Kidnapping Thriller

A small boy and a young girl make a contract to kill. A school girl and her young brother arrive at private detective Jack Hamma's office. They scatter coins over Jacks desk, the contents of their piggy bank, and ask Jack to shoot dead two men. They want to save a forest and take revenge for the murder of their parents. Murder, revenge and retribution combine with Jacks wry humor to make this a great read. ‘The same fast paced action we've come to expect from a Jack Hamma story.’ ‘Flows well as we travel with Jack across the world, from the wilds of Yorkshire to the depths of the ...

From the 1965 east-coast blackout to depression-era Nebraska; from the trash-piled streets of Manhattan to rural-South Carolina; here are stories of innocent criminals, guilty bystanders, mob hit men, dead farm girls, and small-town cops. Justice is brutal. Long dead secrets won't stay in the grave. And just about everybody has something real to fear. New tales of crime and suspense join Prosch fan favorites to keep you turning pages well past midnight.

It has been two decades since Detective Francis X. Loughlin solved his first big case, the brutal murder of a woman doctor. The young man convicted of the killing, Julian Vega, is back on the streets now, released on a technicality after years of appeals. Not long after his release, another murder takes place, one so similar to that long-ago case that Julian is the first suspect in Detective Loughlin's sights.

A newly successful filmmaker is shattered when his son is kidnapped only to be tragically killed during the escape. Consumed by grief and rage, he vows revenge on everyone involved in the plot, even those within his trusted circle.

Human trafficked victim Jimena Romero finds herself on the run after escaping the grip of a ruthless Mexican cartel. She finds an unexpected ally in undercover DEA agent Miguel Ben Yazzie as they find sanctuary in a secluded corner of the Navajo Nation that conceals Miguel's roots and family secrets. Haunted by memories of her captivity, Jimena questions everything she believes about God as she grapples with forgiveness. The arrival of outsiders shatters her fragile peace as the shadows of the cartel catch up and she is forced to confront her deepest fears. Pushed to her limits, Jimena must...

Book #4 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Jab Boone is lured out of retirement to track the missing brother of a fellow orphan. Jab’s involvement leads to the dismissal of the recently orphaned FBI Special Agent Astrid Lundquist. Reluctantly, Jab joins forces again with the FBI. Little did he know that his tracking expertise would lead to gold smugglers and dark secrets under a carefully constructed lake!

A MISSING BIOLOGIST. A CHILLING CONSPIRACY. A COP THAT WON’T BACK DOWN. When Lachlan Harvey, a leading mind in synthetic biology, is drugged in the heart of the city, he wakes in a secret facility in the harsh Australian outback. Kidnapped for his unique skill set, he learns quickly that escape is impossible. His only chance of survival is compliance. Detective Cameron Cole and his partner Rachael Blake are tasked with solving the sudden disappearance of Lachlan Harvey. The case throws them into a dark world of conspiracy, corruption, and cutting edge science. Just as the pair begins to ...

Gloria Hanes is a young beautiful woman married to a sexy lawyer. She has a great job and she’s pregnant. Life is good...until her doctor reveals that her baby is dead. It can’t be. She feels it kicking. She fights and screams but no one believes her. When years later she receives a call that her bone marrow matches a child in need, she jumps at the chance to help. The little girl is the same age as Gloria's would have been, and she's adopted. Could it be her child? Or is this the same obsessive thinking that landed her in a mental hospital, causing her husband to run into the arms of ...

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....

When Melissa Flynn vanishes without a trace, two families are thrust into a harrowing journey of faith and suspense. Jason Flynn is haunted by guilt over his sister's disappearance, his faith wavering as he searches for answers. Across town, former Marine Luke Black struggles with his own family crisis: a troubled brother and parents in declining health. As these two worlds collide, a race against time begins. With danger lurking in the shadows and faith tested to its limits, Melissa and her family must rely on God to unravel a mystery that threatens to tear both families apart. In this ...

Dee is horrified to find herself helping her father to rescue and rehome a girl who has been abused. The FBI are after her, as are the cops and a gang of bad guys. Who is going to find her first? Can she survive the odds, with no superhero skills to fall back on? Get this compulsive and original original first in series and be hooked... Saving the child wasn't on Dee's bucket list. It might be the only thing if the bad guys find her. The rights and wrongs of it aren't so obvious... If you love a good mystery with some WOW! moments, you need to read this book." Dee is an unintentional ...

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.

Everyone has someone they look up to, someone like Julie Richards. She has looks and wealth and charm and intelligence. She’s a dedicated immigration attorney who gives her all to her clients. Julie seems to have it all. Even her quirky humor and lack of a filter add to the perfect picture. But it’s difficult, because she always turns down your invitations. Some might wonder why Julie never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet you for coffee. Some might wonder why she never comes out of that house unless it's for work or because she's forced out. From author Sherri Stewart comes...

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.

He watches. A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she’s wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim. He waits. A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead and the MO is identical. He takes.

Near the coast of Tanzania pirates kidnap Charlotte, the teenage daughter of a US diplomat, and sell her on to traders. How are Catherine Zitgow and her former kidnapper, Rivas Romero involved in this? And why is Romero's stallion, the magnificent Andalus being held in the stables of Washington's FBI? "If you read the first book, you will fall back into Rivas and Catherine's world with ease. If you have not, you will still find this book one that you cannot bear to put down." Equimondi Magazine

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.

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?

He loves her smile—too much. Eliza Green has never ridden in an airplane. What could it hurt to take up Drake Carter’s offer of a short ride? He’s a great employee, friendly, but when he shows up at the grocery store, her sitter’s house, and buzzes her home—she’s in big trouble. Unfortunately, stalker laws in Pennsylvania don’t exist in 1985. She has to wait for Drake to hurt her before the system can help. Has she been too friendly? She wanted more excitement in her life, but now she must escape from Drake’s obsession.

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 ...