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Defy the sun

"Veda is captured and leveraged against her best friend, who fights for the opposing force"--Amazon.com.
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Inside out

A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.
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Worst case

a novel
Detective Michael Bennett and FBI Abduction Specialist Emily Parker reluctantly team up to stop a killer targeting not only the children of New York's wealthiest families--but the entire city of New York.
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Operacion Demonio

2020
Shadow Squadron hits the ground running in their first mission, operation SEA DEMON. When well-organized Somali pirates kidnap several V.I.Ps at sea, Lt. Commander Ryan Cross and his men are called upon to put these pirates down before innocent blood is shed. Fully translated Spanish text.
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The reckless oath we made

"At almost six-foot, with a redhead's temper and a shattered hip, Zee has a long list of worries: never-ending bills, her beautiful, gullible sister, her five-year-old nephew, her housebound mother, and her drug-dealing boss. Zee may not be a princess, but Gentry is an actual knight, complete with sword, armor, and a code of honor. Two years ago the voices he hears called him to be Zee's champion. He's barely spoken to her since, but he has kept watch, ready to come to her aid. When an abduction tears Zee's family apart, she turns to the last person she ever imagined--Gentry--and sets in motion a chain of events that will not only change both of their lives, but bind them to one another forever"--OCLC.
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Lockdown

After a neighborhood watch-type community organization assumes control of their high school in the wake of an alien invasion, Sanjay and his two best friends begin to question whether they can trust the guards enforcing the lockdown.
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Run, hide, fight back

2019
"Told from multiple viewpoints, holiday shoppers struggle to survive as three masked shooters open fire in a crowded mall and five teens form a plan to stop them"--Provided by publisher.
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The hollow men

2016
Immersing himself in his work as a surgeon for the London Metropolitan Police to ward off memories of his time as an army medic, Dr. Harry Kent is sent to treat a mentally ill teen who has taken hostages in a fast-food restaurant. When Solomon's life is put in danger again at a critical care ward, it becomes clear he knows something people will kill to protect. Determined to uncover the secret that drove the boy to such desperate action, Harry soon realizes that someone in the medical world, someone he may even know, has broken the doctors' commandment to "do no harm" many times over.
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The petrified forest

A fugitive killer (Bogart) holds disillusioned writer Alan Squier (Howard),waitress and would-be artist Gabby Maple (Davis), and a handful of others hostage in an Arizona diner.
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Ten after closing

Told in two voices, Scott's shift at Caf? Flores is ending and Winnie has just arrived, both wrapped up in their own problems, when armed thugs intrude and take hostages.
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