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81) The hollow men
Author
Series
Dr. Harry Kent novels volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Immersing himself in his work as a surgeon for the London Metropolitan Police to ward off memories of his time as an army medic, Dr. Harry Kent is sent to treat a mentally ill teen who has taken hostages in a fast-food restaurant. When Solomon's life is put in danger again at a critical care ward, it becomes clear he knows something people will kill to protect. Determined to uncover the secret that drove the boy to such desperate action, Harry soon...
82) Bad signs
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
1960s. 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...
83) Hostage queen
Author
Series
French historical volume 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
260 pages : geneological tables ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Marguerite de Valois, the most beautiful woman in the French Court, is the subject of great intrigue. She loves Henri of Guise, but is married off to Henry of Navarre, which--her mother hopes--will bring peace to the realm. But, within days, the streets of Paris are awash with blood, and Marguerite and her new husband are held hostage by her own family. Can they ever hope to escape alive? In a court rife with murder, jealousy and the hunger for power,...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Thurlow Dan is the founder of the Helix, a cult that promises to cure loneliness. With its communes and speed-dating, mixers and confession sessions, the Helix has become a national phenomenon, and attracted the attention of governments worldwide. But Thurlow, camped out in his Cincinnati headquarters, is lonely, for his ex-wife, Esme, and their daughter, whom he hasn't seen in ten years. Esme is a covert agent who has spent her life spying on Thurlow,...
85) Gente ansiosa
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"Visitar un apartamento en venta no es una situación de vida o muerte. A menos que sea la víspera de Nochevieja, vivas en una pequeña ciudad en Suecia y alguien haya tenido la peor idea de su vida y decidido atracar un banco que no maneja efectivo. Entonces, sí lo es. Porque, cuando alguien es así de idiota, es inevitable que no sepa cómo huir y termine en un apartamento en venta tomando rehenes sin querer. Pero puedes confiar en la policía....
86) Power game
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When members of a United Nations joint security force are taken hostage by radical terrorists in Indonesia, Captain Ezekiel Fortunes is called to lead the rescue team. Part of a classified government experiment, Zeke is a supersoldier with enhanced abilities. He can see better and run faster than the enemy, disappear when necessary and hunt along any terrain. There are those in the world willing to do anything for power like that... A formidable...
87) Dark deeds
Author
Series
Keiko novels volume 3
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Saga Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 323 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the riotous civil war in Dark Sky, the crew of the Keiko decides to go on vacation at an illegal gambling port for a little fun. What they don't realize is that the casinos are run by an ex-client who didn't get his shipment due to the war. The mob boss decides to take Tamara Rouke, the Keiko's second-in-command, and hold her hostage until the crew raises enough money to pay him back for the lost shipment. If they don't pay up in time, Rouke...
Author
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Alain Delambre is a 57-year-old former HR executive drained by four years of hopeless unemployment. All he is offered are small, demoralizing jobs. He has reached his very lowest and can see no way out. So when a major company finally invites him to an interview, Alain Delambre is ready to do anything, borrow money, shame his wife and his daughters, and even participate in the ultimate recruitment test: a role-playing game that involves hostage-taking....
Author
Series
Paul Janson novels volume 3
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
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.
90) No easy target
Author
Language
English
Description
As a volunteer at the San Diego Zoo in California, Margaret has been making good use of her psychic ability to communicate with animals such as Zaran, a stubborn tigress who refuses to accept her cub. Late one night, just as she shuts Zaran's cage, Margaret feels a gun in her back. John Lassiter, a former CIA operative, is prepared to use force to ensure that she joins him on a mission to rescue his mentor, CIA agent Sean Patrick. Patrick has been...
91) Black scorpion: the Tyrant reborn : a novel of Fabrizio Boccardi's bestselling character the Tyrant
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
444 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A new enemy has surfaced in Eastern Europe in the form of an all-powerful organization called Black Scorpion. Once a victim of human trafficking himself, the shadowy group's crazed leader, Vladimir Dracu, has become the mastermind behind the scourge's infestation on a global scale. And now he's set his sights on Michael Tiranno for reasons birthed in a painful secret past that have scarred both men. [...] Black Scorpion has also taken the woman Michael...
Author
Series
Publisher
Midnight Ink
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Lissa Rogers and Kendra Kozak set out on a summer adventure, the two teenagers arrive at Terrebonne Key, an island in the Louisiana bayou rumored to be the location of a legendary treasure. But they aren't alone on the island. Now dangerous fugitives are holding them hostage, and the girls' only hope for survival is investigator Del Shannon. When Del learns that Lissa is the granddaughter of her former mentor, Louise Lassiter, she decides to...
Author
Series
First mountain man series volume 21
Publisher
Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On the rolling Missouri River a riverboat of fur traders, a U.S. Senator and Prussian royalty are all heading to the Yellowstone from St. Louis. Preacher's onboard because the nation's fate depends on the passengers landing safe and sound. But it won't be easy. Two beautiful women make a play for Preacher. So does a killer. So does a band of river pirates. No sooner does Preacher beat back these threats than the riverboat lands in the middle of a...
94) House of glass
Author
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Jen Glass has worked hard to achieve the ideal life: a successful career, a beautiful home in an affluent suburb of Minneapolis, a seemingly perfect family. But inside the Glass house, everything is spinning out of Jen's control. Her marriage to her husband, Ted, is on the brink of collapse; her fifteen-year-old daughter grows more distant each day; and her five-year-old son barely speaks a word. Jen is on the verge of breaking, but nothing could...
Author
Series
Jason Bourne series volume 13
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of Russian General Boris Karpov's wedding, Jason Bourne receives an enigmatic message from his old friend and fellow spymaster. In Moscow, what should be a joyous occasion turns bloody and lethal. Now Bourne is the only one who can decipher Karpov's cryptogram. He discovers that Karpov was willing to betray his Sovereign to warn Bourne of a crippling disaster about to be visited on the world. Bourne has only four days to discover the nature...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, D.C. power broker, and she is a physician with a thriving practice. But behind the gilded facade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream of theirs--a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know, the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead. Half a world...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous Chinese pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look for the missing vessel. Discovering that the sinking of the ship is just part of an intricate web of deception, they find themselves in the middle of a cyber-war between rival groups of hackers,...
99) The risen empire
Author
Series
Succession volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
100) Unfaded glory
Author
Series
Home to Glory volume 2
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 CDs (9 hours, 30 minutes) : digital audio ; 12 cm.
Language
English
Description
Byron Hawkins doesn't want to be responsible for anyone ever again. The former Black Ops soldier is better at taking lives than saving them. But on a mission in Tunisia to deliver a package to safety, Byron is dismayed to find that the precious cargo is actually a hostage rescue, and that his orders are to take Damara Petrakis back to US soil and hide her in plain sight--as his newlywed wife.
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