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"John Henry Cole agrees to escort an old rancher and his two sons to an outlaw stronghold to arrange for the release of the man's kidnapped wife after the Pinkerton sent to deliver her ransom has been found dead with the money gone"--

"With Behind Closed Doors, New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris took the psychological thriller to shocking new heights. Now she'll hold you captive with THE PRISONER-a stunning new thriller about one woman wed into a family with deadly intentions. Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where...

A reformed hunter living in isolation on a wildlife sanctuary becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local Sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.

Creasy, a broken, cynical ex-CIA agent on the brink of collapse, accepts a position as bodyguard for the young daughter of one of Italy's wealthiest families. He reluctantly grows attached to the little girl, giving her the friendship and support that her parents are unwilling to provide. When the child is kidnapped by violent terrorists, Creasy is thrown into a world of treachery and turmoil, where he must fight for his young friend's life, whatever...

A withdrawn butterfly collector decides to add to his collection by kidnapping a beautiful girl and locking her up in hopes that she will fall in love with him.

A girl is missing. Five years old, taken from outside her school. She has vanished, traceless. The police are at a loss ; her parents are beyond grief. Their daughter is lost forever-perhaps dead, perhaps enslaved. But the biggest mystery is yet to come : one week after she was abducted, Anna is returned.

When two opposites meet and decides to take a journey across Texas, a convenience store robbery goes wrong and now they are on the run.

The Postables take a road trip in an old Winnebago to track down a small boy who they fear may have been kidnapped. The discovery of an '80s era instant camera and the unusual photographs it contains, send our team on a wild ride across Colorado using the pictures as a guide.

Seven-year-old Chellamuthu's life--and his destiny--is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage that he is not an orphan, he has a mother who loves him. But he is told not to worry, he will soon be adopted by a loving family in America. Chellamuthu is suddenly surrounded by a foreign...

Inhumanity: Kaj, a young man plagued by inner demons, decides to take revenge on the people who have once tormented him. At the top of the list is Kaj's class teacher Prof. Bohleer. The brotherhood: Three students fall into the clutches of a mysterious professor who is the leader of a secret Satanic circle. Agonia: Lisa is kidnapped by men on the street in broad daylight, and is henceforth kept on a chain as their plaything for sexual and sadistic...