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Author
Series
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When shy and reserved Maggie Ferringer was called for jury duty, she never expected to be kidnapped by an escaped convict. But when Cain Cannon, disguised as a prison guard, pulls a gun, she has no choice but to be taken hostage. Cain claims that he's innocent of killing his girlfriend six years ago and now he wants revenge on the people who put him behind bars. Soon, Maggie becomes more than just a hostage to Cain. As they slowly begin to share the...
42) Ambulance
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Needing money to cover his wife's medical bills, a decorated veteran teams up with his adoptive brother to steal $32 million from a Los Angeles bank. However, when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate thieves hijack an ambulance that's carrying a severely wounded cop and an EMT worker. Caught in a high-speed chase, the two siblings must figure out a way to outrun the law while keeping their hostages alive.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Thurlow Dan is the founder of the Helix, a cult that promises to cure loneliness. With its communes and speed-dating, mixers and confession sessions, the Helix has become a national phenomenon, and attracted the attention of governments worldwide. But Thurlow, camped out in his Cincinnati headquarters, is lonely, for his ex-wife, Esme, and their daughter, whom he hasn't seen in ten years. Esme is a covert agent who has spent her life spying on Thurlow,...
46) Non-stop
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks receives a series of cryptic text messages demanding that he instruct the government to transfer $150 million into an off-shore account. Until he secures the money, a passenger on his flight will be killed every twenty minutes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Leading politician and bestselling author Newt Gingrich has teamed with novelist Pete Earley to create a gripping thriller to which Gingrich brings his unparalleled understanding of Washington's corridors of power. The greatest nightmare for the free world today would be a Master Terrorist hiding somewhere, coordinating radical Islamic groups at the highest level around the globe. In DUPLICITY, this invisible hand overseeing havoc plays a major...
Author
Series
Paul Janson novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ex-covert-ops soldier Paul Janson and his sharpshooting partner, Jessica Kincaid, set out to rescue the wife of an oil executive who has been kidnapped by Somali pirates.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, D.C. power broker, and she is a physician with a thriving practice. But behind the gilded fac̦ade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream of theirs--a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know, the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead. Half a world...
51) Privacy: a novel
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"You never know who's watching. . . . A successful therapist's world is upended when her patients are targeted in a campaign of twisted psychological harassment in this propulsive novel from the author of Convince Me. What is the cost of carrying not only your own pain, but others' too? Dr. Laina Landers is good at her job. She's an accomplished marriage and family therapist, dedicated and compassionate. When she is summoned by the police after one...
52) One breath away
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
©2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, an unknown man armed with a gun walks into an elementary school classroom. Outside the school, the town of Broken Branch watches and waits. Officer Meg Barrett holds the responsibility for the town's children in her hands. Will Thwaite, reluctantly entrusted with the care of his two grandchildren by the daugther who left home years earlier, stands by helplessly and wonders if he has failed his child again....
53) Rogue
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A woman leads a team of mercenaries tasked with rescuing hostages in Africa.
54) Captive
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Brian Nichols, on the run as the subject of a city-wide manhunt and desperate to make contact with his newborn son, takes recovering meth addict Ashley Smith hostage in her own apartment, she turns for guidance to Rick Warren's bestselling inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life. While reading aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer each face crossroads where despair and death intersect hope.
Author
Series
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 In Death novel by New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb"--
"The woman’s body was found in the early morning, on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong—like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes,...
56) Alan Partridge
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Alan Partridge, the famous local radio DJ and TV host, finds himself at the center of a siege, when a disgruntled fellow DJ decides to hold their station hostage after learning that he's getting fired when the new owners decide to convert the station to talk radio.
57) Shock wave
Author
Publisher
Cinedigm Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
When a member of a bomb disposal unit investigates a series of fiery explosions, he discovers that hostages are being taken by a gang member intent on getting revenge for the arrest of his brother.
58) The risen empire
Author
Series
Succession volume 1
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
59) Trigger warning
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Former Army Ranger Jake Rivers is not your typical Kelton College student. He is not spoiled, coddled, or ultra-lib like his classmates who sneer at the “soldier boy.” Rivers is not “triggered” by “microaggressions.” He is not outraged by “male privilege” and “cisgender bathrooms.” He does not need a “safe space.” Or coloring books. Jake needs an education. And when terror strikes, the school needs Jake . . . Without warning,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In the charming rural town of Trail Stop, Idaho, accessible to the outside world by only a single road, young widow Cate Nightingale lives peacefully with her four-year-old twin boys, running a bed-and-breakfast. Though the overnight guests are few and far between--occasional hunters and lake fishermen--Cate always manages to make ends meet with the help of the local jack-of-all-trades, Calvin Harris, who can handle everything from carpentry to plumbing....
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