Kidnapping Thriller

Vom Dienst suspendiert, will der Spezialist für Vermisstenfälle mit seinen Kindern Urlaub an der Küste von Norfolk machen. Vier Teenager sind aus einer Wohnwagensiedlung verschwunden, nachdem sie den Anweisungen auf einem alten Kassettenplayer gefolgt sind. Ihre Zeit läuft ab, ihnen droht ein grausames Schicksal, wenn man den Spuren nicht folgt, die der Kidnapper hinterlegt hat.

Alain Delambre, ex direttore delle risorse umane, ha cinquantasette anni, gli ultimi quattro passati come disoccupato, accettando lavoretti malpagati e in condizioni umilianti. Quando il destino sembra offrirgli una nuova possibilità - un lavoro nel suo campo, ben pagato e gratificante - Alain è disposto a tutto. Anche a degradarsi agli occhi della moglie e delle figlie, e persino a partecipare all'ultima prova di reclutamento: un gioco di ruolo che simuli una presa di ostaggi. Ma è un gioco in cui i dadi sono truccati...

A gripping new thriller from Harlan Coben, author of the instant New York Times bestsellers Just One Look, No Second Chance, and Tell No One. Abridged CD - 5 CDs, 6...

In the rugged terrain of late 1800s Texas, where justice is as untamed as the land, one man stands against the chaos. Pharaoh Smith, a seasoned Texas Ranger with a no-nonsense approach, embarks on a relentless mission in this heart-pounding installment of the Pharaoh Smith, Texas Ranger series. The very air around them carries the weight of desperation as 16-year-old Anna Hinch is kidnapped by the ruthless Comanche warrior, Blood Eye. With a gang comprising Mexicans, Blacks, and Whites, Blood Eye is a force to be reckoned with.

Working for the FBI, cryptanalyst and agoraphobe Salem Wiley vows never to return to the conspiratorial underworld her mother revealed to her. Until fieldwork draws Salem to an Ireland farm where a curious discovery has been unearthed: a near-perfect replica of Stonehenge in miniature—except for one extra stone engraved with the word mercy. When seven-year-old Mercy Mayfair, a child in Salem’s family’s care, is kidnapped, Salem knows it’s more than an unsettling coincidence.

'Pyromanen - Rache' ist ein unvorhersehbarer und düsterer Kriminalroman und der dritte Teil der Brandstifter-Serie von Inger Wolf.

A masterful, inventive thriller from a remarkably assured and always surprising young writer. Perpetual graduate student Joseph Geist is at his wit's end. Recently kicked out of their shared apartment by his girlfriend, he's left with little more than a half bust of Nietzsche's head and the...

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.

“Deliciously vicious and unsettlingly hilarious, Cruelty Free is a nasty, thrilling Hollywood take-down for the ages.” —JENNIFER THORNE, author of Diavola A disgraced movie star returns to Hollywood 10 years after the kidnapping of her young daughter intent on seeking revenge, for fans of...

Dr. Fred Abel ist von seiner lebensgefährlichen Verletzung genesen, und die ersten Fälle halten ihn schon wieder in Atem. Vor allem aber freut er sich darauf, seine Zwillinge aus einer lang vergangenen "karibischen Affäre" in Berlin zu begrüßen. Doch kaum sind die Jugendlichen da, werden sie entführt. Gibt es einen rassistischen Hintergrund? Ein verbrecherisches Komplott in deren Heimat? Oder hat jemand mit Abel noch eine Rechnung offen?

What happened to Mallory Shubert? Two detectives, both coming off of recent tragedies, are forcibly paired together to recover a missing child. But as they pull back the layers of the case, they discover more secrets, more lies, and more trouble than either are prepared to face. It’s a race to find the missing girl before time expires, but the detectives must overcome their personal trauma in order to succeed. The Girl in the Tide Mysterious. Fraudulent. Deadly.

Both shocking and spellbinding, The Victim Donor tells the suspenseful story of a family man who struggles to discover why he has become the focus of a gruesome kidnapping plot. Stockbroker John Harris III is living the American dream with Cheryl, his physician wife and college sweetheart. They have four young children, a house in the mountains of Utah, health, love, and money. But their lives are suddenly turned upside-down when Harris is mysteriously kidnapped one morning on his way to work.

In den düsteren Schatten der Vergangenheit gehüllt, kämpft Sloane gegen die Ketten ihrer Erinnerungen. Im zarten Alter von achtzehn Jahren einst entführt, wurde sie Zeuge von schrecklichen Grausamkeiten. Als sie sich auf eine Brieffreundschaft mit einem Gefängnisinsassen einlässt, ahnt sie nicht, dass sie damit die Pforte zu ihrer eigenen Hölle öffnet. In einem Tanz aus Dunkelheit und Verlangen werden die Grenzen zwischen Gut und Böse verwischt, während Sloane sich in einem Strudel aus Leidenschaft und Rache verliert.

Luke's week in the mountains goes from pleasure to business in an instant when he is called upon to help find two teenage boys–one the son of a multi-millionaire Starbucks VIP–who have been abducted at gunpoint during a wilderness survival school expedition. Their captors and the foreigners calling the shots behind the scenes are desperate for their ransom money and willing to do almost anything to get it.

She lives in a utopian town, where nothing bad ever happens. But when officers Zachary Leebow and Annalise Baker are invited to join a new special-task team, the Smoky Mountain Investigative Force, their lives become even more intertwined than before. With everything around them changing and an unnamed body on their hands, they must decipher the clues to their individual cases, before kidnapping turns into murder.

Detective Rose has worked on difficult cases before, but this abduction is unique. No evidence. No witnesses. No leads. It’s a nightmare scenario for any law enforcement officer. Unsure of why the family was targeted, Rose races against the clock to recover the missing child before the kidnapper strikes again, a scenario Rose is desperate to stop.

Nothing bad ever happens in the quiet little town of Hope. However, when the circus rolls in one misty morning in late October, everyone decides to go see what they have. Even the Jorgenson family and their 8 year old son Noah head on down to the circus big top, but when it is time to leave he is nowhere to be found. With the help of Sheriff Langley, his parents search the premises, but they don't find him. Now that it is closing time, they are forced to leave in hopes that he will come home. Will they ever find him and all the other children that have gone missing from other towns?

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.

Few marriages survive what Sadie and Allen Wilson’s did. They were lucky—they had each other, and their kidnapped daughter was found, unharmed. Now, just as their lives are getting back to normal, their neighbor turns up dead. Murdered. And Sadie feels the panic surge all over again. But this time, she won’t have her husband to lean on…because Allen’s disappeared. As Sadie and the police try to piece together what happened, she begins to wonder if she ever knew her husband at all. The lies keep piling up, along with the body count.

The disappearances of two girls within the span of a week thrusts a small town into panic.