kidnapping

Four months ago Sara Zapata's best friend, Linda, disappeared from the streets of Juarez, and ever since Sara has been using her job as a reporter to draw attention to the girls who have been kidnapped by the criminals who control the city, but now she and her family are being threatened--meanwhile her younger brother, Emiliano, is being lured into the narcotics business by the promise of big money, and soon the only way for both of them to escape is to risk the dangerous trek across the desert to the United States border.

In 1751 Scotland, young Davie Balfour seeks out his uncle after his parents' death only to find that his uncle has already murdered to keep the family estate to himself and he has plans for Davie as well.

"A young newsie's perfect summer is marred by a run-in with gangsters in the 1920s"--Provided by publisher.

Frank and Joe Hardy travel to St. John to investigate the kidnapping of Esteban Calderon, son of United Nation's ambassador Don Ricardo.

Pikachu, suffering from a build-up of trapped electricity that could make him explode, puts the excess power to good use when Team Rocket tries to kidnap him once again.

When seventeen-year-old Charlotte Lang's father is taken hostage while reporting on the aftermath of an earthquake in Ukraine, Charlotte, a photographer most comfortable observing life, and her mother, a reserved Russian immigrant who expresses caring through pastries, must repair their strained relationship and find a way to rescue Charlotte's dad.

In 1900, out-of-work butcher Pat Crowe kidnaps and ransoms the teenage son of Omaha's wealthiest meatpacking tycoon. After receiving $25,000 in gold and releasing the boy, Crowe makes his way across America and beyond, bank-robbing, safe-cracking, burgling, and bond-jumping his way into the public eye. The manhunt that followed became the thrill of the nation.

After cousins Amy and Dee were kidnapped six years ago, Amy steps off a bus one day in her hometown--without Dee. Refusing to talk about anything that's happened, Amy tries to readjust to her old life but soon realizes that the secrets she's keeping are hurting everyone around her.

During Eleanor and Anthony Edevane's 1933 Midsummer Eve party, their daughter, Alice, a budding writer, falls in love for the first time. However, the night is fated to be remembered in tragedy as Alice's infant brother, Theo, is kidnapped from his crib. The Edevane family abandons the country house, never to return. Seventy years later, Detective Constable Sadie Sparrow discovers the overgrown house, and seeks out the now-elderly and famous Alice for answers and the uncovering of old secrets.

Kyra is one of the Returned, having been abducted by aliens and now apparently no longer fully human, but something else. She has possible telekinesis, can hold her breath a great while, and her body heals itself at an accelerated rate. The Daylighters, a shadow organization, are after her, and will certainly experiment on her if they catch her. When Kyra and the Returned learn that their friend Tyler has been captured by the Daylighters, they mount a desperate rescue mission.