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Paul Janson novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Ex-covert-ops soldier Paul Janson and his sharpshooting partner, Jessica Kincaid, set out to rescue the wife of an oil executive who has been kidnapped by Somali pirates.
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Jacob discovers clues to a mystery and stumbles upon Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. However the mystery is deeper than he had thought, as he gets to know the residents and learn about their special powers. Jacob discovers that only his own special peculiarity can save his new friends.
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Series
Scot Harvath thrillers volume 12
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
When a string of high-profile kidnappings in Washington, D.C., escalate upon the discovery that the victims are being murdered, an eventual ransom demand triggers terror throughout the country and covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is summoned to put an end to the crisis.
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When armed thugs crash into the house and take them away to a cabin in the woods, babysitter Amy realizes she and little Kendra have become pawns in a dangerous ransom plot and so must find a way for the two of them to escape safely before their captors make their next move.
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Series
Pocket Pirates volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Description
In the junk shop at the end of the street is a dusty old ship in a bottle. And when the world isn't watching, a tiny pirate crew come out of the ship to explore. They aren't much bigger than a matchstick, but they have a HUGE appetite for adventure ... When the skirting-board mice kidnap Jones, the ship's cat, and ransom him for cheese, the Pocket Pirates spring into action. But to get the cheese, they must venture to the freezing cold place where...
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Cotton Malone novels volume 6
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
x, 436 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Description
Former government operative Cotton Malone teams with old heartthrob Cassiopeia Vitt on a dangerous mission to retrieve a priceless Chinese lamp from the third century B.C.E.
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Publisher
Park Row
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Jade and Cam Lasky are by all accounts a happily married couple with two adorable kids, a spacious home and a rapidly growing restaurant business. But their world is tipped upside down when Jade is confronted by a masked home invader. As Cam scrambles to gather the ransom money, Jade starts to wonder if they're as financially secure as their lifestyle suggests, and what other secrets her husband is keeping from her. Cam may be a good father, a celebrity...
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Stephanie Plum mysteries volume 29
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Monday mornings aren’t supposed to be fun, but they should be predictable. However, on this particular Monday, Stephanie Plum knows that something is amiss when she turns up for work at Vinnie’s Bail Bonds to find that longtime office manager Connie Rosolli, who is as reliable as the tides in Atlantic City, hasn’t shown up. Stephanie’s worst fears are confirmed when she gets a call from Connie’s abductor. He says he will only release her...
11) The entitled
Publisher
[Distributed by] Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan, plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family, extort a fortune from three wealthy men. The plan: to abduct their socialite children and collect a healthy ransom of $3-million dollars. Once blood is shed and things go horribly wrong, Paul must fight to stay one step ahead of his own twisted game.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two masked men seize Alice Creed (Gemma Arterton), the daughter of a millionaire, and take her to an abandoned, soundproofed apartment where they bind and gag her. The coldly efficient kidnapper (Eddie Marsan) and his accomplice (Martin Compston) worked out a meticulous plan, but Alice is not going to play the perfect victim or go down without a fight.
13) A grave matter
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Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
"Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her dear friend, Lady Kiera Darby is in need of a safe haven. Returning to her childhood home, Kiera hopes her beloved brother, Trevor, and the merriment of the Hogmanay Ball will distract her. But when a caretakeris murdered and a grave is disturbed at nearby Dryburgh Abbey, Kiera is once more thrust into the cold grasp of death. While Kiera knows that aiding in another inquiry will only further tarnish her...
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