Kidnapping Mystery

Rock Bannon is a man bred to the Colt and the rugged law of frontier survival. But to a group of naïve homesteaders, his reputation as a gunfighter marks him as an outcast among decent folk. So when a smooth-talking scoundrel comes to camp, no one is ready to listen to Bannon's warning. He...

When decomposed human remains are discovered in a suitcase behind a locked door in the home of an elderly man, Detective Karen Hart thinks the facts speak for themselves. That is, until she finds the warning: It’s time to pay for your crime. The body belongs to a former teacher, Oliver Fox, who vanished from the village thirty years earlier. Hart’s instincts tell her there is something untoward about this rural Lincolnshire community—especially when she uncovers evidence suggesting that, although Fox was a victim, he certainly wasn’t innocent.

The world thought Dmitri Melnikov was dead. Especially Quinn. Why would he have believed otherwise, since the bomb intended for Melnikov had nearly killed Quinn and several members of his team? But Melnikov is not dead. He has been taken by someone who wants to shut him up. And the former chess champion isn’t the only one who has been abducted.

DC Alex McKenna is meant to be resting following her last case, so she lets her boyfriend to take her to the Isle of Skye for the weekend. But what's meant to be a getaway to see the aurora borealis soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that their hotel has double booked. In desperation, they check into the only hotel with rooms available nearby - The Loch House. But from the moment they step foot in the guest house Alex knows something is very wrong. And as snow starts to fall, and night closes in, she begins to wonder if they will ever leave here alive.

Massachusetts State Police detective Tommy Kelly is called to Nantucket Island, where a boy’s skeletal remains have been discovered at a construction site—interred for thirty-five years. The crime is especially gutting for Tommy, the father of two boys. It’s also the beginning of a grim mystery. Because no child during that period was even reported missing. Tommy is partnered with Nantucket PD’s best detective, Jo Harris, who first chafes at the idea of a mainlander encroaching on her territory. And their work together is only raising more troubling questions.

Abducted as a teenager, a woman must now confront her past and untangle the truth of what really happened to her in this dark thriller from the author of The Wolf Wants In. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Self “Compulsively, propulsively readable.”—Laura...

Soon, Rebecca Gray won't be able to see. Diagnosed in her 20s with a degenerative eye disease, each day her world grows a little darker. She's moved to the suburbs to raise her son, Jackson. In the wake of her husband's death, it should be a quieter, easier way of life.

Nicki Pearl is the perfect daughter - every parent’s dream. And that of strangers, too. Wherever she goes, she’s being watched. Each stalker is different from the last, except for one thing - their alarming obsession with Nicki. Nicki’s father is turning to someone who can protect her: retired private detective and ex-Navy SEAL Jon Lancaster. Unlicensed, and unrestricted, he plays dirty. But this case is unusual. Why so many men? Why this one girl? Does Nicki have something to hide? Or do her parents? Trawling the darkest depths of southern Florida, Lancaster faces a growing tide of secrets and deception.

Doch als Marissa Irvine zur vereinbarten Adresse kommt, wo ihr kleiner Sohn zum Playdate eingeladen war, erwartet sie ein Schock: Ihr öffnet nicht Jenny, die Mutter von Jacob. Auch kein Kindermädchen. Und von Milo hat die Frau, die dort wohnt, noch nie gehört. Eine fieberhafte Suche beginnt, doch der vierjährige Junge bleibt spurlos verschwunden. Wer hat der verzweifelten Marissa und ihrem Mann diese Falle gestellt? Bald machen böse Gerüchte in der Idylle des Dubliner Vororts die Runde, und eine junge Frau gerät ins Visier der Polizei.

Mae West has spent the last few years bringing the rundown Happy Trails Campground and the small town of Normal, Kentucky, back to a thriving economic community. Mae's efforts haven't gone unnoticed. Not only is Happy Trails Campground in the running to be named Campground Hospitality of the Daniel Boone National Park, but she landed the coveted Paddle Fest kayak competition that secures the winner a spot on the Olympic team. When champion and Olympian kayaker Bryce Anderson turns over in his kayak dead, there's more than paddling going on, and his death has been ruled a homicide.

Für Rachel Clarke beginnen an einem strahlenden Sommertag in Oxford die dunkelsten Stunden ihres Lebens: Ihre vierjährige Tochter Poppy verschwindet, während Rachel kurz abgelenkt ist. Sofort wird die Polizei eingeschaltet, und auch Ryan Wilkins nimmt Anteil an der Suche. Zwar ist er vom Dienst suspendiert, sodass nur sein Ex-Partner DI Ray Wilkins offiziell ermittelt, doch Ryan kann nicht tatenlos bleiben. Zumal ihn ein Ereignis in der Nacht nach der Tat nicht loslässt: »Mick Dick«, ein Kleinkrimineller, kommt bei einem Unfall ums Leben, nachdem ihn irgendetwas in Panik versetzt hatte.

Every small town needs a big hero. Silas Tucker is the biggest football hero Cross Rivers, North Carolina, ever produced. But his town is in big trouble. The All-American quarterback returns—not to play ball, but to solve a mystery. Who's making one local after another disappear? Silas has...

La peor tragedia del idílico vecindario de Hemlock Circle ocurrió en la residencia de Ethan Marsh. Una noche de julio, cuando tenían diez años, Ethan y su mejor amigo Billy pasaron la noche en una tienda de campaña en el jardín. A la mañana siguiente, Ethan despertó solo. Alguien había rasgado la tienda con un cuchillo y se había llevado a Billy durante la noche. Desde entonces no se volvió a saber de él. Treinta años después, Ethan regresa a la casa de su infancia. Atormentado por pesadillas e insomnio, empieza a notar cosas extrañas en mitad de la noche.

Deux enquêteurs, Hadrien Servier et Franck Freda tentent de découvrir qui se cache derrière les disparitions d'enfants qui sévissent depuis plusieurs mois. Clara Fabre, pédopsychiatre, dont la petite fille Marilou s'est volatilisée dans les mêmes circonstances, les épaule afin d'établir les motivations et le profil psychologique du ravisseur. Un compte à rebours angoissant se met en place afin de retrouver Marilou.

This three-story collection includes: McNelly Knows a Ranger From the day Chick Bowdrie rode up to Noah Whipple’s ranch gravely wounded, Whipple had treated him with kindness—almost like a son. When Whipple is shot by a notorious gunfighter, Bowdrie swears vengeance. Joining McNelly’s...

These tales aren’t the dramatic re-enactments of kidnappings, pieced together from sloppy clues that you’d hear about on the news or Unsolved Mysteries. Be it human, alien, ghost, or monster perpetrator, this collection of weird and frightening disappearances, assembled from true reports, proves unexplainable kidnappings happen more than we like to admit - and no one knows what really happened.

Don't miss this nail-biting thriller from award-winning, Kindle #1 bestselling author Ruth Dugdall. ‘Ruth Dugdall’s novels are intelligent and gripping, with a sophisticated psychological sensibility. She is a huge talent’ Sophie Hannah 'Gripping, original, authentic' Erin Kelly When Ellie...

When her son goes missing, a single mother will stop at nothing to find him, even if it means exposing secrets about herself. As a single mother, Bella thought she had her life under control. But when her ex-husband's new fiancé starts to interfere in the joint custody of their son, Phillip, things start to unravel. And when Phillip goes missing, the list of suspects only grows. Bella is determined to find her son and will stop at nothing, even if it means revealing secrets about herself that she's kept hidden for years. Can she uncover the truth before it's too late?

“Bell imagines a suburban world where no one really knows what’s happening behind all those drawn blinds. In Bell’s take, though, even the people inside don’t really know what’s happening. That’s where his brilliance, and the brilliance of Bring Her Home, rests.”—Providence...

The second of three high-energy thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation Duane Swierczynski. Left for dead after an epic shootout that blew the lid off a billion-dollar conspiracy, ex-cop Charlie Hardie quickly realizes that when you're dealing with The Accident People...