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Kidnapped (Nightmare Hall #27)
by Diane HohFramed for a crime she didn't commit, Nora must prove her innocence For Nora Mulgrew, the days between the end of Salem University's summer session and the start of fall semester are the "dead time." The campus is deserted, and Nora is the only resident in eerie old Nightingale Hall, a ramshackle dorm whose dark past has earned it the nickname "Nightmare Hall." Nora hasn't heard any of those rumors, but her own nightmare is about to begin. An education major, Nora has spent the summer working at a day care where her favorite pupil is a darling child named Mindy. When Mindy goes missing, campus security suspects Nora. As she battles migraines and the suspicions of the police, Nora hunts the campus for the child. Someone has framed her for a terrible crime, and Nora must find out who it is before it's too late. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.
Kidnapped! (Sweet Valley High #13)
by Francine Pascal Kate WilliamA living nightmare ... Elizabeth Wakefield never imagined that her evening of volunteer work at Sweet Valley's hospital would turn into the most horrifying night of her life. But when a strong hand clamps a chloroformed rag over her mouth and she is pulled from her car, Elizabeth's hellish ordeal begins. When she regains consciousness, Elizabeth finds herself tied to a chair in an isolated shack. She has been kidnapped by Carl, a lonely and disturbed orderly from the hospital. Elizabeth doesn't know what Carl wants from her, but it's clear he's on the brink of insanity. Somehow Elizabeth must escape before it's too late!
Kidnapped (An Illustrated Classic)
by Robert Louis StevensonGet swept away by this exciting adventure from Scottish author Robert Louis StevensonOn the cusp of adulthood and having recently lost his parents, David Balfour is tricked by his uncle into boarding a ship bound for foreign shores. An unfortunate event forges his friendship with Alan Stewart, a Jacobite agent on a mission. Self-defense on the high seas turns to a murder charge on the mainland. Will David ever receive his rightful inheritance? Complete with full-color illustrations, this exciting volume in our Illustrated Classics series will be a welcome addition to any home library.
Kidnap Threat: An Uplifting Romantic Suspense
by Anne GalbraithWanted by a gang and the police… How long can they stay alive? Intruders breaking into Alice Benoit's home was no coincidence—she&’s a ruthless gang&’s best pawn to keep a witness from testifying. Now with a leak in his own police department, superintendent Ben Parsons must keep Alice safe. There's nowhere to go. No one to trust. And Alice and Ben have twenty-four hours to survive, before they lose everything they care about…including each other.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2 (Adventures on Trains #2)
by M. G. Leonard Sam SedgmanIn this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to the U.S. with his uncle to ride a famous train—the California Comet—and stumbles on a new mystery to solve, in M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman's Kidnap on the California Comet...After his adventure on the Highland Falcon, amateur sleuth Hal Beck is excited to embark on another journey with his journalist uncle. This time, they're set to ride the historic California Comet from Chicago to San Francisco.Hal mostly keeps to himself on the trip, feeling homesick and out of place in America. But he soon finds himself drawn into another mystery when the young daughter of a billionaire tech entrepreneur goes missing!Along with new friends—spunky 13-year-old Mason and his younger sister, Hadley—Hal races against the clock to find the missing girl before the California Comet reaches its final destination.
The Kidnap Murder Case: Philo Vance #10 (Philo Vance)
by S.S. Van DineWhen a playboy is abducted, the highly educated detective “reveals himself as a gun-fighter who can pump hot lead with the best of them” (The New York Times).Recently returned from a refreshing sojourn in Egypt and on his way out the door to enjoy a dog show, Philo Vance is stopped in his tracks by a visit from the New York district attorney. Notorious gambler and ne’er-do-well Kaspar Kenting has been kidnapped from his uptown home, and the culprits are demanding that the fifty-thousand-dollar ransom be left inside a hollow tree at midnight. But things don’t go well—and the sophisticated and aristocratic detective is about to pick up a pistol and get down in the muck with some very unpleasant characters in this witty, suspenseful Golden Age mystery classic.“Mr. Van Dine’s amateur detective is the most gentlemanly, and probably the most scholarly snooper in literature.” —Chicago Daily Tribune
Kidnap Kids
by Todd StrasserThe last thing most kids want to do is kidnap their own parents. But life has reached a crisis point for Steven and Benjy Marks. Their dad is always away on business, and ever since their mom began prosecuting a group of terrorists, the boys have been confined to their home with police protection. So where does that leave Steven and Benjy? Stuck in the house with a weird "nanny" named Dewey, whose idea of a good meal is Pop Tarts and Kool-Aid. The refrigerator's empty, their clothes aren't washed, and it's hard to get up for school when there's never a bedtime. It may sound like fun, but it wears thin after a while. That's when Steven and Benjy take matters into their own hands. On a weekend in the country, the boys take their parents by surprise with a plan that will assure them some quality family time. But the surprise is on Steven and Benjy, because there's a pair of terrorists outside their cabin and what they have in mind for the boys' mom is no joke!
Kidnap in the Caribbean: Book 2
by Lauren St JohnFrom Cornwall to the Caribbean, 11-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin comes face to face with pirates, sharks, criminal masterminds and an erupting volcano in her second mystery adventure, from award-winning author Lauren St John. Laura cannot contain her excitement when she wins a trip to the Caribbean for herself and her uncle, Calvin Redfern, especially when her best friend, Tariq, and her three-legged husky, Skye, accidentally find themselves on board too. But when they dock at Antigua, they discover that Calvin Redfern has vanished, and Laura and Tariq are about to be kidnapped by the fearsome Straight A gang. Dramatic escapes, an erupting volcano and a race against time to stop the deadly undercover 'Marine Concern' make Laura's second adventure every bit as exciting as the first.
Kidnap in the Caribbean: Book 2 (Laura Marlin Mysteries #2)
by Lauren St JohnFrom Cornwall to the Caribbean, 11-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin comes face to face with pirates, sharks, criminal masterminds and an erupting volcano in her second mystery adventure, from award-winning author Lauren St John. Laura cannot contain her excitement when she wins a trip to the Caribbean for herself and her uncle, Calvin Redfern, especially when her best friend, Tariq, and her three-legged husky, Skye, accidentally find themselves on board too. But when they dock at Antigua, they discover that Calvin Redfern has vanished, and Laura and Tariq are about to be kidnapped by the fearsome Straight A gang. Dramatic escapes, an erupting volcano and a race against time to stop the deadly undercover 'Marine Concern' make Laura's second adventure every bit as exciting as the first.
Kidnap at the Catfish Cafe (Adventures of Minnie and Max)
by Patricia Reilly Giff Lynne Avril CravathFrom the creator of the best-selling Kids of the Polk Street School series comes The Adventures of Minnie and Max, a new series about a spunky female detective and her trusty feline sidekick, Max. In Kidnap at the Catfish Café, Minnie's detective business is kind of slow--until one day a stray cat drops into her life, along with her first case. Soon Minnie is investigating a crime wave, and she's hot on the trail of a thief who would steal anything--even a cat!
Kidnap at Denton Farm (The Outfit)
by Robert SwindellsThe protests at Farmer Denton's new wind turbine take a terrifying turn when someone kidnaps Jillo. It's up to the Outfit to rescue Jillo and save the turbine from destruction. Tag along in this exciting high-low adventure.
Kid Noir: Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey (Turner Classic Movies)
by Eddie Muller Jessica SchmidtFrom celebrated Dark City author, TCM host, and film noir expert Eddie Muller comes the tale of hardboiled cat detective Kitty Feral and the search for a candy-crusted chocolate confection—and a missing friend. Dangerous denizens lurk around every dark corner as Kitty searches for clues in bookstores, alleyways, rooftops, and waterfronts. Who made off with the majestic Marshmallow Monkey (inspired by none other than the Maltese Falcon)? Where is the beloved Mitch the Mutt? Kitty&’s got plenty of questions and not enough answers! Follow along through a tangled web of crime and intrigue as Kitty tries to solve the case.
Kid Alone: A Garvie Smith Mystery
by Simon MasonThe unforgettable, unflappable Garvie Smith returns in a brand-new story sure to delight fans of true crime shows, in a mystery guaranteed to have you guessing till the last page!Meet Garvie Smith. Good-for-nothing scoundrel, genius, and sometime detective. Right in the middle of exams hell -- until now.A boy from Marsh Academy has been shot, with no clear motive and no clues. Disgraced police detective Raminder Singh is on the case, and he's determined to keep Garvie away.But Garvie knows he's the only one who has any idea where to look for the answers. Starting with his best friend's girlfriend. And it's going to take more than pointless studying or flunking his tests to stop him getting involved.Exams. What exams?
Kickoff to Danger (The Hardy Boys #170)
by Franklin W. DixonThe jocks are bruising the Hardys -- but a detective end run is about to start! At Bayport High, Frank has left the football team to focus on a computer course, and Joe is trailing behind the team's newest star, Terry Golden. College recruiters are after Terry, and all the jocks are eager to join his clique, called the Golden Boys. But getting in means hazing, and soon the pranks are spinning into the danger zone. When the Hardys' friend Biff is seriously injured, the brothers start investigating. But Terry's future is at stake, and a surprise suspect is out to clip the boys -- at any cost!
Kicking the Sky
by Anthony De SaIt was 1977 when a shoeshine boy, Emanuel Jaques, was brutally murdered in Toronto. In the aftermath of the crime, twelve-year-old Antonio Rebelo explores his neighborhood’s dark garages and labyrinthine back alleys along with his rapscallion friends. As the media unravels the truth behind the Shoeshine Boy murder, Antonio sees his immigrant family--and his Portuguese neighborhood--with new eyes, becoming aware of the frightening reality that no one is really taking care of him. So intent are his parents and his neighbors on keeping the old traditions alive that they act as if they still live in a small village, not in a big city that puts their kids in the kind of danger they would not dare imagine.Antonio learns about bravery and cowardice, life and death, and the heart’s capacity for love--and for cruelty--in this stunning novel.
Kicking The Air (Brock and Poole)
by Graham IsonWhen a woman's body is found by the Thames river police, floating opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, it doesn't take DCI Brock long to work out that she has been murdered.Further investigation reveals the woman was one of a stable of prostitutes run by a shadowy figure wanted in his native Australia. But the investigation presses other names upon Brock and Poole, and they must suffer several missed turns and pay the price for their assumptions before they get their man.
Kicking The Air (Brock And Poole Ser. #4)
by Graham IsonWhen a woman's body is found by the Thames river police, floating opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, it doesn't take DCI Brock long to work out that she has been murdered.Further investigation reveals the woman was one of a stable of prostitutes run by a shadowy figure wanted in his native Australia. But the investigation presses other names upon Brock and Poole, and they must suffer several missed turns and pay the price for their assumptions before they get their man.
Kicker (Orca Sports)
by Michele Martin BossleyIzzy and Julia have been on the same team for years. Izzy is frustrated that Julia spends too much time cherry-picking and getting all the credit when they score. But when someone starts threatening the team and their home field is sabotaged, the friends must work together to find the answers. Why would someone threaten their star player? And what is the connection to a century-old train robbery and the rumor of buried treasure? Trying to solve the mystery and keep the team in the playoff race, Izzy and Julia find themselves in deeper than they thought, and in more danger than they imagined.
Kick Back
by Val Mcdermid"Kate Brannigan's . . . a whirling dervish of tough toes and fine prose."--The Washington Post Kate Brannigan is investigating the bizarre case of the missing conservatories. Before long, she's up to her neck in crooked land deals, mortgage scams, financial chicanery--and murder. Then a favor for a friend puts Kate's own life in danger.
Kick-Ass Crime Sampler
by La Plante, Lynda; Davis, Karen; Cain, Chelsea; McKenzie, Sophie; Kepnes, CaA free sampler featuring the hottest names in female crime writing. Starring Lynda La Plante, Karen M. Davis, Chelsea Cain, Sophie McKenzie and Caroline Kepnes. Includes the first chapters of...Twisted by Lynda La PlanteDeadly Obsession by Karen M. DavisOne Kick by Chelsea CainTrust in Me by Sophie McKenzieYou by Caroline Kepnes
Kick A** Heroines Box Set: The Ultimatum\Fatal Affair\After the Dark\Bulletproof SEAL (The Guardian #1)
by Karen Robards Marie Force Cynthia Eden Carol EricsonFour pulse-pounding stories featuring no-nonsense heroines who kick ass!The Ultimatum by Karen RobardsThief. Manipulator. Con artist. Call it what you will—Bianca St. Ives is the best in the business. She’s known as the Guardian. Running a multinational firm with her father, she makes a living swindling con men out of money they stole—and she’s damn good at it. She does things on her own terms. But her latest gig had a little hiccup—if you count two hundred million dollars and top secret government documents going missing as little. With only a fellow criminal for backup and her life on the line, it’s up to Bianca to uncover the terrifying truth behind what really happened…and set it right, before it’s too late.Originally published in 2017Fatal Affair by Marie ForceWashington, D.C., Metro Police Detective Sergeant Sam Holland needs a big win to salvage her career—and her confidence—after a disastrous investigation. The perfect opportunity arises when Senator John O’Connor is found brutally murdered in his bed, and Sam is assigned to the case. Matters get complicated when Sam has to team up with Nick Cappuano, O’Connor’s friend and chief of staff…and the man Sam had a memorable one-night stand with years earlier. Their sexual chemistry still sizzles, and Sam has to fight to stay focused on the case. Sleeping with a material witness is another mistake she can’t afford—especially when the bodies keep piling up.Originally published in 2010After the Dark by Cynthia EdenFormer FBI agent Samantha Dark was one of the most respected profilers in the bureau, but when her former lover turned out to be the serial killer she was hunting, Samantha’s career was destroyed. Blamed for the FBI’s failure on the case, Samantha left Washington, DC, for the quiet anonymity of Alabama.Now an all-too-familiar killer is hunting once again. To catch the cunning assassin, she will need to trust her former partner, Blake Gamble. Ex-military, Blake is tough, protective, precise.But a killer is waiting in the dark, and he has set his sights on Samantha.Originally published in 2017Bulletproof SEAL by Carol EricsonHe had to take the shot… And kill his lover.Branded a traitor, Rikki Taylor is in the sights of sniper Quinn McBride’s rifle. Yet the navy SEAL knows this woman intimately, and there’s no way she’d betray her country…or him. Saving her is his number one priority. Discovering her real secrets, including the baby she’s keeping from him, can wait—first, they have to make it out alive.Originally published in 2018
Kiai! (Jason Striker #1)
by Piers Anthony Roberto FuentesKarate, kung-fu, aikido—Jason Striker was a master of them all. His entire body was a finely honed weapon, capable of destroying even the most skilled antagonist. But Striker was a man of peace; his school of martial arts was dedicated to defense, not aggression.Then came the tournament, a fight-to-the-finish matching of the top representatives of the world&’s leading martial arts. There would be no rules, no fouls called, no techniques forbidden, no repercussions if men should die. No such meeting could ever occur in the United States, for here there are laws against manslaughter. But in the far reaches of his estate in Nicaragua, Vincente Pedro was the law . . .
Kia: A Dr. Kel McKelvey Novel
by Thomas HollandThe Pentagon brass make the designations: AWOL. MIA. KIA. Every soldier with a designation, and no man left behind. And Dr. Kel McKelvey is the man to bring those soldiers home -- from battlefields around the world. When a soldier's remains are found in the Catholic cemetery of Thanh Lay Hamlet outside of the rechristened Ho Chi Minh City, a reluctant Vietnamese government agrees to the repatriation of the body believed to be Master Sergeant Jimmy Lee Tenkiller. Tenkiller was a Native American soldier who went missing in the chaos of Saigon during the summer of 1970. For fourteen years, his designation was AWOL, until the Status Review Board voted 2-1 to change it to KIA. Before the case can be closed, Dr. Kel McKelvey and his team at the Central Identification Lab must positively identify the body believed to be Jimmy Tenkiller. The skull's noble features suggest the sergeant's proud Choctaw-Cherokee heritage, but Kel's instincts give him pause. Using a combination of cutting-edge forensic technique and old fashioned anthropology, he sets out to unravel the chilling mystery of the body's identity. What he finds leads him deep into the Vietnamese wartime black market and into the haunted mind of Jimmy Tenkiller. Assisting Kel on the case is his colleague and friend, Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Edward Lafayette "Shuck" Deveroux of the Army's Criminal Investigative Division. Shuck has been assigned to solve a series of brutal murders on military bases in Kentucky and Tennessee, and he reluctantly adds Kel's identification to his caseload. But when the two investigators team up, they soon realize that all of their dead men may be telling the same tale. Dr. Kel McKelvey has devoted his life to bringing closure to the families of brave men and women who died fighting for their country. InKIA, he faces his greatest challenge yet -- to solve a chain of crimes committed bydesperate men in times of war and peace. The result is a mesmerizing thriller -- an intricate forensics case involving a fallen United States serviceman, from an author who is an expert in the field.
Khwahishon Ka Safar: ख्वाहिशों का सफर
by Dewashish Upadhyayअंकुर ठाकुर बिहार के आरा जिले का एक मेधावी छात्र था, परंतु उसकी आर्थिक स्थिति बहुत कमजोर थी। हाईस्कूल की बोर्ड परीक्षा में जिले में टॉप करने के बाद उसके पिताजी आईआईटी की तैयारी का चाहते थे लेकिन उनके पास फीस भरने को पैसा नहीं था। बावजूद इसके अंकुर अपनी काबिलियत के दम पर फ्री सीट पर कोटा की एक प्रतिष्ठित कोचिंग में एडमिशन प्राप्त करता है। पहले प्रयास में आईआईटी मेंस में अच्छे नंबर आने के बावजूद एडवांस एग्जाम से 15 दिन पहले उसे डेंगू हो जाता है, जिसके कारण उसका IIT में फाइनल सलेक्शन नहीं हो पाता है। दूसरे अटेम्प्ट में मेंस से 3 दिन पहले उसके पिताजी का देहांत हो जाता है, उसके पास इतना भी पैसा नहीं होता है कि वह टिकट लेकर अपने गांव आरा जा सके। वह बिना टिकट यात्रा करता है लेकिन विदाउट टिकट पकड़ लिया जाता है। जिसके कारण वह गांव की बजाय जेल पहुंच जाता है... दम तोड़ती ख्वाहिशों से, संघर्ष की ऐसी दास्तां जो आपके रोंगटे खड़े कर देगी। जिसमें जेल की दुनिया के अनुभव, प्राइवेट नौकरी की दुश्वारियों का विवरण, प्लेटफॉर्म की दुनिया से रूबरू, होने के साथ ही कंपटीशन की अनिश्चितता और असफलता के दौर में हौसले को बनाए रखने का सजीव चित्रण किया गया है। किसी भी कंपटीशन में संघर्ष, आपका स्वयं से होता है न कि दुनिया और प्रतियोगियों की भीड़ से! सफलता हासिल करने की खातिर, आपको स्वयं की भावनाओं पर नियंत्रण स्थापित कर, आंतरिक रूप से स्वयं के आत्म बल को इतना मजबूत करना होगा कि असफलता आपके हौसले के आगे घुटने टेक दे।
The Khan: ‘Bold, addictive and brilliant.’ Stylist, Best Fiction 2021
by Saima Mir'A once-in-a-generation crime thriller.' A.A.Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness 'Compelling and gritty.' Cosmopolitan 'Authentic, immersive and powerful.' Will Dean, author of the Tuva Moodyson mysteries Be twice as good as men and four times as good as white men. Jia Khan has always lived like this. Successful London lawyer Jia Khan is a long way from the grubby Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father, Akbar Khan, led the Pakistani community and ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule – the old way – was violent and bloody, but it was always justice of a kind. Now, with her father murdered, Jia must return to take his place. The police have always relied on the Khan to maintain the fragile order of the streets. But a bloody power struggle has broken out among warring communities and nobody is safe. Justice needs to be restored, and Jia is about to discover that justice always comes at a cost.