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Jack Reacher novels volume 2
Language
English
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When a mysterious woman is kidnapped by a politically motivated fringe group and taken to their compound, Jack Reacher must help her escape with her life--from the inside out...
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English
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The nude male body lay on the embalming table, battered beyond recognition. Gingerly, Summer McAfee, chairman, CEO, and sole employee of Daisy Fresh cleaning service, reached out to touch an arm to reassure herself that she hadn't just seen the corpse move. Suddenly, shockingly, her hand was in the viselike grip of a man very much alive and desperate enough to take her captive on a no-holds-barred run from cops, killers, and his own decidedly...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Young lawyer Michael Brock's investigation into the motives of a homeless gunman who was killed by police after taking Brock and eight of his fellow attorneys hostage, leads him to the discovery of a dirty little secret that changes the course of his life and career.
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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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Saint Squad novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Caught up in a hostage situation that is hauntingly familiar, Riley Palmetta once more finds her life hanging in the balance. What starts out as a well-organized and highly intensive training course for the prevention of random acts of terror quickly turns into a real-life nightmare of suspense and intrigue that will test the faith and finely honed skills of Tristan Crowther and his elite group of LDS Navy SEALS.
8) Burn
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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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When Jenner Redwine wins the lottery, she never imagined how much it would cost her. Luckily she finds an ally and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege in a shy, kind-hearted heiress who invites Jenner on a charity cruise. But what should have been a "Love Boat" cruise suddenly turns into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger, and Jenner finds herself taken hostage by a menacing stranger--a stranger that helps her rediscover feelings...
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Alex Morrow novels volume 1
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English
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Alex Morrow is not new to the police force--or to crime--but there is nothing familiar about the call she has just received. On a still night in a quiet suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, three armed men have slipped from a van into a house, demanding a man who is not, and has never been, inside the front door. In the confusion that ensues, one family member is shot and another kidnapped, the assailants demanding an impossible ransom. Is this the amateur...
10) Power play
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English
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An off-site corporate event gone disastrously wrong. The largest ransom in history. The price-tag: dead or alive. Now itś up to Jake Landry -- a modest, steady guy with a dark, hidden past -- to save them all...
11) Wolf
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Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Wolf kicks off when a vagrant — the Walking Man — finds a dog wandering alone with a scrap of paper with the words “HELP US” attached to its collar. He’s sure it’s a desperate plea from someone in trouble and calls on Detective Inspector Jack Caffery to investigate. Caffery is reluctant to get involved — until the Walking Man promises in exchange new information regarding the childhood disappearance of Caffery’s brother. Caffery has...
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For the visitors to Wilsonville, the largest theme park in the world, the day began with a smile. By the end, they wonder-will they be able to escape with their lives? Retired Delta Force operator, Master Sergeant Jonathan "Jad" Bell, is Wilsonville's lead undercover security officer. The threat begins with the announcement of a hidden dirty bomb, but quickly becomes something far, far worse. Trained since the age of seventeen to save innocent victims...
13) Lethal
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Pub. Date
2011
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English
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When her four year old daughter informs her a sick man is in their yard, Honor Gillette rushes out to help him. But that "sick" man turns out to be Lee Coburn, the man accused of murdering seven people the night before. Dangerous, desperate, and armed, he promises Honor that she and her daughter won't be hurt as long as she does everything he asks. She has no choice but to accept him at his word. But Honor soon discovers that even those close to her...
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English
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Four friends, recent college graduates, caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it's no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise -- quick, efficient, low risk -- works like a charm. Until they kidnap the wrong man. Now two groups they've very much wanted to avoid are after them -- the law, in the form of veteran state investigator Kirk Stevens and hotshot young FBI agent Carla Windermere,...
15) Gente ansiosa
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Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
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Michael Bennett mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. His parents can't save him, because this kidnapper isn't demanding money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the price others pay for his life of luxury. In this exam, wrong answers are fatal. Detective Michael Bennett leads the investigation. With ten kids of his own, he can't begin to understand what could lead someone to target anyone's children. As another...
17) Chasing midnight
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Doc Ford novels volume 19
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English
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It began peacefully enough, on one of Florida's private islands. At a reception hosted by a notorious Russian black marketeer, Doc Ford uses darkness, and his friend Tomlinson, as cover to get an underwater look at the billionaire's yacht. By the time Ford surfaces, everything has changed. Environmental extremists have taken control of the island. Or are they thugs hired by the Russian's competitors? Whatever the motive, they have herded everyone...
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Tom Clancy's Op-Center volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Calling themselves the "Keepers" and armed with stolen weapons, a group of maverick U.N. soldiers seizes control of the United Nations during a gala attended by the ambassadors of ten nations at which the daughter of Paul Hood, the recently retired head of Op-Center, is scheduled to perform.
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Lucy Kincaid volume 14
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
490 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lucy Kincaid is assigned to investigate the death of a mentally unstable man during a hostage situation who used to be an upstanding citizen, and whose story proves more complicated and dangerous than she initially imagines.
20) Gunmetal gray
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Series
Gray Man thrillers volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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After five years on the run, Court Gentry is back on the inside at the CIA. But his first mission makes him wish he had stayed on the outs when a pair of Chinese agents try to take him down in Hong Kong. Normally the Chinese prefer to stay eyes-only on foreign agents. So why are they on such high alert? Court's high stakes hunt for answers takes him across Southeast Asia and leads to his old friend Donald Fitzroy, who is being held hostage by the...
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