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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.
2) Lethal
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After Honor Gillette is visited by Lee Coburn, a suspected murderer seeking a valuable object that Honor's late husband left behind, they find themselves running from the FBI and untangling a web of corruption and depravity.
3) Cathedral
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English
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Irish patriots seize St. Patrick's Cathedral during the famous St. Patrick's Day Parade, and while millions are watching, take four key hostages.
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Saint Squad novels volume 1
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English
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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.
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Pub. Date
2006
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English
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For breathless action, gripping suspense, and intense romance, bestselling author Linda Howard never misses a beat—and her thrilling new novel will have your heart racing.
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...
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...
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Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down . . . That simple rhyme turns negotiator Claire Michaels' current hostage situation into an international incident. Claire just wants to help get everyone out safely, but as the crisis escalates she realizes she's dealing with an al-Qaeda operative who has the means to become another bin Laden---with the potential to attack America.
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In this action-packed Hank Fallon western, the falsely imprisoned lawman finds himself holding the keys to one of America s most dangerous penitentiaries . . . Johnstone Country. Don t Be a Stranger. HE S ALWAYS ON HIS GUARD As both a prisoner and an undercover operative, U.S. Marshal Hank Fallon has faced down some of the most vicious, terrifying, cold-blooded thieves and murderers in the West. Now, Hank is finally free and he s got no intention...
8) Bad signs
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Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Orphaned by an act of senseless violence that took their mother from them, half-brothers Clarence Luckman and Elliott Danziger have been raised in state institutions, unaware of any world beyond its walls. But their lives take a sudden turn when they are seized as hostages by a convicted killer en route to death row. Earl Sheridan is a psychopath of the worst kind, and as he and his two hostages set off on a frenetic path through California...
9) Wolf
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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After a vagrant finds a dog wandering alone carrying a scrap of paper with the words "HELP US" attached to its collar, Caffery races against time to find the dog's owners, while a wealthy local family, held hostage in their remote home, fight for their lives.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked,...
11) Tiger house
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After injured gymnast Kelly sneaks a visit into her boyfriend's house, the house is attacked by armed robbers, who don't see Kelly. Kelly decides to take on the robbers herself as they hold her boyfriend and his mother hostage to convince the family patriarch to aid them in a bank scam to protect his family. A savage game of cat and mouse ensues between Kelly and the intruders.
12) Black November
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A volatile, ravaged community wages war against a corrupt government to protect their land from being destroyed by excessive oil drilling and spills. To seek justice a rebel organization kidnaps an American oil executive and demands that his corporation end the destruction. Tensions quickly rise that turn a hostage situation into an all out explosive attack.
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"The lights are on at the Singleton vacation home on Lopez Island, Washington, illuminating the horror within. Scott Singleton, former NFL star turned television evangelist, lies dead. The bodies of his wife and four of their five children are found on the second floor, bound, gagged, and stabbed repeatedly. The oldest daughter was shot downstairs. And the police's main suspect--the property caretaker--has disappeared. In her secluded vineyard home...
14) A dangerous man
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
After serving six years for a murder he didn't commit, ex-Special Forces operative Shane Daniels gets released from prison. Back on the street, he wields a devastating combination of street-fighting smarts and martial arts skills when he suddenly finds himself in a deadly showdown with international drug merchants and the local corrupt cops. They're about to discover just how dangerous one man can be when they stand between him and his newfound freedom....
15) Cherry Tree Lane
Publisher
Limelight
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A couple is terrorized by a gang who is hunting their son.
16) Lockdown
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this white-knuckle action-thriller, hell on earth erupts as three sadistic criminals take over a precinct and hold the police force hostage. Promising to kill one cop every hour, the three shooters, a rapist, a serial killer, and their psychotic leader, play sadistic games with the terrified cops and a high-strung prostitute. Meanwhile, an FBI agent is racing to rescue the officers, but as time runs out, the hostages may have to fight to save their...
17) Danger's race
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Series
Holly Danger novel volume 3
Publisher
Amanda Carlson, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Time is running out ... After defeating the uprising, and becoming infected with a dose of Plush, Holly is in a race to help a seeker before it's too late. Going South is the only option. But getting there is going to prove difficult, which is why Lockland has entrusted Daze with a secret weapon. A pulse storm, overzealous militia, and uncooperative siblings are only a few of the obstacles standing in their way. Once they arrive on the coast, the...
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Amy Cornwall novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Intelligence officer Amy Cornwall knows too much, way too much. In her career as an Army intelligence officer, Amy Cornwall has seen haunting sights half a world away. None compare to the chilling scene at her Virginia home. It is empty. A phone rings with a terrifying ultimatum: locate and liberate an unnamed captive in forty-eight hours, or her kidnapped husband and ten-year-old daughter are dead. Now, and in open defiance of Army Command, Amy must...
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Series
Michael Bennett mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
Description
Alex Cross has Washington, D. C. The Women's Murder Club has San Francisco. Detective Michael Bennett has all of New York City, chaos capital of the world.
The son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. But this kidnapper isn't demanding money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the price others pay for his life of luxury . . . and wrong answers are fatal.
Detective Michael Bennett heads...
The son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. But this kidnapper isn't demanding money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the price others pay for his life of luxury . . . and wrong answers are fatal.
Detective Michael Bennett heads...
20) Die trying
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English
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Former military policeman Jack Reacher is abducted on the streets of a Chicago suburb, along with a woman and a dentist, by two mysterious men.
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