Kidnapping Thriller

Abduction. Amnesia. And family secrets that were supposed to remain buried forever.18-year-old Gwen Taylor has lived a sheltered life being raised by her grandmother, and she never thought to question or rebel against her grandmother's strict rules. At least not until she meets Ray, a college student who fills her head with dreams of a more ambitious life and her heart with deep desire for him. But she is still young and naïve, and when she makes the long drive to visit him, she is mortified to find him with another woman. Fleeing the scene, Gwen suddenly spots someone standing in the ...

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.

Stuck waiting for his girlfriend in a shopping mall parking lot, Doug witnesses someone scoping out cars. When he sees the figure break into a parked van, he expects the thief will be gone before anyone can stop him. Yet to Doug's horror, this is not what the man has in mind at all. Turns out the creep is only waiting for the van's occupants to return. He has big plans for them tonight, and he won't tolerate any interference from would-be heroes like Doug. With no time to call for help, Doug decides that he must stop the carjacker from harming the family. He's also horrified by the ...

What dangers lurk beyond the edge of town? After getting lost on a dark country road on their way back to the city, a group of revelers decide the best solution is to stop at a local bar and resume drinking. But after a member of their group is dragged outside and attacked, their nightmarish evening has only just begun. Fueled by adrenaline and an angry desire to hand out justice, their search for the attacker takes them deep into a world they were never prepared to go. Torn Web is the length of a long short story.

Der 3. Fall für Eddie Flynn von Steve Cavanagh ("Thirteen"). Leonard Howells schlimmster Albtraum ist Realität: Seine Tochter Caroline wurde entführt und dabei schwer verletzt. Zwar schaltet Howell die Polizei ein, doch nur einem Mann traut er wirklich zu, Caroline zu retten: Eddie Flynn. Eddie weiß, wie es ist, eine Tochter zu verlieren. Und er schwört, Caroline sicher nach Hause zu bringen. Als ehemaliger Betrüger und jetziger Spitzenanwalt kennt Flynn alle Tricks, mit denen man seine Gegner hinters Licht führen kann.

This bundle includes two audiobooks: The Vanishing of the Georgia Rose and Kidnapped.

A Hobby Shouldn't Be This Dangerous! Jack McCain's ex wife and current girlfriend are both trying to make him into something he doesn't want to be. When Jack becomes the chance owner of a customized import car—one that reminds him of the high-octane dreams of his youth—he joins a car club run by a bunch of twenty-something tuner enthusiasts who don't seem to know very much about cars—except for their only female member that is. She knows plenty. One night she follows Jack home after a meeting and Jack's staid life takes a sudden and unexpected turn. Soon, a screwball collection of ...

Sixteen-year-old Dita Golian is destined to be a killer. But she doesn’t know it. Then one day, on her way to school, she is kidnapped. Her life changes forever and all the lies she had been told growing up are revealed.

Love on the Edge: Forgiveness Blooms in "Requiem for the Caged" by RWK Clark Jason Brandtley returns home to Wyoming a broken man. Haunted by wartime trauma and past heartbreaks, he longs for a normal life and a loving family. But his desperation for connection leads him down a dark path. Andrea Harder carries her own scars. Abused by men and abandoned by her family, she shields herself with a hardened exterior. A chance encounter with Jason sparks a strange connection, but Andrea's fear keeps her pushing him away. A desperate act changes everything. Jason is consumed by a twisted desire to...

In a nation teetering on the edge, one man must unravel the truth before it's too late. A British diplomat is kidnapped in Tunisia, and a web of intrigue unravels, revealing a sinister plot that threatens to plunge the nation into chaos. Peter Craig, a British police advisor, is in Tunis at the behest of the Tunisian government to lend his expertise on security matters. However, within a day of his arrival, he's caught in a whirlwind of clandestine encounters, including an unsettling kidnapping. As Craig delves deeper, he uncovers a network of revolutionary groups, each with their own ...

Kate sees death in photographs. Before it happens. Gift or curse? As the lone survivor of a school bombing, she’s hid from the press for twenty years. Her new job as a photographer in the rural town of Bend, PA offers her another safe haven from bold reporters. Until women start disappearing. Each missing woman appears to have a connection to a mysterious local cult, and Seth, Bend’s only reporter, sets out to investigate. His drastic plans to expose the members make Kate fear for his—and her own—safety, but can she trust him enough to reveal her secrets? The wrong answer could get ...

Five years ago, Marina lost her husband in a car accident. Since then her life seems strange and foggy to her. Something bothers her, but she can't find a real reason for her anxiety. Why does she wake up in the middle of every night in a cold sweat? Why does she run into her son's room all the time to see if he is all right? Why does she, sometimes, catch her second's husband's intense look? The one she can't explain? Why does she feel like someone is watching her? Marina doesn't know how to answer her questions until one day she changes her usual route to work and her life, as she knows ...

Low self-esteem can have deadly consequences. Engel Academy, an elite Cape Cod high school, unravels when the new girl in town goes missing. Kaylee Jones, a self-conscious and shy junior, worries that the disappearance of Emily Mason may only be the beginning. It turns out she was right. As more people vanish, Kaylee searches for a pattern. Who’s next? What’s the connection? When will it end? Are those being abducted still alive? Little does Kaylee realize the stalker is online preying on their insecurities. Join Kaylee and her friends as they race to save one another and figure out how...

FIRST PRIZE WINNER OF 2021 FIREBIRD BOOK AWARD! Gangsters, an assassin, and a woman detective await you at WHITE DUNES! Murder and violence are rife in the desert city of White Dunes, California, where gangsters run a seedy underworld of sex trafficking and vice. Detective Viola Hendricks secretly records a conversation between a crooked judge and a hit man hired to murder two thugs. Police arrest both men, but the victims' bodies are missing, and the killer won’t confess. The case stalls when the judge dies in jail from a fatal “accident.” Kidnapped and pandered by her gambling ...

AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER A Nail-Biting Pulp Noir Crime Thriller with a Hard-Boiled Amateur Sleuth. A quirky widow in her early sixties takes her first job ever in a private investigator's office. Arriving early she discovers an agitated man waiting at the door. He insists he must see the PI immediately. In the midst of his anxious demands, he clutches his chest and collapses. Shocked, she runs for help. Upon returning, the man has disappeared. The police are skeptical dismissive of her story. To prove she's not a wacky woman, she attempts to find the missing man using only the cryptic note and ...

COULD THE TRIPTYCH LEAD THEM TO ICONS WHICH ONCE BELONGED TO CATHERINE THE GREAT, CZARINA OF RUSSIA? Giving his treasured possession to the two Australians who rescued him from an icy death, the ancient Cossack swears that the icon, an icon given to him by his grandfather, contains a code which will point to the secret hiding place of priceless icons looted from the imperial palace by Bolsheviks during the early years of the Russian Revolution. They must decide whether there really is a secret concealed within the old man’s icon, or whether the story was merely the old Cossack’s fantasy...

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.

Avery Miller, a beloved preschool teacher in her small hometown, has her world turned upside down when her husband and seven-year-old son vanish without a trace. Fearing the worst, Avery enlists her bounty-hunter sister to find them. But Avery is unprepared for the secrets she’ll uncover about her husband’s past, which could have dire consequences for their family.

When local children begin to vanish, Officer Alex Mercer is positive the cases are tied to recent threats against his family - especially since the first girl to go missing is his best friend's daughter. It all ties back to Alex. He's sure of it. The only solid link to the missing kids is a mysterious woman in a red dress. But that isn't enough to go on, and Alex has orders to focus on another case. As if that will stop him.

A traumatized girl wakes in the hospital with no memory of how she got there. Her only thought is to find the one person she remembers - her Uncle Alex. When the authorities contact Alex Mercer, he rushes to the hospital. He's surprised to find it's his cousin Ayla. Shocked to see the condition she's in. Stunned to learn her parents are missing. Alex welcomes her into his home, and the family rallies around her as she tries to recover. But progress is slow, and for every step forward, she backslides. Compounding the problem is the mounting evidence that none of this was an accident.