for providing peace and serenity, now the area is a hunting ground.

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. ...