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Author
Series
Troubleshooters volume 9
Pub. Date
c2005
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Description
When Gina Vitagliano, the young woman he had rescued during a terrorist hijacking, is kidnapped once again Max Bhagat races against time in a desperate gamble to save the woman he loves.
3) Takeover
Author
Series
Theresa MacLean novels volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
What initially appears to be a bank heist turns into something far more complex and deadly. When forensic scientist Theresa MacLean seizes the opportunity to trade places with the city's best hostage negotiator, she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice in order to save the lives of innocent people as well as her own.
4) Seizure
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Series
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Description
Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Christie could do without the side show of dealing with Felix Deakin, a convicted drug dealer with evidence in the upcoming murder trial of a gangland lord. When Deakin escapes from custody, Christie finds himself in charge of a manhunt-- with a boy's life hanging in the balance.
5) Hostage
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 18 cm
Description
Former LAPD SWAT unit hostage negotiator Jeff Talley is thrown back into the high-pressure world he's tried to leave behind when a family is taken hostage in their Los Angeles home by three fleeing robbers. But Talley's nightmare just begins because the house holds the dirty secrets of the city's biggest crime lord. And those inside aren't the only ones held hostage.
Author
Publisher
Entangled Select Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"When Gabe Bristow's prestigious Navy Seal career comes to a crashing halt, he's left with a bum leg and few prospects for employment that don't include a desk. That is, until he's offered the chance to command a private hostage rescue team and free a wealthy American businessman from Colombian paramilitary rebels. It seems like a good deal--until he meets his new team"--Page [4] of cover.
7) Hunted
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"Twas the night before Christmas, and dozens of rich, influential hostages are trapped inside a sprawling lakefront mansion in New Orleans. The perp? Detective Reed Ware, model cop turned outlaw. After receiving a panicked call from Hollis "Holly" Bayard, a teenage street tough with a penchant for amateur sleuthing who stumbles upon the scene of a drug-deal-turned- murder, Ware finds his and his friend's lives in dire danger. The crime Holly witnessed...
8) Dead line
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"If you're a security expert, what do you do if your fiancée suddenly goes missing, presumably kidnapped? If you're Daniel Trent, a highly trained specialist in hostage negotiation, the answer is simple: you find out who took her and you make them talk. But what if your chief suspect is taken as well? How do you get him back quickly--and alive--so you can find out what really happened to your fiancé"--
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 19
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2012
Formats
Description
It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross is called away from his family to resolve a horrific hostage situation that is spiraling out of control.
10) Fire with fire
Author
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2023.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
A pair of desperate parents. A man on the run. A rookie cop. Four people with everything on the line. What will be left in the ashes of the next 24 hours? Following their daughter's mysterious disappearance, Ryan and Elsie Delaney have taken the LAPD forensic lab hostage, and have given law enforcement an ultimatum: Find their daughter, Tilly, or they will destroy all the evidence they can find to other cold cases. Detective Charlie Hoskins has been...
11) Standoff
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
6 CDs (6 hrs., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Forth Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she ditches her holiday to chase down the story that could make her career. But in a town called Rojo Flats, an innocuous stop at a convenience store thrusts her directly into the unfolding story -- and a dangerous crime drama. For inside the shop...
12) A spark of light
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"The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center--a women's reproductive health services clinic--its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with...
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