To prove his worth, Caleb Frobisher, hedonistic son of a seafaring dynasty, joins a covert mission his brothers have been pursuing at Freetown, where he helps complete the mission's next stage. He stays on to rescue captives--among...
Kidnapping
-
Author:Laurens, StephanieSummary: - Author:Prendergast, GabrielleSummary:
Fourteen-year-old Blue Jasper takes his younger siblings, twins Indigo and Violet, out for a hike to give their mother a break. One moment the twins are scampering in the trees right ahead of him, and the next moment they are gone. As...
- Author:Lapena, ShariSummary:
Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all--a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on...
-
Author:Timmerman, John H.Summary:The Color of Night is a skillfully woven true crime account of a horrendous crime, a family's quest for answers, and the landmark case that tested the Federal Death Penalty Act. Nineteen-year-old Rachel Timmerman, who was about to...
-
Author:Springer, NancySummary:Pursued by her much older brother, famed detective Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola, disguised and using false names, attempts to solve the kidnapping of a baronet's sixteen-year-old daughter in nineteenth-century London.
-
Author:Springer, NancySummary:After fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes seeks the missing Duquessa Del Campo in the seedy underbelly of nineteenth-century London, she finally reaches an understanding with her brothers Sherlock and Mycroft.
- Author:Greene, GrahamSummary:
- Author:Connolly, JohnSummary:
New York Times bestselling author John Connolly brings his "visionary brand of neo-noir" (The Irish Times) to this "riveting and chilling" (San Francisco Examiner) Charlie Parker thriller about new secrets buried and...
-
Author:Enmon, LarrySummary:When the nineteen-year-old daughter of the mayor of Dallas suddenly goes missing at the height of election season, the Chief of Police has a potential political firestorm on his hands. He assigns senior detectives Rob Soliz and Frank...
- Author:Deaver, JefferySummary:
DANGEROUSLY GOOD. DISTINCTIVELY DEAVER. New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns to forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme in his most harrowing case yet. THE BURIAL HOUR A businessman snatched from an Upper East Side street...
- Author:Castellan, E. M.Summary:
In 1922's England, eighteen-year-olds Vita and Izzy hope to spend the summer dancing to jazz. But Vita is kidnapped, flappers are found dead all over London, and the carefree summer turns dangerous.
- Author:PATTERSON, JamesSummary:
Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a shadowy predator known only as The Wolf. Across the country, men and women are kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappear completely. These...
- Author:McClellan, BrianSummary:
Tamas, Taniel, and Adamat have been betrayed and Adro now lies in the hands of a foreign invader. But it remains the duty of the powder mages to defend their homeland unto death in the explosive conclusion the Brian McClellan's Powder...
- Author:Thor, BradSummary:
Every politician has a secret. And when the daughter of a politically connected family is kidnapped abroad, America's new president will agree to anything -- even a deadly and ill-advised rescue plan -- in order to keep his secret...
- Author:Berry, SteveSummary:
Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. State Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: "You have...
-
Author:Burroughs, Edgar RiceSummary:Here Tarzan returns to Opar, the source of the gold for lost Atlantis. Ages ago Atlantis sunk beneath the waves -- but the denizens of Opar still mine the gold of this lost colony. Tarzan, following greedy pair -- one Belgian, one Arab...
- Author:Bentley, Don.Summary:
Jack Ryan, Jr., will do anything for a friend, but this favor will be paid for in blood in the latest electric entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Jack Ryan, Jr. would do anything for Ding Chavez. That's why Jack is...
-
Author:Taylor, GeneSummary:Jordan Baldwin has a job at a popular coffee shop, a cool apartment downtown and a charming hunk of a new neighbor who doesn’t mind taking a chance on him. Jordan’s also got a smartass mouth on him, just like his new boyfriend, Grant...
-
Author:Hanson, Ed, Doman, Mary KateSummary:These traditional reads are brimming with spirited characters and positive values—but with a little extra excitement and bite, so hold on to your hats! Written expressly for the middle grade struggling reader, the series does not...
-
Author:Preston, AlisonSummary:On a spring morning in 1925, Sunny Palmer disappears from her baby carriage in Picardy's restaurant in downtown Winnipeg. It happens in seconds when big sister Violet and her mother are choosing their treats from the dessert...
Pages
