Kidnapping Thriller

When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives only to find the recipient dead – brutally murdered in cold blood. To catch the killer, Mason must uncover the relic’s secrets. But he’s not the only one with an interest. The Guild of Night, a dangerous and vengeful cult, is determined to bring the Church to its knees – and the basin holds the power to do just that.

When her best friend's son is kidnapped, private detective Lissa Blayne drops everything to focus on the missing boy. When Julie's friend Colt Wheeler joins the investigation, Lissa bristles at the former ranger's take-charge attitude. Lissa doesn't need a man calling the shots, even if there is something about Colt's protective side that has her tough exterior melting away. As Lissa and Colt take their search on the road, the tension between them slowly morphs into trust and understanding—and they'll need both in order to outsmart the dangerous abductor they're tracking.

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.

Mary DiNunzio is a trademark Lisa Scottoline heroine - she's strong, she's smart, and she's got plenty of attitude. In recent years, she's become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates, but the last person she expects to walk into her office one morning - in mile-high stilettos - is super sexy Trish Gambone, her high school rival.

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.

You were the golden girl. The apple of your parents’ eyes. My beautiful, clever wife. I would do anything for you. But some things about me must stay hidden. One summer afternoon, it all begins to unravel. Because I’m not the only one with terrible secrets to hide.... And when the truth comes out, it seems we both have blood on our hands....

With her young son's potentially fatal neuroblastoma in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work, only to face the case of her career. The investigation into the death of CIA agent Kevin Markham is a professional challenge—and has Laurie's colleagues wondering if she still has what it takes after so much time away. Laurie and Jack race to connect the dots before they are consumed in a dangerous game of biotech espionage.

Lorsque vous lâchez la main de votre enfant, êtes-vous certain de pouvoir la serrer de nouveau un jour ? Quatre ans après la disparition de leur fille, Clémentine, dans le naufrage d'un voilier, Sarah et Marc sont rongés par la culpabilité et la tristesse. Jusqu'à ce que de nouvelles voisines emménagent sur le même palier avec leur enfant, Gabrielle, dont la ressemblance avec Clémentine est troublante. Au contact de cette adolescente vive et enjouée, Sarah reprend peu à peu goût à la vie.

When seven-year-old Alyssa is kidnapped, Deputy Noah Harper decides he will do what it takes to find her - but that means crossing lines he can never come back from. Finding the girl safe isn't enough to stop Noah from losing his job, his wife, and from being kicked out of Acacia Pines. He's told if he ever returns, he'll be put in jail and left there to rot. Now, 12 years later, comes a phone call. Alyssa is missing again and her father wants him to honour the promise he made to her all those years earlier - that he would never let anything bad happen to her again.

From hard-hitting New York Daily News columnist Linda Stasi comes Book of Judas, a riveting religious thriller featuring beloved protagonist Alessandra Russo. When her infant son is placed in mortal danger, New York reporter Alessandra Russo is forced to save him by tracking down the missing pages of the Gospel of Judas, a heretical manuscript that was unearthed in Egypt in the 1970s. Do the lost pages contain a secret that will challenge Christianity's core beliefs about the creation of life, or that might hold the power to unleash Armageddon?

Quinn Calvet was supposed to be having an epic year. She had plans with her best friend, Ximena, and sister, Ava, and to grow her following as an influencer on The Whine. Instead, Quinn finds herself third wheel to Ximena and her boyfriend or getting ditched by Ava who has turned into an overachiever, obsessed with studying and joining school clubs. It brings up Quinn's old feelings that her disability has her left behind. She tries to talk to Ava about it, but she's too busy with the newest club at school, Defend Kids.

Gefangen im Schneesturm: Vier Fremde - ein Verbrechen. Wem kannst du trauen? In den Bergen von Colorado gerät die junge Darby Thorne in einen Schneesturm und sucht Zuflucht in einem Motel. Dort trifft sie auf eine Gruppe von Schutzsuchenden. Darby scheint in Sicherheit zu sein. Doch auf dem Parkplatz macht sie eine schreckliche Entdeckung: Im Fond eines Vans sieht sie ein gefesseltes Mädchen. Wie Eiswasser schießt die Erkenntnis durch Darby: Der brutale Täter muss unter den Anwesenden sein. Aber es gibt keine Verbindung nach außen, keine Fluchtmöglichkeit.

When Americas beloved pop sensation, Selah Lablanc, and handsome NFL player, Maddox Miller, go missing, the Attorney General assigns the case to the US Marshals. Tasked with the high-stakes mission of finding them, Marshal Stephen Wilton, renowned for his kidnapping expertise, is thrust into the dangerous case where he becomes an unexpected target.

En avril 2022, Alexis Jourdan, trois ans et demi, autiste, fils du riche promoteur Éric Jourdan, disparaît au lac de Peiroou en présence de sa mère. L'affaire médiatisée secoue la petite ville de Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Détaché de la capitale en renfort, Jésus Cortès, un capitaine originaire de la région, reprend l'enquête accompagné par Ana Rey, une recrue hyper connectée.

Gwendolyn Black is one of New York’s most renowned attorneys. But after her baby is kidnapped during her morning jog, the detectives working the case suspect she is hiding something. Further uptown, a retired criminal gives the ultimate gift to his girlfriend, who has just lost a full-term pregnancy: a perfect baby girl. With the media transfixed, the detectives tighten their noose, hoping Gwen will lead them to the kidnappers. But she has everything to lose and cannot trust the cops. Instead, she decides to face the kidnappers alone.

Ein grandioser, wuchtiger und emotionaler Gesellschaftsroman – das intensivste Hörerlebnis des Jahres! Der neue Roman von SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autor Chris Whitaker ist ein Meisterwerk: zugleich aufwühlender Kriminalfall und dramatische Liebesgeschichte. Patch ist dreizehn, und weil er nur ein Auge hat, trägt er eine Augenklappe wie ein Pirat. Als er eines Tages aus seiner Heimatstadt Monta Clare entführt wird, bricht für seine beste Freundin Saint die Welt zusammen. 307 Tage wird Patch in einem stockdunklen Raum gefangen gehalten, gemeinsam mit der geheimnisvollen Grace.

Four-year-old Ellen is snatched by a stranger in the dead of night. Her devastated mother, Nicole, receives four identical phials and a threatening note in a familiar scrawl that chills her to the bone. But she always knew this would happen. She’s been expecting it for years. According to the note, one of the phials is poisoned. Nicole is given a deadly challenge: If she drinks one, the sadistic kidnapper will notify the police of Ellen’s location. The sender claims to be Luka Volkov, but Luka is supposed to be dead, killed long ago in a fire that haunts all those involved.

Alex Mercer could use a break. But, as usual, he can't catch one. He's overburdened with best man duties, familial changes, and work obligations. The three responsibilities collide when his daughter's boyfriend is taken, his best friend is targeted, and officers and agents go missing. He knows there must be a link, but he's the only common denominator - a fact that doesn't bode well for job security. Or his loved ones' safety.

Connor Reeves ist erst 14 Jahre alt, als er für eine weltweit agierende Bodyguard-Agentur akquiriert wird. Und bereits sein allererster Auftrag hat es in sich: Er soll keine Geringere als Alicia Rosa Mendez beschützen – die Tochter des amerikanischen Präsidenten! Schon bald gerät Alicia in große Gefahr und Connor muss unter Beweis stellen, dass er zu Recht für diese heikle Mission ausgewählt wurde.

It was a crime so brutal, it changed the lives of even the most hardened homicide cops. The Haas family murders left a scar on the community nothing can erase, but everyone agrees that convicting the killer, Karl Dahl, is a start. Only Judge Carey Moore seems to be standing in the way. Her ruling that Dahl's prior criminal record is inadmissible raises a public outcry, and puts the judge in grave danger.