kidnapping

Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence of Earth and another planet are at stake.

Catspeaker Charlie Ashanti finds himself on a boat to the Caribbean where he will be sold to the Corporacy, but his parents and lion friends are in pursuit, and he is determined to outwit his captors.

Sue Young, a 34-year-old single mom living in Boston, gets a phone call from a man who informs her he's kidnapped her infant daughter, Veda, and chastises her for an ancient crime she committed with her childhood friend and mysteriously missing ex-husband, Philip Chamberlain. The creepy, psycho kidnapper soon subjects Sue to an agenda that includes grave robbing, child killing, shotgun murders, zombies and various other assorted undead. Sue, an ex-ambulance driver, is tough, smart and determined to rescue her daughter.

Detective Michael Bennett is about to take on the most sinister challenge of his career. The nation has fallen into mourning after the unexpected death of a beloved former first lady, and the most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable occurs. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars of every kind are suddenly trapped within one man's brilliant and ruthless scenario.

Detective Alex Cross is thwarted at every turn while he attempts to investigate the abduction of the president's son and daughter and also discovers a deadly contagion released in the capital's water supply that foreshadows a larger, more devastating attack.

"For years, Chelsea has longed to be a mother. She's imaginedcaring for a new baby in the lovely house she shares with her husband, Leo, fondly planning every detail. But after a difficult birth, those dreams of blissful bonding evaporate.Chelsea battles sleep deprivation and feelings of isolation.Little Annabelle cries constantly. Her sister, Emma, insistsshe gets help for postpartum depression, but Chelsea's doctor dismisses her worries as self-indulgent. Then an unthinkable crisis hits, and Chelsea is compelled to face both the fragility and resilience of life."--Provided by OClC.

Irish mercenary Michael Forsythe, living as a fugitive in Lima, Peru, is forced to return to Ireland when his nemesis Bridget Callaghan, a former lover and one-time fiancee of a mob boss killed by Forsythe, tracks him down and offers to forgive all past transgressions in exchange for finding her kidnapped eleven-year-old daughter.

While helping her parents restore a historic home, Kelly and her cousin notice strange goings-on next door and begin to suspect that they are connected to a series of baby snatchings that have been plaguing Seattle.

Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and his friend, homicide detective Milo Sturgis, push the law to the limit in their attempts to find five-year-old Woody Swope, a cancer-stricken child whose parents refuse to agree to the one treatment that could save his life.