Kidnapping Mystery

The abduction of Hank’s two-year-old sister, Emeline, in 1952, shatters his young life and set him on a single-minded path. Twenty years later, Detective Hank Yates specializes in Missing Persons and stubbornly pursues each case. When the disappearance of Marisa Sawyer is brought to his attention, the details are eerily reminiscent.Obsessed with discovering Marisa’s fate, and haunted at every step by memories of his sister, Hank’s investigation leads to twists and turns he could not have foreseen – events that force his life to veer from its course where past, present, and future ...

He has to become a child killer to save his daughter's life. On May 6, five-year-old Annie Miller goes missing in a park. On May 7, her father, David Miller, fails a lie detector test. On May 9, during a hypnosis session, David confesses to murdering his daughter and gives the police the location of the knife he used to kill her. The knife has traces of Annie's blood and David's fingerprints all over it. Two weeks later, a man named Ben calls David and tells him Annie's alive. Ben is willing to let the girl go, but first David has to do something for him--something that would land David in ...

Who took Magdalene Dacosta? Why? Where is she now? On the night of her parents' Winter Solstice party, three-year-old Magdalene Dacosta vanishes in the night, never to be seen again. But how did this happen? The home was locked up securely, and security cameras show no one entering or leaving the residence. Detective John Jordan must figure out how this seemingly impossible crime was committed and who is capable of such wickedness before it's too late for another innocent. John Jordan has never had a more baffling case, and the stakes for him have never been higher! Inspired by the real...

Abduction, kidnapping, and human trafficking - words that bring fear into the heart of any parent of a young child. Author James W. Murphy brings to life Abducted, his sixth novel, a story about just such a tragedy. A Two-year old child is abducted from a young happy family in Cheyenn, Wyoming. Police find no evidence; no clues and no contacts are made by the kidnapper or abductors. No ransom demands. No reason or motive can be found as to why the child was taken-just gone-without a trace. Enter Detective Anita Wilson and Samuel Bishop, Cheyenne Police Department. After a year of no clues, ...

Heather Clemens never thought that life would turn out like this. Single, alone, and stuck fortune telling out of her house for a meager living, Heather could really use some good news. So she does what she vowed never to do: Read her own fortune. What she sees is shocking and impossible… but that’s when the impossible happens, and Heather finds herself looking into the eyes of Rhys Vandell, a fierce and sexy warrior prince from another world. Heather is his fated prize, the key to completing his rite of passage and earning his royal birthright: the power of the dragon shift. Now, ...

Lieutenant Ethan Hendricks’ greatest nightmare just also happened to be his grandfather’s newest business venture. Logan Hendricks is thrilled about his brand new detective agency’s first case, but things weren’t turning out the way they were supposed to, including the attempted murder of one of his brand new employees. But he figures their next case, which involves finding a missing sister, should go a lot smoother. How dangerous could it be? Ethan Hendricks wasn’t quite as confident about his grandfather’s new hobby, or that the supposedly straight-forward case of a missing ...

Rushmore “Mac” McKenzie has a lot of old girlfriends, but only one went on to marry the current governor of the state of Minnesota. And only one is calling him with a desperate request to meet in secret. First Lady Lindsay Barrett is carrying an anonymous e-mail that contains the makings of an ugly rumor about her husband, the man about to run for higher office - perhaps even the highest office. Someone says they have evidence that Jack Barrett killed his high school sweetheart. Lindsay says it’s an outright lie, but the truth lies buried decades in the past.

She escaped her past once. But this time, it won’t let her go. Elena Kingston wakes up in a windowless room with no idea how she got there. Her head is pounding. There’s no door. No escape. Only fragments of memory—and one terrifying face: her ex-boyfriend Jarod, filled with rage. As the hours tick by and the walls close in, Elena’s memories return in twisted flashes. But nothing makes sense. Is Jarod really behind this? Or is someone else orchestrating her descent into madness? Every answer leads to more questions. Every memory could be a lie. As Elena unravels a trail of secrets, ...

Everyone has a past, and everyone has secrets, no more so than FBI Agent Kira Lockhart. But even after five years, Kira’s past keeps catching up with her. Hoping to distract herself with a new case, Kira realizes the disappearance of a young college student might be a part of a larger conspiracy.

Book #10 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Ezra receives an anonymous package on his front porch. It details the bullying death of a former classmate that has haunted him over 30 years. Worse, the classmate’s killers have eliminated anyone who threatens their multi-billion dollar empire. With Jab’s and the FBI’s help, Ezra faces his billionaire tormenters in a kill-or-be-killed challenge!

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place so they could figure out what to do next and stop running in circles trying to stay one step ahead of the guys who seemed to want her dead. Simon Sullivan might not be who Ava always believed him to be, but along with his brother, he’d spent his life trying to protect her. That wasn’t going to change especially now when everything they’d planned for, hoping against hope it would never be needed, was playing out exactly as they’d feared. But he’s not alone. Harper Riley isn’t about to ...

What happened to Nash? Is their past coming back to haunt them? On the perfect summer evening, Vanessa plans to walk onto a sandy beach to marry the man she loves. When the groom never appears, she refuses to believe he left her at the altar. Vanessa turns to her friends for help. But they’re not just friends. They are the Initiative, a secret covert operation. Created to help those in need. And right now, Vanessa is in desperate need of help. **This clean romantic suspense book is a standalone read.**

Jane knows about death, she knows the fear, the terror, and the blackness that follows…what she doesn’t know, is who she is or who abandoned her at the edge of the Dagger Woods when she was just five years old. When a woman is found dead in the same place twenty-three years later, she knows that it’s time for her to go back and find out the truth, even if it kills her…

Book 7 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Sheriff Corman, Jab’s sworn enemy, recommends Jab to a Central California sheriff. Corman wants Jab to track a 12-year old cold case. Even harder, Jab would have to track the victim’s voice only. Complicating Jab’s time are ultra-extremist Arab murderers, practicing their deadly skills in Northern California. They’re targeting young, Mayoral daughters with Clare Blevens, Jab’s star tracking pupil, next!

Eden is not the perfect small town he made us believe it was. He said it was Heaven on Earth. And I believed him. I was mesmerized by the perfect life I thought I had. Until I received an anonymous letter making me realize my existence was far from perfect. Eden is a prison. A prison designed by no one else than him. Our leader. Created to keep us locked from our dreams, concealed from our freedom. A cult. I have to escape from this nightmare. But as I plan my escape, I find out a secret I never imagined possible. My mother, who I didn’t know existed is here. Locked in a basement. I ...

Sonchai Jitpleecheep - the brash and beguiling Royal Thai Police Force detective who has been our guide through John Burdett’s five previous acclaimed Bangkok novels - is back. The former monk and devout Buddhist, forever battling to protect his karma from the assaults of morally compromising cases, is now faced with the most horrifying technological innovation to make its way to the streets of Bangkok and a conspiracy of almost unfathomable reach.

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.

Panic grips the small town of Minneola, GA, when a young child goes missing at the lake. Newly paired detectives Jo Wiles and Mark Allen are assigned to the case....

From New York Times Bestselling Author Cheryl Bradshaw comes book two in her exciting new mystery series. When a dead body is found in the walls during a home renovation, detective Georgiana Germaine gets swept into a cold case murder. Whose body lies within the walls of the house and what ties does it have to the death of Georgiana's father more than three decades earlier? Love mysteries with a surprising twist? Little Lost Secrets will hook you from the first page. Books in this Series: Little Girl Lost (Book 1) 2021 USA Today Best-Selling Book Little Lost Secrets (Book 2) Little Broken ...

Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family - his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children - have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?