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Prince of Thieves: A Novel
Four masked men -- thieves, rivals, and friends from the tough streets of Charlestown -- take on a Boston bank at gunpoint. Holding bank manager Claire Keesey hostage and cleaning out the vault were simple. But career criminal Doug MacRay didn't plan on one thing: falling hard for Claire. When he tracks her down without his mask and gun, their mutual attraction is undeniable. With a tenacious FBI agent following his every move, he imagines a life away from his gritty, dangerous work -- a life centered around...
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Set in the pre-revolution Yemen of the Imans, this novel depicts the experiences of a boy sent to serve the city governor. There he is lured into giving covert sexual gratification to women of the household. The boy's growing awareness is portrayed against a background of decadence and injustice.
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For decades, Pamela Kaufman has entertained a loyal readership with the mesmerizing and often hilarious adventures of Alix of Wanthwaite, madcap medieval beauty. In Shield of Three Lions, the unflappable Alix braved the crusades dressed as a man to spar with the king of England over her birthright. Banners of Gold saw her taken hostage, drawn into a web of international politics, and entangled in the heartstrings of three different men. Now, The Prince of Poison finds Alix homeward bound at last...
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The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel
An American diplomata (TM)s wife is kidnapped in Argentina, and her husband murdered before her eyes. Her children will be next, she is told, if she doesna (TM)t tell them where her brother is - a brother, as it turns out, who may know quite a bit about the burgeoning UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal. There is an awful lot of money flying around, and an awful lot of hands are reaching up to grab it - and some of those hands dona (TM)t mind shedding as much blood as it takes.
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Charlestown, a blue-collar Boston neighborhood, produces more bank robbers and armored car thieves than any other square mile in the world. In this gripping thriller, Claire Keesey, the branch manager for a Boston bank, is taken hostage during a robbery. She is released, but Doug MacRay, the brains behind the tough, tight-knit crew of thieves, can't get her out of his mind. Tracking her down without his mask and gun, Doug introduces himself. As soon as he and Claire meet, their mutual attraction...
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An ex-con with delusions of grandeur and his tagalong brother unwittingly team up with a psychopath one wrong word away from meltdown. When their late afternoon joyride turns into a random act of violence, they take a family hostage in the affluent bedroom community of Bristo Camino. Enter Chief of Police Jeff Talley, a stressed-out former LAPD SWAT negotiator who is hiding from his past. Plunged back into the high-pressure world that he desperately wants to forget, Talley soon learns that his...
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From the back of the book Binding:PAP Vendor: Berkley Pub Group Subject:Fi Book Condition Very good
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THE HOSTAGE marks the return of Charley Castillo, an army major attached to Homeland Security who answers directly to the President. In this gripping political/military thriller, the murder of an associate in Paris sends corrupt U.N. diplomat Jean-Paul Lorimer fleeing to a plush hideout in rural Brazil. But Lorimer's foes, pursuing the money Lorimer skimmed from the U.N./Iraq food-for-oil scandal, are relentless. They kidnap Lorimer's sister, Betsy Masterson, and murder her husband, the American...
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New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell returns with a chilling tale of the law gone wrong and a kidnapping that threatens more than one life. Orphaned at thirteen, Grace Silva clawed her way out of poverty and violence to become one of the most respected judges on the federal bench. Grace believes in the rule of law -- lives it, breathes it. She has always been buttoned up and buttoned down. Except once. Joe Faroe has learned that laws are made by politicians, and politicians are all too...
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A Novel
The world was stunned by the hijacking of Air France flight 139 en route from Tel Aviv to Paris on June 27, 1976. Among the Jewish hostages from Israel, Europe, and the US is ten-year old Choni Binder, who is at the center of an escalating dispute between two families. Flying alone to France to meet unknown relatives, his plane is overtaken by Arab and German terrorists and diverted to Uganda. Fearing for his life, he discovers the shocking secret of his life and wonders who he can ever trust again...
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The Hostage Princess : A Novel (Star Wars Adventures, #3) - Ryder Windham
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With art and text created by authors and artists who also work for DC and Marvel, these nonfiction graphic novels are sure to grab students' interest.
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A Hostage to Fortune
As a pilot, sailor, filmmaker, fisherman and author of more than a score of successful books, Ernest Gann shares his own inspiring story. This master storyteller's epic adventure, with its twist of fate rival his best-selling novels. soft cover, 504 pp. 3653X
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The bestselling author of Demolition Angel and L.A. Requiem returns with his most intense and intricate thriller yet. As the Los Angeles Times said, Robert Crais is “a crime writer operating at the top of his game.” His complex heroes and heroines, his mastery of noir atmosphere, and his brilliant, taut plots have catapulted him into the front rank of a new breed of thriller writers. Hostage proves his earlier success was no fluke. It’s an unstoppable read. An ex-con with delusions of grandeur...
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