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Promise Me Harlan Coben · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate It began with a promise... 2.17am: the phone rings on Myron Bolitar's nightstand; at the other end of the line is Aimee Biel - a frightened teenager who has called the one adult who had promised to help her if she ever got into any trouble. But Myron's help will not be enough. Stumbling from his Manhattan bed, he races down to pick her up from a cold street corner and take her back to safety. But… Shares: Bolitar, Myron Bolitar, Sports agents, Missing children

Drop Shot Harlan Coben · 1996 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Valerie Simpson is a young female tennis star with a troubled past who's now on the verge of a comeback and wants Myron as her agent. Myron, who's also got the hottest young male tennis star, Duane Richwood, primed to take his first grand slam tournament, couldn't be happier. That is, until Valerie is murdered in broad daylight at the U.S. Open and Myron's number one client becomes the number… Shares: Bolitar, Myron Bolitar, Sports agents, Mystery

One False Move Harlan Coben · 1998 · ★ 4.1 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate 5th Myron Bolitar Novel She’s smart, beautiful, and she doesn’t need a man to look after. But sports agent Myron Bolitar has come into her life big-time. Now Myron’s next move may be his last… Shares: Bolitar, Myron Bolitar, Sports agents, Mystery

Darkest fear Harlan Coben · 2000 · ★ 4.5 · 362p · ≈ 12h · Moderate 7th Myron Bolitar Novel Myron faces the most emotionally shattering case of his career. And it all begins when Myron’s ex-girlfriend tells him he is a father-of a dying 13-year-old boy. Shares: Myron Bolitar, Sports agents, Mystery

Chanda's wars Allan Stratton · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate She promised her mama she'd keep them safe.It's been six months since Mama died, and Chanda is struggling to raise her little brother and sister. Determined to end a family feud, she takes them to her relatives' remote rural village.But across the nearby border, a brutal civil war is spreading. Rebels led by the ruthless General Mandiki attack at night, stealing children. All that separates… Shares: Kidnapping in fiction, Kidnapping

Riding the Rap Elmore Leonard · 1995 · ★ 3.9 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Debt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren "Chip" Ganz takes a rich man hostage. The trouble is he chooses bookmaker Harry Arno -- an expert scammer with a U.S. Marshal on his tail. When everybody's got a gun, someone's gonna get hurt. Shares: Kidnapping in fiction, Kidnapping, Mystery

Huntingtower John Buchan · 1910 · ★ 3.8 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Dickson MCunn, a recently retired prosperous Scots grocer decides on a walking tour in SW Scotland as a suitable beginning to his retirement activities. To his surprise, he stumbles into a sinister plot involving kidnapping, crown jewels, and terrorism.To his surprise (and deep satisfaction) our 56 year old hero acquits himself very well, in the process proving that the Geritol crowd can and do… Shares: Kidnapping in fiction, Kidnapping

Secuestrado Danielle Steel · 1993 · ★ 3.8 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A la veille de la seconde guerre mondiale, les Patterson, Marielle, Malcolm et leur jeune fils Teddy, mènent une vie sans problèmes à New York. Marielle ne peut cependant pas oublier ces épreuves : un premier mariage rompu avec Charles Delauney, la mort tragique d'un enfant. Mais un jour, Marielle revoit son premier mari, son amour de jeunesse. Le passé ressurgit entre ces deux êtres passionnés. Shares: Kidnapping in fiction, Kidnapping

Step on a Crack James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge · 1658 · ★ 4.1 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Demanding With the unexpected death of a beloved former first lady, the nation falls into mourning as the world's most powerful people gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable occurs. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars of every kind are suddenly trapped by one man's brilliant and ruthless scenario. Pulled into the fray, Detective Michael Bennett-father of ten-faces the most… Shares: Kidnapping in fiction, Kidnapping

Perfect Nightmare John Saul · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Moderate If you open your house to strangers, who knows who might come in. And what they might be after. Or whom. Now, ponder the unthinkable and surrender to your darkest dread, as sinister storyteller extraordinaire John Saul weaves a heart-stopping tale of lurking terror and twisted intent.Every parent's nightmare becomes reality for Kara Marshall when her daughter, Lindsay, vanishes from her bedroom… Shares: Missing children, Kidnapping

Two Little Girls in Blue Mary Higgins Clark · 2006 · ★ 3.9 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A pair of twin girls are kidnapped, the ransom paid, but only Kelly is returned, with a note saying Kathy has been killed. When Kelly begins getting telepathic information from Kathy, only their mother believes she is still alive Shares: Missing children, Kidnapping, Mystery

NOS4A2 Joe Hill · 2013 · ★ 4.5 · 702p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Shares: Missing children, Kidnapping

Lincoln Park Vin Smith · 2003 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate V. J. Dixon was a playful sort, and the Labor Day weekend would be a perfect time to bond with his two sons, Jeff and Tyler. Dixon's new girlfriend, Mariel Hartman, had slipped seamlessly into the lives of the Dixon's; all three still smarting from the untimely "cafe coronary" death of wife and mother Sharon Dixon. A treasure hunt, promising to be a centerpiece of the three-day end-of-summer… Shares: Kidnapping, Mystery

The Institute Stephen King · 2019 · ★ 4.2 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Moderate In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special… Shares: Missing children, Kidnapping, Mystery

The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes Diane Chamberlain · 2006 · ★ 4.1 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Twenty-eight years ago, a North Carolina governor’s young, pregnant wife was kidnapped. Now, her remains have been found and a man charged with her murder. Only one person-CeeCee Wilkes-can refute the charges against him. But CeeCee disappeared years ago. . . Eve Elliot is a successful therapist to troubled students, a loving wife, a mother deeply invested in her family. But her happiness is… Shares: Kidnapping in fiction, Kidnapping

The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant #3) Josephine Tey · 1948 · ★ 4.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Robert Blair was about to knock off from a slow day at his law firm when the phone rang. It was Marion Sharpe on the line, a local woman of quiet disposition who lived with her mother at their decrepit country house, The Franchise. It appeared that she was in some serious trouble: Miss Sharpe and her mother were accused of brutally kidnapping a demure young woman named Betty Kane. Miss Kane’s… Shares: Kidnapping, Mystery

In the Presence of the Enemy (Inspector Lynley Mystery) Elizabeth George · 1996 · ★ 4.4 · 636p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Hailed as the "king of sleaze," tabloid editor Dennis Luxford is used to ferreting out the sins and scandals of people in exposed positions. But when he opens an innocuous-looking letter addressed to him at his tabloid The Source, he discovers that someone else excels at ferreting out secrets as well. He learns from this letter that ten-year-old Charlotte Bowen has been abducted, and if Luxford… Shares: Kidnapping, Mystery

A Walk Among the Tombstones Lawrence Block · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #10. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Shares: Kidnapping, Mystery

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