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Firm volume 2
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English
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''1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America’s...
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O'Malley series (Dee Henderson) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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FBI agent Dave Richman from Danger in the Shadows is back. He's about to meet Kate O'Malley, and his life will never be the same. She's a hostage negotiator. He protects people. He's about to find out that falling in love with a hostage negotiator is one thing, but keeping her safe is another!
Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become a loyal and committed...
Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become a loyal and committed...
3) High Noon
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English
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Phenomenal #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a spine-tingling novel about a female cop who walks fearlessly into danger—but must draw on her courage to let love into her life.
Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at an early age when a violently unstable man broke into her family’s home, trapping and terrorizing them for hours. Now she’s Savannah’s...
Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at an early age when a violently unstable man broke into her family’s home, trapping and terrorizing them for hours. Now she’s Savannah’s...
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Alex Cross novels volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone rings again, a horrific hostage situation is quickly spiraling out of control. Away from his own family on the most precious of days, Alex calls upon every ounce of his training, creativity,...
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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.
Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives...
6) Wolf untamed
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English
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When SWAT's biggest case starts to converge with Bree, the woman he loves, and her son, a newly turned werewolf, SWAT werewolf Diego Martinez and Bree find themselves in danger they could have never imagined.
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Women of justice volume 3
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English
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Kit Kenyon is a first-rate hostage negotiator. Noah Lambert is a good detective with excellent instincts. The new partners have hardly had time to get used to each other when they are thrown into a grisly murder case.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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When a deranged gunman forces his way into the Center, a women's reproductive health services clinic, and takes hostages, the police hostage negotiator discovers his daughter is inside the clinic.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Centera womens reproductive...
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Jonathan Grave thrillers volume 3
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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To save a mother and her young son, rescue specialist Jonathan Grave and his team must delve into a nationwide conspiracy that goes beyond the deadly ambitions of a madman and reaches all the way to the highest levels of the government.
10) Queen of hearts
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[p1998]
Language
English
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Congressman Kiel Whellen had been chosen by the President himself to negotiate with terrorists during an airline hijacking, but in the tragedy that he failed to avert, Kiel's love perished.
12) Reconstruction
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Publisher
Soho Constable
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Jaime Segura, a young immigrant to Britain, takes several hostages at a nursery school and insists that he will only speak to MI6 accountant Ben Whistler, who discovers that the hostage-taking may be connected to a large sum of missing government money.
13) The worst thing
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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"For Bryan Bennett, designing hostage negotiation programs is the perfect job--as long as he keeps a safe, theoretical distance. What he can't do is deal directly with kidnappers or their victims, as a result of his own abduction and imprisonment as a small boy. Thirty-some years later, intense nightmares still plague his sleep, and a fear of enclosed spaces prevents him from attempting to travel. So when Bryan's boss asks him to fly to Reykjavik,...
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Series
Thea Paris novels volume 1
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Kidnap-and-rescue negotiator Thea Paris' worst nightmare comes true when her father is kidnapped and the only way to rescue him may involve an unthinkable sacrifice
Kidnap negotiator Thea Paris has spent her entire life with survivor's guilt, following an unspeakable childhood tragedy. At eight years old, she watched, frozen in fear, as her twelve-year-old brother, Nikos, was abducted from their home in Kanzi, Africa. Although he was recovered nine...
15) Gente ansiosa
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Español
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"Visitar un apartamento en venta no es una situacion de vida o muerte. A menos que sea la vispera de Nochevieja, vivas en una pequena ciudad en Suecia y alguien haya tenido la peor idea de su vida y decidido atracar un banco que no maneja efectivo. Entonces, si lo es. Porque, cuando alguien es asi de idiota, es inevitable que no sepa como huir y termine en un apartamento en venta tomando rehenes sin querer. Pero puedes confiar en la policia. A menos...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"The toughest negotiation of his FBI career Includes her and their unborn baby When tough-as-nails FBI agent Becca Hammond becomes an unwitting hostage, top negotiator Jake Delgado faces the toughest crisis of his life. Becca’s not only a trusted colleague, but she’s also pregnant—with his child. Jake’s got to figure out why the kidnappers are so desperate. Can he do that before it’s too late for the town, Becca…and their future together?...
17) Hunted
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Twas the night before Christmas, and dozens of rich, influential hostages are trapped inside a sprawling lakefront mansion in New Orleans. The perp? Detective Reed Ware, model cop turned outlaw. After receiving a panicked call from Hollis "Holly" Bayard, a teenage street tough with a penchant for amateur sleuthing who stumbles upon the scene of a drug-deal-turned- murder, Ware finds his and his friend's lives in dire danger. The crime Holly witnessed...
18) Fire with fire
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A pair of desperate parents. A man on the run. A rookie cop. Four people with everything on the line. What will be left in the ashes of the next 24 hours? Following their daughter's mysterious disappearance, Ryan and Elsie Delaney have taken the LAPD forensic lab hostage, and have given law enforcement an ultimatum: Find their daughter, Tilly, or they will destroy all the evidence they can find to other cold cases. Detective Charlie Hoskins has been...
19) The defiant hero
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Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"The United States refuses to negotiate with terrorists." Meg Moore remembered the warning from her job as a translator in a European embassy. Those same words will spell out a death sentence for her daughter and grandmother who have been kidnapped by a lethal group called The Extremists. Meg will do anything to meet their unspeakable demands; anything -- even kill -- to save her child.
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