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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits.
Author
Series
Saint Squad volume 1
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Brent Miller arrived in the Middle East with one objective--get seven hostages out of the hostile country. The plan almost worked. But now he has been left behind--with one of the hostages. It's up to Brent to get Amy Whitmore, an LDS Senator's daughter, across miles of desert to safety. What he doesn't know is that to survive, he needs her as much as she needs him.
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 19
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross is called away from his family to resolve a horrific hostage situation that is spiraling out of control.
Author
Series
O'Malley volume 1
Language
English
Description
Kate O'Malley, a hostage negotiator, is investigating the bombing of an airplane and finds herself faced with evidence that points to FBI agent Dave Richman.
Author
Series
Newpointe 911 volume 3
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
After a bombing at the Newpointe Post Office, a gunman holds Jill Clark hostage in her hotel room, but after he is apprehended and claims to be innocent, Jill begins to wonder if he is as guilty as he appears
Author
Language
English
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Description
Nora O'Malley's been a lot of girls. As the daughter of a con artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mother's protege. But when Mom fell for a mark, Nora pulled the ultimate con--escape. For five years Nora's been playing at normal, but she needs to dust off her skills because she has three problems. Number 1: Her ex walked in on her with her girlfriend, and Wes didn't know about her and Iris. Number 2: They all have to meet to deposit...
Author
Series
Detective Michael Bennett thriller volume 3
Language
English
Description
Investigating a kidnapper who is murdering the children of wealthy New York families, Detective Michael Bennett and FBI agent Emily Parker discover that the killer has hatched an elaborate plot to decimate the entire city.
9) Crossfire
Author
Series
Extreme measures volume 2
Language
English
Description
FBI negotiator Julianna James has never lost a hostage--until now. As the death toll rises and the killer's motive becomes clear, Julianna knows anyone she loves will be caught in the crossfire. It will take all her courage, and the help of Former Army Ranger Clay Fox, to bring this negotiation to an end.
10) Die trying
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a woman is kidnapped off a Chicago street in broad daylight, jack Reacher is in the wrong place at the wrong time. he's kidnapped with her. Now he has to save them both--from the inside out--or die trying.
Author
Series
In death novel volume 54
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Homicide detective Eve Dallas races to untangle a twisted family history while a hostage's life hangs in the balance-in the new novel in the New York Times bestselling series"--
13) Hostage three
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Amy, her father, and her stepmother becomes hostages when Somalian pirates seize their yacht, but although she builds a bond with one of her captors it becomes brutally clear that the price of life and its value are two very different things.
14) Girl on a plane
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is a fictionalized story based on the amazing real life experiences of Miriam Moss, a fifteen year old English school girl who was held hostage on a plane hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Front in 1970"--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Sometimes disaster is simply a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Take Addison Roberts, for example: it is a deadly coincidence that in a crowded parking lot one day, she catches the eye of a dangerous criminal on the run. In his desperation to evade the police, what he needs is a way out--and Addison and her car are his ticket to escape.
16) Kalimpura
Author
Series
Green universe volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Green returns to her service under the Lily Goddess in the city of Kalimpura, where she is hounded by gods that would render her a conduit for the supernatural while she attempts to rescue two Bittern Court hostages.
Author
Series
Saint Squad volume 2
Language
English
Description
Caught up in a hostage situation that is hauntingly familiar, Riley Palmetta once more finds her life hanging in the balance. What starts out as a well-organized and highly intensive training course for the prevention of random acts of terror quickly turns into a real-life nightmare of suspense and intrigue that will test the faith and finely honed skills of Tristan Crowther and his elite group of LDS Navy SEALS.
18) Bend sinister
Author
Publisher
Time, Inc
Pub. Date
c1964.
Language
English
Description
When Paduk, the new dictator and head of the Party of the Average Man, seeks the support of Professor Adam Krug, he gets no cooperation--until he takes Krug's son.
20) Ravens
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Stopping at a convenience store to fix a leaky tire, Shaw McBride and Romeo Zderko learn that a winning lottery ticket was purchased from the same location and devise a plot to steal half of the prize money.
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