Kidnapping Mystery

MARCIE SYGIT WALI SIĘ ŚWIAT, KIEDY JEJ NIEPEŁNOSPRAWNY SYN ZOSTAJE UPROWADZONY. OKAZUJE SIĘ, ŻE PIOTREK NIE JEST JEDYNY, A PORYWACZ DZIAŁA JUŻ OD ROKU. Zniechęcona brakiem postępów w śledztwie samotna matka znajduje nieoczekiwanie sprzymierzeńca w osobie Marka Bielawskiego, lokalnego przedsiębiorcy i ojca jednego z porwanych chłopców. Upór i determinacja prowadzą tę dwójkę tropem uprowadzonych niknącym we mgle domysłów i hipotez.

Eleven-year-old Smiley was taken. He lived at the mission school where he was reconditioned. Smiley will tell you his story, how he lived and how he died. Francis Malachi Pratt, the mission school superintendent, had a deviant hunger.

Alex gets a call no parent should ever receive. A dagger to her heart. But she can't afford to stop. Forced to carry out the wishes of the captors, Alex is threatened at every turn. It defiles her, but she'll do anything to get her daughter back. Will it work?

Mit dem Muttersein sind zwei Gefühle untrennbar verbunden: die bedingungslose Liebe zu einem Kind und die Angst, es zu verlieren. Isabel liebt ihre sechs Monate alte Tochter Leonie abgöttisch. So sehr, dass alles andere unwichtig wird. Als Leonie am helllichten Tag spurlos verschwindet, wächst Isabels Angst um sie ins Unermessliche. Auf der Suche nach ihrer Tochter offenbart sich ihr eine Wahrheit, von der sie lieber nichts gewusst hätte. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt.

Mandy Rose...vulnerable, scared, clearly in big trouble. No match for the men who would do her harm. All her money and status don’t matter in dark and dangerous New Orleans. Yet here she is...and all alone.

Former Pathfinder and Tracker (PFT), Brad Kelso, spends most of his time these days building decks and fences or remodeling bathrooms. In fact, until recently it had been ten years since his last undercover assignment. But when eighteen-year-old Madison Palmer, the current Miss Kodiak, is kidnapped for ransom, the government agency he used to work for, along with his former handler, Chris, convince him to return to Alaska for one last assignment.

In 1988, Sloan Hadfield's brother Ridge went fishing with their father and never came home. Their father was arrested and charged with murder. Ridge's body was never recovered, and Sloan's mother slowly descended into madness, insisting her son was still alive. Now, twenty years later, Sloan's life is unraveling. In the middle of a bitter divorce, she's forced to return to her rural Texas hometown when her mother is discharged from a mental health facility. Overwhelmed by memories and unanswered questions, Sloan returns to the last place her brother was seen all those years ago.

In einer verschneiten Winternacht verschwindet an der schwedischen Schärenküste ein vierjähriges Mädchen spurlos aus dem Ferienhaus ihrer Familie. Die Eltern der kleinen Ellie Svensson sind außer sich vor Sorge, Polizei und Einwohner des Ortes organisieren sofort die Suche. Auch für Kommissarin Sofia Hjortén wird der Fall zur emotionalen Zerreißprobe, ist sie doch selbst hochschwanger. Kurz darauf verschwindet ein weiteres Mitglied der Familie Svensson. Während der nordische Winter unbarmherzig tobt, ermittelt Sofia fieberhaft und stößt auf eine düstere Wahrheit.

Rhianna Chow has been abducted, snatched from the street in front of her home, and in this second Little Compton Mystery, cleaner Liz Thorne, and accountant Tom Large team up once again to help find her. As they dig deeper into Rhianna’s life, they discover a maze of secrets and betrayals that threaten to muddy the waters, and obscure who is really responsible for Rhianna’s abduction.

Forensic psychologist Saskia Monet finds herself caught up in a chilling mystery when Detective Inspector Winter Labey of the Jersey police calls upon her expertise in a case that’s spiraling out of control. Three little girls have vanished without a trace, and each disappearance has been marked by a wooden flute left at the scene, a chilling signature of the kidnapper known as the Pied Piper.

When nightmares become reality, how do you find the strength to keep hope alive? When eleven-year-old Danny Stone is kidnapped on his way home from school, panic grips his parents, Martha and Richard. As authorities scramble to find answers, their home in Bristol becomes a battleground of suspicion - until a ransom demand arrives, leaving Martha ready to pay any price. But as Richard hesitates, secrets begin to unravel and Martha fights to untangle her husband's web of deception while the fate of their son hangs by a thread.

The early morning hours bring ill news for Detectives Jim North and Kerry Martin. As they learn of two dead parents and a missing child, their search leads them on a winding journey of deceit, lies, and betrayal because the only person more evil than a kidnapper are the people who let it happen.

For eleven-year-old Esme, ballet is everything - until her four-year-old sister, Lily, vanishes without a trace and nothing is certain anymore. People Esme has known her whole life suddenly become suspects, each new one hitting closer to home than the last. Unable to cope, Esme escapes the nightmare that is her new reality when she receives an invitation to join an elite ballet academy in San Francisco. Desperate to leave behind her chaotic, broken family and the mystery surrounding Lily’s disappearance, Esme accepts.

When a baby is kidnapped in broad daylight with no witnesses, an otherwise sleepy suburb is rocked by scandal and ten-year-old Flora Lanyon is terrified. Decades later, Flora takes a job as a live-in carer for elderly couple, Agnes and Abraham, moving into the decrepit watermill where they live. As strange and unexplainable occurrences start to happen, Flora grows increasingly suspicious. What dark secrets are hiding in the house? Is Flora safe there? And can she unearth the truth before the past catches up with the present?

PR guru Lola Lovett’s client has gone missing, but that’s not the problem. It’s the fact that he’s meant to be at home. Already dead. But Lola hasn’t come this far in life to let an inconvenience like an undead actor stop her from getting what she wants, so she immediately sets about getting close to the investigation into his disappearance…and DCI Sue Fisher.

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.

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.

Nobody in Barbara Marsden’s family knows about her past, least of all her daughter Helen. But someone wants the truth to come out. When Helen discovers a sinister note at Barbara’s house, she can’t understand who would want to threaten her mother. She’s determined to find out who sent it, but soon realises her search might hurt her own family and put Barbara at risk… What really happened all those years ago? And who is going to end up paying the price?

Early on a cold Somerset morning, ten year old Alesha Daniels is reported missing by her father, a violent alcoholic. Her mother, a known drug addict, is found unconscious, but it’s her mother’s boyfriend the police are keen to trace. As the hunt for Alesha gathers pace, a second local girl is taken, plunging another family into the depths of despair.

Vibra in questo romanzo una suspense quasi da libro giallo. Il rapporto tra due donne, Sara e Hannane, riunite senza loro volontà da avvenimenti che vengono da lontano. Sara è vittima di un rapimento e Hannane ne diviene la "sorvegliante". Ma si tratta proprio di un rapimento? E qual è il reale ruolo di Hannane nell'evento? L'autrice sembra suggerire che nel DNA della persona esista un richiamo alle sue radici, anche se mai conosciute. È una tesi ardita ma non priva di realismo, nello stesso tempo costruita in maniera credibile e coinvolgente.