Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=6594+4294961044&No=100 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539618 When he rescues attorney Amelia Bailey from the wreckage of an earthquake, master sergeant Hugh Franco becomes embroiled in a kidnapping plot and will stop at nothing to save this woman who holds his heart in her hands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710471 After fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes seeks the missing Duquessa Del Campo in the seedy underbelly of nineteenth-century London, she finally reaches an understanding with her brothers Sherlock and Mycroft. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710546 After glimpsing a hint of his destiny in a mysterious tapestry, twelve-year-old Max McDaniels becomes a student at Rowan Academy, where he trains in mystics and combat in preparation for war with an ancient enemy that has been kidnapping children like him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640525 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1540092 Near his secluded cabin high in the Rockies, Ramsey Hunt finds a small girl unconscious in the forest. But taking her in proves dangerous, and soon they are fleeing pursuing strangers with the intent to kill. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573914 Love is never easy--especially when your girlfriend is an illegal Thai prostitute who has been kidnapped (again) by a gang of sex traffickers. Fortunately for the hapless fianc, wisecracking gumshoe Kemal Kayankaya is on the case. The son of a Turkish garbage collector, he knows a thing or two about living in the ethnic fringes of the ugliest German city of them all: Frankfurt. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710944 Pursued by her much older brother, famed detective Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola, disguised and using false names, attempts to solve the kidnapping of a baronets sixteen-year-old daughter in nineteenth-century London. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1388744 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574440 Malcolm York is a sadistic monster, guilty of unspeakable crimes. And with his endless wealth hes funded a series of depraved hunts. The few who survived can never forget. They can only be thankful the terror is over, until rumors start swirling. Griffin Powell knows the twisted depths of Yorks madness. Hes also sure that York is dead. But then Griffs wife, Nicole, disappears and the phone calls begin, that familiary voice taunting him, promising to destroy everything Griff loves. Using all the resources of the Powell Agency, Griff searches for Nic, aware that every step propels him further into a madmans web. Because the only way to keep Nic safe is to join one last perverse game where winner kills all, and the loser is dead by nightfall. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251093 In this follow-up to Once a Spy, Charlie and Drummond Clark are hiding out in Switzerland and trying to retrieve Drummonds memory. When NSA operative Alice Rutherford, with whom Charlie has fallen in love, is kidnapped, the Clarks must dodge a formidable CIA case officer and his team to get her back. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539684 Twenty-five years ago Olivia Sealy was kidnapped for ransom. Today she has no memory of the terrible event, yet an uneasy feeling still haunts her -- a fear that is realized when an infants skeleton is found and a connection is made to Olivias past. As news of the discovery makes headlines, Olivia and the people close to her sudenly become targets for a murderer bent on revenge. Still stunned by the revelation and its implications, Olivia puts her trust in Trey Bonney, the detective assigned to the case. But neither counts on a madman who may hold the answer to the twenty-five-year-old mystery -- a secret someone hoped was buried for good. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641835 The kidnapping of his ten-year-old granddaughter Gracie, brings Ben Brice, a veteran drowning his memories of Vietnam with alcohol, back from the New Mexico wilderness to help save her, but dark family secrets could threaten the childs survival. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1541331 Good stuff ... Breezy, British, and as comfy as a Cotswold cottage. John Mountjoy has escaped from prison and taken a hostage, and the only person hell talk to is Detective Peter Diamond, who arrested him four years earlier for the murder of a young journalist. Diamond must follow a cold trail to find another killer and clear Mountjoys name before someone else dies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709953 Last time we met her, Shannon Flannery struggled to prove her innocence when blamed for her husbands death. Now Shannon is sure someone is trying to kill her, but the only person who believes her is former Special Forces agent, sexy Travis Settler. When Shannons daughter Dani goes missing, Travis becomes convinced that family secrets involving Shannons shady brothers are the reason for Danis disappearance. A series of arsons and unsolved murders also appear to be connected to Shannons brothers and may lead the way to Dani. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573918 A kidnapper is at large, a schoolboy has disappeared and there are no leads. Then DCI Serrailler receives a call: a child has been snatched in Yorkshire, has the abductor struck again? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573463 Jade de Jong is hired as a bodyguard for Pamela Jordaan after her husband, Terrance, mysteriously disappears. Jade thought it would be the easiest job of her career. However, when both she and her client narrowly survive an assassination attempt and Terrance is found brutally tortured and clinging to life, Jade steps up her game. However, when her beau, David Patel, reveals his son has been kidnapped, Jade realizes that both cases connected her case and a human trafficking ring. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296744 A singularly effervescent novel pivoting around the disappearance of an American businessman in the Philippines and the long-suffering son, jilted lover, slick police commissioner, misguided villain, and supernatural saviors who all want a piece of him. Mourning the recent loss of his mother, twentysomething Benicio--aka Benny--travels to Manila to reconnect with his estranged father, Howard. But when he arrives his father is nowhere to be found... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539918 When Lady Marguerite Milton is abducted by the enigmatic-and famously insatiable-Golden Knight, it is the stuff of fantasy. Or would be, if Marguerite werent pining for her David, who pledged his devotion ten years before ... and disappeared. But the only thing more heartbreaking than a man that does not keep his word is one bound by it. David is the Golden Knight, reaffirming his oath to protect Marguerite and, maddeningly, to love her, but chastely. More infuriatingly, Marguerite has been a pawn-bait to lure David into King Henry VIIs latest intrigue. To divide Yorkist insurrectionists, David is groomed as a rival to their latest pretender to the throne. Marguerite is desperate. If David fails, the rebels will destroy him; if he succeeds, Henry will not scruple to execute the would-be king he himself created. Suddenly, love and life seem far beyond the reach of any mere curse-- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542421 Beka, having just lost her fiance in a slavers raid, is able to distract herself by going with her team on an important hunt at the queens request, unaware that the throne of Tortall depends on their success. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710437 While Princess Millie and her dragon fiance prepare for their wedding, the entire royal family of Greater Greensward teams up to find Millies baby brother, who has been kidnapped and turned into a frog. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707686 When a neighbor reports a man for beating his wife, the two police officers who go to the scene rescue the wife. But they are not prepared for horrifying brutality and carnage they find in the basement of the tidy house. Now Inspector Banks must discover if the accused husband might be guilty of an unsolved string of murders. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1249356 Before Adam Walsh there were no faces on milk cartons, no Amber Alerts, no National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, no federal databases of crimes against children, no pedophile registry. His 1981 abduction and murder--unsolved for over a quarter of a century--forever changed America. While our lives have been significantly altered by Adam Walshs case, few of us know the whole story--how, after more than twenty-seven years of relentless investigation, decorated Miami Beach homicide detective Joe Matthews finally identified Adams killer. Bringing Adam Home is the definitive account of this horrifying crime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641904 While giving a guided tour of the houses Long Gallery Blotto is stunned to discover that two of the family portraits--a Gainsborough and a Reynolds--are missing. Tawcester Towers has been the victim of art thieves! Blotto is forced to summon his brilliantly intelligent sister Twinks who instantly deduces that the paintings have been stolen by a gang of international art thieves based in Paris. So Blotto and Twinks instantly set off for France! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543064 It is the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the globes premier sporting event. The host country is Brazil. All eyes are on the countrys principal striker, Tico The Artist Santos, the greatest player in the history of the sport. All the politicians in Brasilia, from the President of the Republic on down, have their seats squared away for the finale, when they hope to see Argentina, Brazils bitter rival, humbled by the Brazilian eleven. But then, just three weeks before the first game, Juraci Santos, Ticos mother, is kidnapped. The star is distraught. The public is appalled. The politicians are outraged. And the pressure is on Chief Inspector Mario Silva to get her back. Suspects arent lacking. Among them are a cabal of Argentineans, suspected of having spirited the lady away to put Tico off his game; the stars gold-digging, top-model girlfriend, whom his mother dislikes and has been trying to get out of his life; his principal rival, who wants to play in the World Cup in Ticos place; and the man whose leg Tico broke during a match, thereby destroying his career. In the end, Silva and his crew discover that the solution to the mystery is less complex--but entirely unexpected--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711025 The courageous Redwall creatures band together as Vilaya, the evil Sable Quean, and her horde of vermin attempt to make off with the young animals of the Abbey. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710634 Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in time she learns that her captor is not as despicable as she first believed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707039 CIA super-agent Mitch Rapp battles global terrorism in a high-octane follow-up to the New York Times best-selling Separation of Power. Transporting us into an intriguing geopolitical puzzle full of deadly motives, covert operatives, and all the true-to-life insider detail weve come to expect from Vince Flynn, Executive Power is a high-flying story that delivers shattering suspense with the velocity of a 9mm bullet. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574401 The Presidents son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross suspects that agents inside the government may be responsible. At the same time, a deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most devastating attack America has ever known. As his window for solving the crimes narrows, Alex makes a decision that goes against everything he believes -- one that may decide the fate of the entire country. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573929 When his pregnant wife is kidnapped and he discovers that he has been set up as a traitor, brilliant CIA agent Sam Capra begins a desperate hunt for the unknown enemy who he believes has targeted the wrong man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1388459 Middle school student Maya Andersen and her family move to Oregon, where the residents of the apartment building next to them have magical powers and the basement is a portal to other worlds, which Maya and her secret alien companion, Rimi, must use to track down aliens who snatched Rimi from her home planet in an attempt to rule the universe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710986 Chasing the Skandian slave-traders who kidnapped Will and Evanlyn, Ranger Halt and warrior student Horace find themselves in the frozen northern islands, where they battle a ruthless black-clad knight as they attempt to rescue their friends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710884 When an orphan named Penny is kidnapped, the Rescue Aid Society, a band of courageous mice, rescues her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710989 Now a full-fledged Ranger responsible for a sleepy fief, Will finds a new adventure seeking the traitors who poisoned the king, investigating rumors of sorcery, and trying to rescue his friend Alyss, who is taken hostage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251114 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1560499 When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573824 Its been one year since ex-Navy SEAL Ethan Kelly last saw his wife, Rachel, alive. Overwhelmed by grief and guilt over his failures as a husband, Ethan shuts himself off from everything and everyone. His brothers have tried to bring Ethan into the KGI fold, tried to break through the barriers hes built around himself, but Ethan refuses to respond...until he receives an anonymous note claiming Rachel is alive. To save her, Ethan will have to dodge bullets, cross a jungle, and risk falling captive to a deadly drug cartel that threatens his own demise. And even if he succeeds, hell have to force Rachel to recover memories she doesnt want to relive--the minute-by-minute terror of her darkest hour--for their love, and their lives, may depend on it.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707464 Deputy U.S. Marshal Reilly McGilvern is hauling criminals to Yuma when his prison wagon is attacked, and McGilvern is left locked inside to die. When another outlaw gang comes upon the scene, McGilvern thinks hes lived to see another day--but his problems are just beginning. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707782 Vietnam verteran Allen Carmichael has lived on the fringe of society since the war, rescuing abused children from hostile environments and placing them with foster families. Now in California, he comes to the aid of 12-year-old Jamie, who is being tormented by his entrepreneur father. Allen abducts Jamie from his home and takes him to a waiting family in Montana. But as Allen continues investigating the boys tragic background, he realizes that everyone involved may be in danger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709430 Years have passed since Richard Fletcher was murdered. Although his stepson was convicted of the crime, Irene Kelly isnt so sure. To finally uncover the truth, the investigative journalist joins forces with Richards son Caleb, a graduate student in forensic anthropology. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642443 When a baby is snatched from outside a Birmingham newsagents, Ice Queen DI Sarah Quinn and feisty TV reporter Caroline King clash head-on in the desperate search to find her. Quinns cool investigative methods contrast with those of the fiery King, wholl stop at nothing in pursuit of a good story. But as the investigation stonewalls, it soon becomes clear that the two enemies will have to work together if the police are to have any chance of success. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708045 Someone snatched his cousins wife and son. FBI agent Luke Falcon is searching for a kidnapper and sorting out the crime. Hes afraid a stalker is responsible. Hes afraid theyre already dead. And hell do anything required to get them back alive But he didnt plan on falling in love with the only witness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562719 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574197 Brazenly kidnapped from her sister Heathers engagement ball, Eliza Cynster is spirited north to Edinburgh. Desperate and determined to escape, she seizes upon the first possible champion who happens along, gentleman-scholar Jeremy Carling. Villains and rescues are a far cry from Jeremys expertise, yet he cannot abandon a damsel in distress. Danger lurks and hurdles abound in their race to escape the mysterious laird, until a final confrontation on a windswept cliff reveals what their future life could hold, if both are bold enough to seize and own the unexpected love they now share. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574753 Twelve-year-old Goldie, impulsive and bold, relies on her skills as a liar and a thief to try to rescue her captured friends from the child-stealers running rampant in the City of Spoke. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539233 Ordered by the Young Corinthians, an elite spy organization, to protect Lady Lucinda Grey from a kidnapping plot, Lord William Randall, a notorious rake with little regard for society, must convince this proud beauty that he is worth her time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1428485 In the magical, watery world of the Sea Forest, the divide between the rulers and the people is an uncrossable chasm. Handsome, arrogant prince Korl Comnder has lived a life of luxury that is nothing more than a fantasy to the people he rules. Until the day he is accidentally kidnapped by a beautiful outlaw smuggler and is forced to open his eyes to the world outside his palace walls. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194744 After a stunning debut with Restitution, Vance makes a triumphant return: a whip-smart, fast-paced, and eerily timely thriller that ties the 2008 global economic meltdown and international energy wars to the heartbreaking story of one familys loss and slow re-formation... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1171231 The courageous Redwall creatures band together as Vilaya, the evil Sable Quean, and her horde of vermin attempt to make off with the young animals of the Abbey. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252625 When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods. Includes cast of characters, glossary, facts about the Maya cosmos and calendar, and a recipe for chicken tamales. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194532 Twenty-two-year-old pop star Cherry Pye is attempting a comeback from her latest drug and alcohol disaster. Ann DeLusia is Cherrys undercover stunt double, portraying Cherry whenever the singer is too wasted to go out in public. But, one night, Ann-as-Cherry is mistakenly kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by an obsessed paparazzo named Bang Abbott. Now the challenge for Cherrys handlers (ber-stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped-and-tucked twin publicists; weed-whacker-wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence secret from the public and from Cherry herself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1295842 Kevin Fahey was once a second-rate cop, a mediocre husband, and an absent father. But, ever since he was killed in a drug bust gone bad, hes been a lost soul, in limbo, searching, and hoping for redemption. Maggie Gunn, the detective who replaced Kevin on the force, is searching for the murderer of a nurse, in her own home, and the perpetrator of the abduction of a young boy from the park. Kevin helps Maggie, with her investigations, since he can go places she cant, and knows things she doesnt. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640705 It had been five years since hed last laid eyes on Shelley Young, but Colorado rancher Matt Whitlock would never forget the moment shed left his ranch without a backward glance. Now, with fear for his sons safety lying heavily in his heart, working together quickly became like old times - as did the rekindling of an attraction that had never really been extinguished. Following leads deep into the snowy mountains of South Dakota, Matt knew it was time to reveal the truth about his past...and its connection to bringing the little boy home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1700134 Princes Boric and Erland head for Kesh, but when Boric learns of plans to assassinate them, he rallies to save himself, his brother, and the empire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1249638 In Morriss strong and painful first novel Aubrey Wallace, a simple, goodhearted laborer on a Vermont road crew, thinks the frail girl who beckons to him from a wooded stream looks like a picture book fairy. And like some malevolent enchantress, Dottycute, tarty, amoral and utterly freaked outenthralls Aubrey and lures him away from his family to his ultimate ruin. Sexually mistreated as a child, Dotty has committed atrocities that surface only later in the narrative. She has also kidnapped a baby girl named Canny. Now Dotty enlists Aubreys help in making a wandering, criminal half-life for the three of them, as they bounce around the countryside for five years in a pickup truck. When they run into degenerate ex-con Jiggy Huller, living in backwoods squalor with his bovine wife Alma and their sad little girls, Dotty is nearly outmatched. A clumsy scheme is cobbled to collect ransom money from Cannys wealthy parents. But Aubrey loves poor-nit-infested, rheumy-eyed Canny, who clings to him screaming with terror, Dont dump me, Poppy. The story drives inexorably to its cynical and wrenching climax, fueled on booze, drugs and human misery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296316 The only living female werewolf, Elena Michaels confronts billionaire Tyrone Winsloe, who has been capturing Elenas fellow paranormal brethren, conducting experiments on them, and hunting them to their deaths in a live video game. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194814 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1256418 When his niece goes missing at an archaeological excavation in Egypt, Retired Army Ranger John Holiday joins with Israeli archaeologist, Rafi Wanounou, to find the only family he has left. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1386707 P.I. Bill Smith is sent on a high-stakes chase when an electronically modified voice on his cell phone informs him that Lydia Chin, his occasional partner, has been kidnapped. Now, if Bill wants to keep Lydia alive, hell have to play an elaborate game of the kidnappers devising. The first move sends him to an abandoned building, where Bill finds the corpse of a small Chinese woman dressed like Lydia - and the building being surrounded by police... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351377 P.I. Bill Smith is sent on a high-stakes chase when an electronically modified voice on his cell phone informs him that Lydia Chin, his occasional partner, has been kidnapped. Now, if Bill wants to keep Lydia alive, hell have to play an elaborate game of the kidnappers devising. The first move sends him to an abandoned building, where Bill finds the corpse of a small Chinese woman dressed like Lydia - and the building being surrounded by police... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1226508 In 1969, Jake Cazalet saved the life of a Frenchwoman in Vietnam, and a brief, passionate affair ensued. Years later in Paris, he was introduced to another beautiful young woman - his daughter. For many reasons, their relationship remained a secret. Now Jake Cazalet is president of the United States. Somehow, someone has discovered the truth about his daughter, and she is seized by a vicious extremist group. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1147153 With her fallen-angel smile, Serena Jameson looked like a cross between a temptress and a teenager, but she could be gently ruthless when it came to getting Brian Ashford to make his move! The handsome industrialist was determined to play Galahad and protect her from danger?in the form of rakish playboy Joshua Long. But when Serena pleaded with Brian to teach her how to seduce a man, she ignited a primitive heat that shattered his control...and hers... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1245219 McKenna Sloan saved Lucas Kanes life and then vanished. McKennas life is all about the dark, deception-filled world of Last Chance Rescue, and for her theres no hope of love. But fate and Lucas determination soon change everything, as a kidnapped young woman and the fierce need to bring a criminal to justice combine for one explosive event. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699703 I fell into the deepest of holes. I am no one. I awake in a windowless room{u2014}naked, filthy, bruised, robbed of my every memory. I feel inexplicably drowned in a sea of hatred and rage. I{u2026}dont know who I am. But I know I must escape. This is Matt Wells, hero of The Death List and The Soul Collector, as youve never seen him. Crime writer Matt Wells could never have conjured a plot this twisted{u2014}a secretive militia running sick brainwashing experiments in the Maine wilderness, himself a subject. He knows theyve been subconsciously feeding him instructions{u2026}but for what? Taunted by maddening snatches of a life he cant trust as his own, Matts piecing it together: three gruesome killings hes blamed for{u2026}and a woman{u2026}someone from his past he should remember--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194712 Meg Pickels older brother, Orion, has disappeared. One night, Meg steals out to look for him and makes two surprising discoveries: She stumbles upon a ance that she suspects involves Orion, and she meets the author Charles Dickens, also unable to sleep, and roaming the London streets. He is a customer of Megs father, who owns a print shop, and a family friend. Mr... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1328680 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268856 Living among mortals, Cassiel has begun to develop a reluctant affection for them--especially the intriguing Warden Luis Rocha. As the mystery deepens around the kidnapping of innocent Warden children, Cassiel and Luis are the only ones who can investigate within both the human and Djinn realms. But the more Luis and Cassiel search, the more dangerous the trail becomes, reaching not only into a fanatical splinter group, but into the highest ranks of Cassiels immortal kin. An outcast from her own kind, Cassiel must now rely on her own limited earthbound powers to save the young Wardens...if its not already too late. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194824 Redemption. With everything hed seen and done, Trace OHurley was way past that. And nothing the flame-haired Irish beauty Gillian Fitzpatrick said could change the fact that he was just a disillusioned man with nothing left to lose. But somehow Gillian made him believe that he could do the impossible--rescue her family, take down a terrorist organization. Ask for forgiveness. Be one of the OHurleys again. At last. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641095 Alien agent Zack travels to Roswell, New Mexico, to search for an alien boy whos stolen a space ship in order to find his missing father, who crashed near Roswell in 1947. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1153972 A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife, Jan, and their four-year-old son. But what begins as a pleasant family outing turns into a nightmare after an inexplicable disappearance. A frantic search only leads to an even more shocking and harrowing turn of events. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1215577 In Britain, a pedophiles house is burned by an angry mob when a girl disappears, the man having been recently released from jail. But Inspector Wexford is not swayed by the obvious and traces the disappearance to the girls home and her abusive father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1147088 Skylar James told a lie to the man she married; eight years later she still bitterly regrets the deception. Unknown to Skylar, her husband Gabe Maddox now lives in the dangerous shadows of elite operatives who rescue victims. When Skylar tries to save a naive young beauty, kidnappers come after her, causing Gabe to batten down his anger and launch into action. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646435 Sixteen-year-old Jack gets drunk and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is kidnapped. He escapes, narrowly. The only person he tells is his best friend, Conner. When they arrive in London as planned for summer break, a stranger hands Jack a pair of glasses. Through the lenses, he sees another world called Marbury. There is war in Marbury. It is a desolate and murderous place where Jack is responsible for the survival of two younger boys. Conner is there, too... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1427957 In the ancient city of Itzamna, Lord Six-Rabbit wakes up screaming. A great warrior king of the mighty Maya, he has dreamed he was a lowly, flea-bitten monkey. How could this be? Was this some sorcery sent by his half-brother, Tzelok, the evil priest? 1200 years later, in Boston, Massachusetts, 14-year-old Max Murphy is looking forward to a family vacation. But his parents, both archaeologists and Maya experts, announce a change in plan. They must leave immediately for a dig in San Xavier, the tiny Central American country where his father grew up. Max will go to summer camp. Max is furious. Hes always suspected that his parents cared more about the Ancient Maya than about him and this proves it. When hes mysteriously summoned to San Xavier, he thinks theyve had a change of heart. But hes met at the airport by one of their colleagues, who explains that his parents have gone missing at the remote Maya temple of Ix Chel. He also tells Max the legend of The Jaguar Stones, the five sacred stones of Middleworld (the Maya name for the world of men) which enabled Ancient Maya kings to wield the powers of living gods. And so begins Max Murphys wild adventure in the tropical rainforests of San Xavier. During his journey, he will unlock ancient secrets and meet strangers who are connected to him in ways he could never have imagined. For fate has delivered a challenge of epic proportions to this pampered teenager. Can Max rescue his parents from the Maya Underworld and save the world from the Lords of Death, who now control the power of the Jaguar Stones in their villainous hands? The scene is set for a roller-coaster ride of suspense and terror, as the good guys and the bad guys face off against a background of haunted temples, zombie armies and human sacrifice--Authors web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1280263 From Paul Christopher, the New York Times bestselling author of The Sword of the Templars, comes a mystery of a centuries-old warrior society---and the shocking truth behind its rise to power. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296632 Skylar James told a lie to the man she married; eight years later she still bitterly regrets the deception. Unknown to Skylar, her husband Gabe Maddox now lives in the dangerous shadows of elite operatives who rescue victims. When Skylar tries to save a naive young beauty, kidnappers come after her, causing Gabe to batten down his anger and launch into action. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252680 Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnappers yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts a nail-biting escape. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1202287 At twenty-six, Serena Jameson is a handful--brilliant, manipulative, and passionate, at least when it comes to righting the wrongs of the world. Her father, a renowned computer magnate, is worried about Serenas impetuous nature--as well as a far more tangible threat--and entrusts a colleague, handsome Brian Ashford, to ferry her on a trip across the country. But as usual, Serena has ideas of her own. A novice in affairs of the heart, Serena asks Brian to give her a crash course in seduction so that she can tame the notorious womanizer Joshua Long. But what starts as a simple lesson in love becomes a complex erotic dance, as both men find themselves caught in the snares of Serenas undeniable wiles...--p.[4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1147122 The gripping international bestseller that fuses an ingenious detective tale with stunning, cinematic storytelling-- and a provocative riff on quantum physics-- from Germanys foremost young literary talent. A child is kidnapped but does not know it. One man dies, two physicists fight, and a senior constable falls in love. In the end, everything is different . . . yet exactly the same... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194539 Why was Andrew Ramsey watching her daughter Cassie from the cliff above the beach?, Lily Deslin wondered with a sudden chill in her heart. When she discovered the secret they shared, she was shocked--and terrified hed try to take her beloved child from her. But it was Lily whom Andrew wanted, Lily he longed for--and the beautiful, lonely Lily he was determined to have. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1387089 The day after anonymous blogger Str-S-d wishes the popular girl would die, Lucy vanishes. The students of Soundview High are scared and worried. Especially frightened and wracked with guilt is Madison Archer, Lucys friend and the last person to see her the night she disappeared. Madison begins to receive anonymous notes warning that she could be next... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1295860 While Princess Millie and her dragon fiance prepare for their wedding, the entire royal family of Greater Greensward teams up to find Millies baby brother, who has been kidnapped and turned into a frog. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1089066 From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252800 Mystery writer Jessica Fletcher accompanies her publisher to Mexico for a little R&R. San Miguel de Allende is the perfect place for Jessica to soak up the sun, bask in Mexican culture, and spend some time with her good friends Vaughan and Olga Buckley. But when Vaughan is kidnapped for a large ransom, Jessica must put her life on the line to find her old friend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252678 Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnappers yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts a nail-biting escape. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1638852 Professional greyhound trainer Kat McKinley is a soft touch. When shes talked into having sex with a guy whos just not her type, a romp so pathetic it registers minus ten on a sex-to-die-for scale, she decides to end the relationship. When Kat wakes the next morning to find Mr Wham-Bam sprawled beside her, a knife embedded in his left nipple, she wishes shed ended the relationship sooner. After that wake-up call, Kat figures life cant nose-dive any lower. But with a killer out to get her, the police suspecting her of murder, a misbehaving greyhound, a complicated love triangle and a vicious kidnapper who threatens to cut out a childs tongue if her dog, Big Mistake wins his next race, maybe it can. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252713 Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is drawn into the mystery of a child that had been abducted eight years earlier, and must use her skills with age progression as a way to reunite mother and son. But Eve must face looming demons of her own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296555 Working for Last Chance Rescue, Cole Mathison ... finds himself embroiled in the mysterious disappearance of Keeley Fairchilds young children. Rescuing the children is his mission, but falling in love with the widow of the man he inadvertently killed was never in the plans. When Keeleys life is threatened, Coles demons must take a backseat to the most important mission of his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1428443 When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit Washington, D.C., just before Christmas, they are inadvertently caught up in a kidnapping plot that was intended for the presidents dog, but also involves the presidents stepdaughter and her friend Marshall. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1147535 Once upon a time, I was a little girl who disappeared. Once upon a time, my name was not Alice. Once upon a time, I didnt know how lucky I was. When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends: her life. She learned to give up all power, to endure all pain. She waited for the nightmare to be over. Now Alice is fifteen and Ray still has her, but he speaks more and more of her death. He does not know it is what she longs for. She does not know he has something more terrifying than death in mind for her. This is Alices story. It is one you have never heard, and one you will never, ever forget--Book flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268736 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1028588 After she is kidnapped from the exclusive boarding school she attends, heiress Marnie Skyedottir must rethink her idealized relationship with her mother, her own sense of who she is, and her relationships with others. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542155 In 1806, star-crossed lovers Jacky Faber and Jaimy Fletcher are kidnapped by British Naval Intelligence and forced to embark on yet another daring mission--this time to search for sunken Spanish gold off the Florida coast. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1541955 When Lizzie Rush uncovers evidence that thrill-seeking billionaire Norman Estabrook may be at the center of an international criminal network, she finds herself playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse. When someone sets off a bomb in Boston, Lizzie discovers that Estabrook as well as the FBI directors daughter have disappeared. Together with intelligence officer Will Davenport, Lizzie sets out to track down Estabrook. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1028298 Just a second. That was all it took. In that second Anita Sherwood sees the face of the young boy in the window of the bus as it stops at the curb...and she knows it is her son. The son who had been kidnapped two years before. The son who had never been found and who had been declared legally dead. But now her son is alive. Anita knows it in her heart. She is certain that the boy is her son, but how can she get anyone to believe her? Shes given the police leads before that ended up going nowhere, so theyre not exactly eager to waste much time on another dead end on a dead case. Its going to be up to Anita, and shell stop at nothing to get her son back. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268792 In Rome, Isabella and her husband, Amadeo, have created an idyllic marriage and the House of San Gregorio, the most exciting name in European high fashion. But in an act of terrorism, Amadeo is kidnapped and taken from Isabella forever. Fleeing to New York, she fights to build a new life for herself and her son, as they discover new worlds and a new life together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1088684 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1029154 The author and heroine of The Red Scream return in a novel so terrifying, so filled with squirming suspense, its bound for the bestseller lists. When Kirkus Reviews greeted Mary Willis Walkers last book, The Red Scream, with welcome to the big time, they werent kidding. And now she has done it again, with an unforgettable tale ripped from the headlines and more terrifying than our worst nightmares. Kidnapped by a cult of religious fanatics, an Austin school bus driver and eleven of his young charges have been held underground at the groups highly fortified compound for forty-six days. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1110870 Witch Lily Ivory hides her powers as she runs a vintage clothing store in San Francisco, but when a client is murdered and children start disappearing, Lily uses her unique skills to investigate, at the risk of blowing her cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1089070 Scobie Malone is leaving the Homicide and Serial Offenders Unit of the Sydney police, and his last investigation could be his most bizarre. When a housemaid is found dead in a dotcom millionaires penthouse, Scobie suspects a kidnap thats gone wrong. But never in his wildest dreams could he imagine just how wrong. The kidnappers plan to grab a millionaires girlfriend has instead netted them a millionaire. Worse, the dotcom bubble has burst, leaving the millionaire in debt to the Yakuza and high on their hit list. The trail leads Scobie to renew the acquaintance of some old adversaries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1029147 Syd, a breathtakingly beautiful supermodel on a photo shoot in Hawaii, disappears. Fearing the worst, her parents travel to Hawaii to investigate for themselves, never expecting the horror that awaits them. LA Times reporter Ben Hawkins is conducting his own research into the case, hoping to help the victim and get an idea for his next bestseller.