Kidnapping Thriller

Luke's week in the mountains goes from pleasure to business in an instant when he is called upon to help find two teenage boys–one the son of a multi-millionaire Starbucks VIP–who have been abducted at gunpoint during a wilderness survival school expedition. Their captors and the foreigners calling the shots behind the scenes are desperate for their ransom money and willing to do almost anything to get it.

When two teenage girls vanish without a trace from an educational retreat at Chidlow House in Lincolnshire, the students and teachers are put on high alert. Called in to investigate, Detective Karen Hart questions everyone who came into contact with the two girls, Cressida and Natasha, in the days leading up to their disappearance. Stories of Chidlow House being haunted abound, but Hart - still coming to terms with the suspicious circumstances surrounding the tragic loss of her own family - knows that while the house might be otherworldly, the crime is grimly real.

On a deserted road in Calabria, Greek aid worker Anastasia Cristakos is driving alone to visit one of the new refugee centers funded by billionaire Denis Hisami, whom she has recently married. She slows down to greet two African migrants she recognizes. Too late she realizes they are not her friends. This is an ambush. She manages a desperate phone call to Hisami before her Mafia kidnappers silence her with a powerful drug. Hours later she wakes up in the pitch dark on a container ship, powering eastward across the Mediterranean.

When a young woman goes missing from Jesus College, Oxford, DS Josie Masters is plunged into a world of panic as fear grips the city. Along with Thames Valley Police’s newest recruit, the handsome DS Pryce, Josie must act fast - and when two more students disappear from Oriel and Somerville colleges, she realises the killer is sending her a deadly message in a cruel game of cat and mouse. This time, the case is personal - but who is the perpetrator?

Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he’s an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute—unless she does as he says.

Three months after Detectives Jim North and Kerry Martin failed to recover a missing child, they struggle to come to terms with the child’s death. Since then, twelve more children have been abducted, and the man responsible is still at large. With the abductor taunting the detectives with mysterious texts, they have pushed themselves to the brink, and their obsession of bringing the kidnapper to justice could cost them everything.

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?

Gefangen im Schneesturm: Vier Fremde - ein Verbrechen. Wem kannst du trauen? In den Bergen von Colorado gerät die junge Darby Thorne in einen Schneesturm und sucht Zuflucht in einem Motel. Dort trifft sie auf eine Gruppe von Schutzsuchenden. Darby scheint in Sicherheit zu sein. Doch auf dem Parkplatz macht sie eine schreckliche Entdeckung: Im Fond eines Vans sieht sie ein gefesseltes Mädchen. Wie Eiswasser schießt die Erkenntnis durch Darby: Der brutale Täter muss unter den Anwesenden sein. Aber es gibt keine Verbindung nach außen, keine Fluchtmöglichkeit.

Vom Ende zum Anfang – die außergewöhnlich erzählte Thriller-Serie um Hulda Hermannsdóttir. Wie die Geschichte um Kommissarin Hulda beginnt ... Island, November 1980: Die junge, unerschrockene Polizistin Hulda Hermannsdóttir erhält eines Abends einen Anruf von ihrem Vorgesetzten. In einer abgelegenen Jagdhütte im Norden des Landes wurde ein Teddybär gefunden – möglichweise ein Hinweis auf einen seit langer Zeit ungelösten Fall eines vermissten Kindes. Hulda macht sich sofort auf den Weg in das abgelegene und dünn besiedelten Tal.

When a mysterious note arrives for six months pregnant Dr Eliana Hughes, she begins to doubt every aspect of her life - from her mixed feelings about motherhood to her marriage to Martin, who has become distant in recent months. As the person behind the note escalates their campaign to out Eli’s husband as a cheat, she finds herself unable to trust even her own instincts, and as pressure builds, she makes a mistake that jeopardises her entire future. Elsewhere, someone is watching.

Moskau 1956: Den ehemaligen MGB-Offizier Leo Demidow holt die Vergangenheit ein. Eine seiner Adoptivtöchter wird gekidnappt...

Jiang Ying Yue assumed her kidnapping was random, that she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. After all, who would want to harm her? But then her rescuer - a charismatic former soldier who takes her breath away - uncovers a traitor in her father's organization. Now, Ying Yue realizes that she's become a pawn in a dangerous game, and her kidnapper won't be satisfied until she disappears for good. Zu Anyanwu's work with Search and Protect and his canine partner Buck have always been his first priority...until he's tasked with keeping Ying Yue safe.

Trapped, chained and abused for months in her dismal underground cell at the age of 12 and then 13, courageous Abby hides a note identifying her kidnapper. She prays for a miracle — but despairs her fate is sealed. “If I don't live through this,” says her tear-stained plea, “I would like my body to be cremated and the ashes poured all over my house. PS: If you find me dead, my killer is . . . He kidnapped me on the morning of March 10, 1976. I also died, if so, after my 13th birthday.”

Cleary, North Carolina, is a sleepy mountain town, the kind of place where criminal activity is usually limited to parking violations. Not so, lately. Four women have disappeared from Cleary over the past two years. And there's always a blue ribbon left near the spot where each of the women was last seen. There are no bodies, no other clues, and no suspicion as to who their abductor might be. And now, another woman has disappeared without a trace.

Best-selling mystery/thriller author Roger Hayden brings you the complete collection of the highly-rated Abducted series. That's two complete book series totaling six novels!

Ein Mädchen verschwindet - und niemand hat etwas gesehen. Daisy, die achtjährige Tochter der Masons, verschwindet bei einer Party spurlos vom Grundstück der Eltern. Sofort beginnt die Polizei mit den Ermittlungen. Partygäste, Nachbarn, Mitschülerinnen - jeder scheint verdächtig, aber nirgends findet sich eine Spur des Mädchens. Detective Inspector Adam Fawley gerät in ein Netz aus Widersprüchen und Beschuldigungen, doch das Mädchen bleibt verschwunden. Erst als er weiter zurückgeht in die Vergangenheit der Familie, scheint sich ein düsteres Geheimnis zu offenbaren.

Osiem lat pod dachem psychopaty to piekło, z którym porwana przez niezrównoważonego mężczyznę Monika musi się zmierzyć zupełnie sama. Gdzieś ktoś jej szuka, ktoś rozpaczliwie za nią tęskni, ale ona przepadła. Poniżana psychicznie i fizycznie, bezlitośnie odarta z godności i zdegradowana do roli zabawki w rękach zwyrodnialca, kobieta rozpaczliwie walczy o przetrwanie. Tu, gdzie utknęła, nie ma jednak żadnych reguł. Ten, który ją przetrzymuje, jest nieprzewidywalny. Każdy dzień jest walką, każda noc może się okazać ostatnią. Dziewczyna zostaje cudem uwolniona z rąk szaleńca.

When a child disappears from a winter hiking trip in the woods, the local police believe the child wandered off and got lost. Extensive search parties return from the woods empty-handed. The child has vanished into thin air. No footprints in the snow. Nothing.

Захвачена заложница. Похитителю передают крупный выкуп. Полицейские уверены, что ситуация под контролем, но в результате штурма заложница и преступник погибают. А деньги таинственным образом исчезают.И это только начало проблем следователя Петелиной. Возможно, ей противостоит кто-то из своих.

Wie weit würdest du gehen, um dein Kind zu retten? Die achtjährige Tochter der TV-Journalistin Kim Jansen verschwindet spurlos. Wenig später meldet sich der Entführer und fordert: Entweder Kim gesteht öffentlich die Taten ihrer Vergangenheit, oder er tötet ihre Tochter Lilly. Für Kim beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Sie muss den Erpresser finden und Lilly befreien - bevor die Polizei es tut. Denn die Wahrheit darf niemals ans Licht kommen ... Ein rasanter und packender Thriller, der den Atem stocken lässt. Nach Kalte Erinnerung der neue hochspannende Psychothriller von Patricia Walter.