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43) The second girl
Author
Series
Frank Marr novels volume 1
Publisher
Mullholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Frank Marr knows crime in Washington, DC. A decorated former police detective, he retired early and now ekes a living as a private eye for a defense attorney. Frank Marr may be the best investigator the city has ever known, but the city doesn't know his dirty secret. A long-functioning drug addict, Frank has devoted his considerable skills to hiding his usage from others. But after accidentally discovering a kidnapped teenage girl in the home of an...
44) The stolen child
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Stolen by changelings from his family, Henry Day is given the name Aniday by the ageless and magical beings, who replace him with another child who takes his place with his parents, a young boy who possesses an extraordinary gift of music.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn what's happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest--and in turn, they teach her some surprising...
46) One Kick
Author
Series
Kick Lannigan volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kick Lannigan, 21, is a survivor. Abducted at age six in broad daylight, the police, the public, perhaps even her family assumed the worst had occurred. And then Kathleen Lannigan was found, alive, six years later. And a new form of hell began. In the early months following her freedom, as Kick struggled with PTSD, her parents put her through a litany of therapies -- meditation, Jungian, scream therapy. Nothing helped until the detective who rescued...
47) The first 48
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
318 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Paul Janson novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
An ex-assassin for the United States government, Paul Janson, teams up with an accomplished sharpshooter, Jessica Kincaid, to rescue a doctor abducted by African pirates in international waters and realizes there are larger forces at work when their liberation mission goes awry.
Author
Series
Gabriel Ash and Hazel Best mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Minotaur Books edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Gabrielle Ash's wife and kids were kidnapped four years ago by Somali pirates, his life spiraled out of control. He left his job working for the British government and moved to a small town where he descended into near madness. But with the help of his dog, Patience, and his friendship with young police officer Hazel Best, his focus returned. So when he discovers that his wife is still alive, Ash is once again filled with hope and fear. Hope...
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Chellamuthu's life--and his destiny--is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage that he is not an orphan, he has a mother who loves him. But he is told not to worry, he will soon be adopted by a loving family in America. Chellamuthu is suddenly surrounded by a foreign...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
505 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte has everything: popularity, good looks, perfect grades--there's nothing Sayers' family money can't buy. Until he's kidnapped by a man who tells him the privileged life he's been living is based on a lie. Trapped in a windowless room, without knowing why he's been taken or how long the man plans to keep him shut away, Sayers faces a terrifying new reality. To survive, he must forget the world he once knew, and play the...
52) Your next breath
Author
Series
Catherine Ling novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Now that Catherine Ling is building a relationship with her son Luke, it seems that someone from her past is playing a deadly game with her--and using those she cares about as pawns. Someone is picking off the people Catherine cares about one by one, with the circle narrowing closer and closer to those she loves the most.
53) Tear me apart
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2018].
Physical Desc
481 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she's suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter. The race to save Mindy's life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched...
Author
Series
Nena Knight novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
413 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Her Name Is Knight revolves around Nena Knight, codename Echo, a highly trained assassin for The Tribe -- a clandestine international organization dedicated to the protection and advancement of the peoples and countries of Africa around the world. Her Name Is Knight is a propulsive character story and action thriller driven by retribution, passion, strength -- and coming to terms with your own true self, regardless of what anyone calls you."--Goodreads.com....
55) Guess who
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"At eleven years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of a teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. The publicity surrounding the case laid the foundation for his reputation as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. He parlayed that fame into a gig as TV's “resident detective,” solving the more typical tawdry daytime talk show mysteries like “Who is the father?” and “Is he cheating?”"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
283 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A literary thriller about the complex underbelly of the immigrant American dream and the dangerous ripple effect one person's damages can have on the lives of others--told unexpectedly by a house that has held unspeakable horrors." -- p. 4 of Cover.
57) Standing still
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Atria hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
263 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped by an intruder, Claire, a sufferer of acute panic disorder, finds herself imprisoned in a hotel with her abductor as her only companion, a trauma that forces her to reevaluate her life and threatens to shatter her sense of sanity.
58) Hunting Eve
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the second book of Iris Johansen's heart-stopping new Eve Duncan trilogy, the stakes get higher. Eve Duncan is on the run. Kidnapped by Jim Doane, a mysterious man who wants her to complete a sinister forensic sculpture, she now has no time to savor the victory of escaping from him. He's back on her trail and closing in fast. Doane desperately needs Eve's skill to reconstruct the skull of his son -- a sick and twisted killer who still holds Doane...
59) Stick or twist
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The attempted kidnap of a wealthy heiress throws up a series of unanswered questions in this twisting tale of suspense. Wealthy heiress Jude Thackeray lost her trust in men following her terrible ordeal at the hands of a ruthless kidnapper. Now she's met Mark Medlicott, she is finally learning to love again. But is Mark who - and what - he seems? No one was ever arrested following the kidnap; there were no credible suspects even. Detective Sergeant...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
419 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dear Miss Metropolitan tells the fragmented story of Fern, Gwinnie, and Jesenia, three girls abducted by a monster who calls himself Boss Man and held captive in a decaying house in Queens for a decade. Inspired by real events, the tale is inventively revealed by multiple narrators before, during and after their ordeal. Documents, newspapers, excerpts from books, photographs, interviews, and other forms of media piece together the larger story. By...
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