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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
How do police use motive to track down kidnappers? What happens when kidnappings go wrong? Get the answers with historical examples including the Black September kidnapping of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and recent cases that illustrate how today's technology is helping thwart infant abductions.
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Language
English
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"New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's next blockbuster thriller"--
""Gabriela McKenzie's daughter has been kidnapped. In exchange for her safe return, her abductors demand two things: $400,000 in cash, and a document known only as the October List."--
Author
Series
Rogues redeemed volume 3
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Hawkins, the disgraced son of a proud naval dynasty, embarks on a dangerous mission in hostile waters to rescue Lady Aurora Lawrence, the kidnapped daughter of an earl, and her cousin, from life as harem slaves.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Prince Telmund has been cursed to transform into a new animal every time he falls asleep and Princess Amelia has been kidnapped by the dangerous Prince Sheridan; if either of them want a happy ending they will have to work together.
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Language
English
Description
"When an evangelical preacher in Tennessee offers shelter to two gay men after a catastrophic flood, he's met with resistance by his wife and congregation, and eventually loses custody of his son. He decides to kidnap his son and flee to Key West, where he suspects his estranged gay brother is living"--
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English
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Lou never believed in superstitions or magic-until her teenage aunt Neela is kidnapped to the goblin market. Determined to save Neela, Lou learns songs and spells and tricks that will help her navigate this dangerous world and slip past a goblin's defenses-but she only has three days to find Neela before the market disappears and her aunt becomes one of them forever.
Author
Series
A pinch of magic volume 2
Language
English
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Description
When their sister Charlie is kidnapped by poachers, Betty, Fliss, and their newfound friend Willow embark on a high seas adventure involving ghosts, fierce pirates and a journey to a mythic island that only exists in legend.
11) Bone Gap
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Language
English
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Description
Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.
12) Mirage
Author
Series
Mirage (Daud) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
After being kidnapped by the Vathek, Amani is forced to work as a body double for the princess who is hated by her conquered people.
13) Chickadee
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Series
Birchbark house volume 4
Language
English
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Description
In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
14) Catfish Charlie
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A once famous Texas Ranger who left for a peaceful retirement is lured back in the saddle.
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Series
Traitor's game volume 1
Language
English
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Description
After three years in exile Kestra Dallisor has been summoned back to Antora by her father, right-hand man of the seemingly immortal king, Lord Endrick, but she is intercepted and kidnapped by the Coracks who want to use her to get the Olden Blade, which they believe can be used to kill the despot--Simon, one of the rebels with his own grudge against the Dallisors, is assigned to accompany her, but Kestra has her own plans and she does not intend to...
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Series
Spy school volume 11
Language
English
Description
Superspy middle schoolers Ben and Erica must embark on mission to rescue Erica's grandfather, who was abducted from a remote Alaskan training facility.
18) Out of the fire
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English
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Description
"It wasn't the kidnapping that ruined Cass Adams's life. It was the letters that came after. The pink envelopes that appear in her car, her locker, her bedroom. Notes from the man she escaped, telling her that he's always there, always watching. The police say there's nothing they can do, and Cass resigns herself to live in fear until she reconnects with three old friends-three girls ready to exact vengeance on those who wronged them".
19) Afterward
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Language
English
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Description
When eleven-year-old Dylan Anderson is kidnapped, his subsequent rescue leads to the discovery of Ethan Jorgensen, who had disappeared four years earlier, and now Dylan's sister Caroline befriends Ethan and wants to learn the truth about her autistic brother's captivity.
20) Cryptid kids
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2023-]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Before she moves away to a new city, Penny wants to prove that she was truly saved from drowning by the Bawk-ness Monster but instead must rescue kidnapped cryptids from an evil collector along with Luc and K"-- Provided by publisher.
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