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Author
Series
Troubleshooters volume 9
Pub. Date
c2005
Formats
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.
4) Hunted
Author
Formats
Description
"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...
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) 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.
8) 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.
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) A spark of light
Author
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"The definitive account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome." On the morning of August 23, 1973, a man wearing a wig, makeup, and a pair of sunglasses walked into the main branch of Sveriges Kreditbank, a prominent bank in central Stockholm. He ripped out a submachine gun, fired it into the ceiling, and shouted, "The party starts!" This was the beginning of a six-day hostage crisis-and media circus-that would...
12) Dead line
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Description
"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"--
13) 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.
14) 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...
15) 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...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
320 pages
Description
"On July 7, 2016, hundreds of protesters gathered in Dallas after the shooting of two black men--Philando Castile and Alton Sterling--by white policemen. One hundred Dallas police officers stood guard. At around nine p.m., a gunman opened fire into the line of officers from behind. Five were killed and a dozen more injured. Senior Cpl. Larry Gordon, a black twenty-one year department veteran, managed to keep the shooter talking, in part by bonding...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD
Description
When inexperienced criminal Sonny Wortzik leads a bank robbery in Brooklyn, things quickly go wrong, and a hostage situation develops. As Sonny and his accomplice, Sal Naturile, try desperately to remain in control, a media circus develops and the FBI arrives, creating even more tension. Gradually, Sonny's surprising motivations behind the robbery are revealed, and his standoff with law enforcement moves toward its inevitable end.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009].
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal...
Series
Controversial classics volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.
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