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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Alabama

A Novel

A hilarious debut novel about an eclectic group of merchants at a Kansas antique mall who become implicated in the kidnapping of a local beauty pageant star. The city of Wichita, Kansas, is wracked with panic over the abduction of toddler pageant princess Lindy Bobo. However, the dealers at The Heart of America Antique Mall are too preoccupied by their own neurotic compulsions to take much notice. Postcards, perfume bottles, Barbies, vinyl records, kitschy neon beer signs—they collect and sell it all. Rather than focus on Lindy, this colorful cast of characters is consumed by another drama: the impending arrival of Mark and Grant from the famed antiques television show Pickin’ Fortunes, who are planning to film an episode at The Heart of America and secretly may be the last best hope of saving the mall from bankruptcy. Yet the mall and the missing beauty queen have more to do with each other than these vendors might think, and before long, the group sets in motion a series of events that lead to surprising revelations about Lindy’s whereabouts. As the mall becomes implicated in her disappearance, will Mark and Grant be scared away from all of the drama or will they arrive in time to save The Heart of America from going under? Equally comical and suspenseful, Heart of Junk is also a biting commentary on our current Marie Kondo era. It examines why certain objects resonate with us so deeply, rebukes Kondo’s philosophy of wholesale purging, and argues that “junk” can have great value—connecting us not only to our personal pasts but to our shared human history. As author Luke Geddes writes: “A collection was a record of a life lived, maybe not well or happily but at least with attention and passion. It was autobiography made whole.”

Heart of Junk

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#hardcover #ya #abduction #sisters #lost #found 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

"A twisty psychological thriller about a girl whose older sister is found thirteen years after she was abducted from their front yard. But is she really who she claims to be?"--

The Lost and the Found

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#hardcover #fiction #abduction #crime #drama #fleamarkets #funny #hilarious 

Arizona

#paperback #historicalromance #romance #abduction #LondonSociety #Scotland #mcClairensIsle #theRavishingOne #connieBrockway 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Louisiana

His desire for her turned abduction into seduction....She is the toast of London society. But Fia Merrick gives her heart to no one, for love is a weakness she cannot afford. Once she would have given her soul to Thomas McClairen, until he shattered her innocent dreams. Now he is back, a convict returned to England in disguise to abduct Fia to Scotland, to McClairen's Isle. There, as Fia seeks her revenge in seduction, a passion is ignited that defies the past and cannot be denied....

McClairen's Isle: the Ravishing One

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#nickheller #FBI #abduction #massmarketpaperback #oap

Washington

A Nick Heller Novel

Joseph Finder introduced Nick Heller, a "private spy" who finds out things powerful people want to keep hidden, to widespread acclaim from the critics and wild enthusiasm from the readers, in theNew York Timesbestselling novelVanished. Now, inBuried Secrets, Nick Heller returns, finding himself in the middle of a life-or-death situation that's both high-profile and intensely personal.

Nick has returned to his old home town of Boston to set up his own shop. There he's urgently summoned by an old family friend. Hedge fund titan Marshall Marcus desperately needs Nick's help. His teenaged daughter, Alexa, has just been kidnapped. Her abduction was clearly a sophisticated professional job, done with extraordinary precision. Alexa, whom Nick has known since she was young, is now buried alive, held prisoner in an underground crypt, a camera trained on her, her suffering streaming live over the internet. She's been left with a limited supply of food and water and, if her father doesn't meet the demands of her shadowy kidnappers, she'll die. And as Nick begins to probe, he discovers that all is not quite right with Marshall Marcus's business. He's being investigated by the FBI, he has a lot of shady investors, his fund is in danger and now he has a lot of powerful enemies who may have the motivation to go after Marcus's daughter. But to find out who's holding Alexa Marcus hostage, Nick has to find out why. Once he does, he uncovers an astonishing conspiracy that reaches far beyond anything he could have imagined. And if he's going to find Alexa in time, he will have to flush out and confront some of his deadliest opponents ever.

Buried Secrets

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Wisconsin

Detective Ellie Reeves - Book 5

Twisting her hands together, she bites back a sob. She only turned her back for a second, and then her daughter was gone. Every mother in town would be hugging their children tighter tonight.

Lara is baking cupcakes when her daughter Ava runs to catch the school bus just one block away. Chasing after her, Lara sees the bus tumbling past, and waves. But Ava never turns up at school.

Detective Ellie Reeves is in a race against time to find her--in missing child cases, every second counts. Searching the small town of Crooked Creek, she finds the child's bunny in the local park, the toy Ava carried around everywhere. Did Ava ever get on the bus?

While Ellie works around the clock, a local reporter gets a message: There are others missing girls out there. Digging into previous cases, Ellie discovers that another girl went missing on the same day the previous year. How many more children could there be?

Ellie is certain that the date means something--and that the person who sent the message is the key. But the community is up in arms, with everyone worried that their daughter will be next and blaming Ellie. The pressure is mounting, and time is running out to bring Ava home. Can Ellie solve the toughest case of her career--and save Ava--before it's too late?

An utterly addictive and twist-packed thriller guaranteed to get your heart racing! Perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.

Readers absolutely love Rita Herron:

"Wow!... I literally haven't been able to put this book down! This has completely gripped me and been utterly impossible to put down." Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Oh my word!... What a great storyteller Rita Herron is! From the fabulous plot which quite frankly had me on the edge of my seat throughout to the amazing character development, I am overwhelmed by this book! It was so good!... Oh my goodness! The twists! They kept coming! The final two though were shockers!... An astoundingly well-written novel!" NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Loved this book! Action packed and with so many twists, had me hooked from start to the end!! The ending was amazing!! I cannot wait to read the next book in the series!!!!!!" Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Wow, what a brilliant book... Rollercoaster of emotions... I found it very jumpy as I was so engrossed. Don't read when on your own!" NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"This book was so damn good! I just couldn't put it down until I finished it!... Had me hooked right from the start... Amazing!!" Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Truly brilliant... Right from the first chapter I was hooked and I needed to keep turning the pages... I felt I was on edge and my heart was bumping. You know a story is good when you start getting physical reactions." Chells and Books, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Stolen Angels

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#paperback #fiction #suspense #romanticsuspense #romance #melindaleigh #murder #abduction #

Midnight Series - Book 3

"Curator Dr. Louisa Hancock left behind Maine and her troubled past for a job at a prominent museum. Just when it seems that Louisa's new life is safe from her dark secrets, the body of a museum intern is found...And when another intern goes missing, the abduction is linked to the only man who has ever tempted Louisa's heart...."--Cover p. 4.

Midnight Betrayal

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#paperback #aprilhenry #abduction #suspense

Ohio

A teen is snatched outside her kung fu class and must figure out how to escape--and rescue another kidnapped victim--in The Girl in the White Van, a chilling YA mystery by New York Times bestselling author April Henry.

When Savannah disappears soon after arguing with her mom's boyfriend, everyone assumes she's run away. The truth is much worse. She's been kidnapped by a man in a white van who locks her in an old trailer home, far from prying eyes.

And worse yet, Savannah's not alone: ten months earlier, Jenny met the same fate and nearly died trying to escape. Now as the two girls wonder if he will hold them captive forever or kill them, they must join forces to break out--even if it means they die trying.

Christy Ottaviano Books

The Girl in the White Van

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#suspense #abduction #thriller #psychologicalthriller #authors #fiction #paperback 

"A tense ride from the start...terrific." --Richard Kadrey, New York Times bestselling author of Sandman Slim



She created a beautiful world. Now he wants it all.



On her way to a speaking engagement, bestselling novelist Eli Grey gets into a cab and accepts a drink from the driver, trusting that everything is fine. She wakes up chained in the stranger's basement. With no close family or friends expecting her to check in, Eli knows she needs to save herself. She soon realizes that her abduction wasn't random, and though she thinks she might recognize her captor, she can't figure out what he wants. Her only clues are that he's very familiar with her books and deeply invested in the fantastical world she creates. What follows is a test of wills as Eli pits herself against a man who believes she owes him everything--and is determined to take it from her.



Terrifying and timely, set against the backdrop of convention culture and the MeToo reckoning, Number One Fan unflinchingly examines the tension between creator and work, fandom and source material, and the rage of fans who feel they own fiction.

Number One Fan

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Ten years after Samantha and her next door neighbor Remy watched as a man broke into Sam's home and lifted her younger sister, Turtle, from her sleeping bag, Sam's shattered family returns to her childhood home in an effort to heal, and the more they re-examine the events of that fateful night, the more questions they have about what really happened to Turtle.

The Last Good Day of the Year

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#hardcover #fiction #drama #abduction #suspense #suchagoodbook #5starsfromme 

Indiana

Charlie Donlea, one of the most original new voices in suspense, returns with a haunting novel, laden with twists and high tension, about two abducted girls--one who returns, one who doesn't--and the forensics expert searching for answers. Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are both high school seniors in the small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. When they disappear from a beach party one warm summer night, police launch a massive search. No clues are found, and hope is almost lost until Megan miraculously surfaces after escaping from a bunker deep in the woods. A year later, the bestselling account of her ordeal has turned Megan from local hero to national celebrity. It's a triumphant, inspiring story, except for one inconvenient detail: Nicole is still missing. Nicole's older sister Livia, a fellow in forensic pathology, expects that one day soon Nicole's body will be found, and it will be up to someone like Livia to analyze the evidence and finally determine her sister's fate. Instead, the first clue to Nicole's disappearance comes from another body that shows up in Livia's morgue--that of a young man connected to Nicole's past. Livia reaches out to Megan for help, hoping to learn more about the night the two were taken. Other girls have gone missing too, and Livia is increasingly certain the cases are connected. But Megan knows more than she revealed in her blockbuster book. Flashes of memory are coming together, pointing to something darker and more monstrous than her chilling memoir describes. And the deeper she and Livia dig, the more they realize that sometimes true terror lies in finding exactly what you've been looking for. PRAISE FOR CHARLIE DONLEA AND SUMMIT LAKE "A gem of a mystery, fast‑paced and suspenseful." --Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Fans of contemporary suspense will enjoy this brisk read." --Booklist "An exciting debut, with all the right touches, captivating from the first page to the last. There's a bright future ahead for this newcomer to the thriller genre--definitely a talent to watch." --Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author "Donlea keeps readers guessing throughout. The whodunit plot is clever and compelling . . . for fans of nonstop mysteries with a twist." --Library Journal "A swift, outstanding debut. Summit Lake engrossed me then knocked me cold. Charlie Donlea is a superb storyteller sure to damage the bestseller lists." --Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author "With a soaring pace and teasing plot twists, Charlie Donlea's debut mystery is like a cool drink of water with a twist of lemon. It's refreshing to find a book that has such a well-developed plot and excellent writing to back it up." --BookPage

The Girl Who Was Taken

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#paperback #truecrime #trafficking #abduction

My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction into Prostitution

The haunting, unforgettable memoir that took the UK by storm, Traffickedis a gripping first-hand account of a young woman who survived the horrors of human trafficking.

Sophie Hayes, a young, educated English woman, was spending an idyllic weekend in Italy with her seemingly charming boyfriend. But the day of her return home, he made it clear she wasn't going anywhere. Punching and shouting at her, he threatened to kill her adored younger brothers if she didn't cooperate to help him pay off hundreds of thousands of dollars he'd racked up in debts.

Over the next six months, Sophie is forced to work as a prostitute in a country where she didn't speak the language, nobody knows her whereabouts, and escape seems impossible. She struggles to survive, constantly at the mercy of her boyfriend's violent moods and living in fear of being killed by any of her customers. When a life-threatening illness lands her in the hospital, Sophie has a chance to phone her mother and escape--if her boyfriend doesn't get to her first.

Chilling and captivating, Traffickedis one of the first memoirs to present a stunning personal look at the criminal human sex trafficking trade and bring this disturbingly widespread abuse to light.

Trafficked

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#paperback #fiction #abduction #hannahmarymckinnon #missing #thriller 

Kentucky

"[A] highly entertaining, bone-chilling must read."--Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest



"A diabolical tour de force."--P.J. Vernon, author of Bath Haus



"Don't miss this propulsive, hypnotic thrill ride."--Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Last Girl Ghosted  



First comes love. Then comes murder.



Lucas Forester didn't hate his wife. Michelle was brilliant, sophisticated and beautiful. Sure, she had extravagant spending habits, that petty attitude, a total disregard for anyone below her status. But she also had a lot to offer. Most notably: wealth that only the one percent could comprehend.



For years, Lucas has been honing a flawless plan to inherit Michelle's fortune. Unfortunately, it involves taking a hit out on her.



Every track is covered, no trace left behind, and now Lucas plays the grieving husband so well he deserves an award. But when a shocking photo and cryptic note show up on his doorstep, Lucas goes from hunter to prey. 



Someone is on to him. And they're closing in.



Told with dark wit and a sharply feminist sensibility, Never Coming Home is a terrifying tale of duplicity that will have you side-eyeing your spouse as you dash to the breathtaking end.



 

Never Coming Home

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#hardcover #fiction #suspense #thriller #inkandbone #lisaunger #abduction #paranormal #ghosts #mystery  Reading this book made me regret selling another new Lisa Unger book without reading it because this book was amazing! So many twists & turns. Suspense, sorrow, tragedy, etc. 

In this explosive psychological thriller by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger, a young woman's mysterious gift forces her into the middle of a dangerous investigation of a little girl's disappearance. For as long as she can remember, twenty-year-old Finley Montgomery has been able to see into the future. She dreams about events before they occur and sees beyond the physical world, unconsciously using her power to make supernatural things happen. But Finley can't control these powers and there's only one person who can help. So Finley moves to The Hollows, a small town in upstate New York where her grandmother lives, a renowned seer who can finally teach Finley how to use her gift. A gift that is proving to be both a blessing and a curse, as Finley lands in the middle of a dangerous investigation involving a young girl who has been missing for ten months and the police have all but given up hope. With time running out there's only so much Finley can do as The Hollows begins to reveal its true colors. As she digs deeper into the town and its endless layers, nothing is what it seems. But one thing is clear: The Hollows gets what it wants, no matter what.

Ink and Bone

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A crime thriller by Candace Fox. #fiction #crimethriller #privateinvestigator #abduction #accused #candacefox #deception #obsession #

Michigan

"Complex, human characters, and a dark, meaty story, and fine writing, and a great sense of place – this is one of the best crime thrillers of the year. Sign me up as a big-time Fox fan!" —Lee Child Crimson Lake by Sydney-based, Ned Kelly award-winning author Candice Fox is a thrilling contemporary crime novel set in Queensland, Australia, perfect for readers of authors like James Patterson, Harlan Coben, Lisa Gardner, and Tana French. How do you move on when the world won’t let you? 12:46: Claire Bingleystands alone at a bus stop 12:47: Ted Conkaffey parks his car beside her 12:52: The girl is missing . . . Six minutes in the wrong place at the wrong time—that’s all it took to ruin Sydney detective Ted Conkaffey’s life. Accused but not convicted of a brutal abduction,Ted is now a free man—and public enemy number one. Maintaining his innocence, he flees north to keep a low profile amidst the steamy, croc-infested wetlands of Crimson Lake. There, Ted’s lawyer introduces him to eccentric private investigator Amanda Pharrell, herself a convicted murderer. Not entirely convinced Amanda is a cold-blooded killer, Ted agrees to help with her investigation, a case full of deception and obsession, while secretly digging into her troubled past. The residents of Crimson Lake are watching the pair's every move . . . and the town offers no place to hide.

Crimson Lake

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#paperback #fiction #abduction #hannahmarymckinnon #missing #thriller #mystery 

Missouri

#paperback, #PelicanLakeMN, #murder, #abduction, #cozymystery 

Murder at Pelican Lake 

#fiction #juvenilefiction #ya #youngadult #paperback #abduction 

Pennsylvania

Having been abducted at age seven, abandoned, a foster child, and homeless, Ethan, now sixteen, is happy to be home until his brother's suspicion and his own inability to remember something unspeakable from his early childhood begin to tear the family apart.

Dead to You

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#paperback #religion #bodymindspirit #fiction #abduction #scifi #theshack #wmpaulyoung 

Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation. Evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in the midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note--apparently from God--inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.

The Shack

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#paperback #science #UFO #abduction #BettyLuca #UFOabduction #phenomenon #alien #alienencounter

New Jersey

The Secret Design Behind UFO Abduction 

Betty Anreasson Lucas's UFO abduction case has long been famous for the vividness of her recall under hypnosis and the detailed inner consistency of her story.  But recently a breathtaking array of previously unknown extraterrestrial encounters has come to light.  They reveal the secret, disturbing prime motive behind the abductions of Betty Andreasson Lucas and many others throughout history--and the ultimate design the alien's presence on earth and in our lives.  When Lucas discovered this astonishing secret, she gave the beings a name.  She calls them the Watchers.  Here is a vivid, fully documented picture of the abduction phenomenon as experienced by Betty and many others, including author Raymond E. Fowler himself.  The many points of agreement among disparate abductees--such as physical descriptions of alien beings, examinations, experiments, and out-of-body experiences--suggest that not only are we indeed being visited, but we have been for many years.  The Watchers brings us closer to the  visitors than ever:  we see their amazing equipment, their scientific knowledge and power, and the shattering consequences of what they know about our present and our future.  This explosive book gives new meaning to the tantalizing mysteries whose solutions lie in the message no one on this planet can ignore.

The Watchers

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Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity

Four years after his daughter is abducted and evidence of her murder is found in an abandoned shack, Mackenzie Allen Philips returns to the shack in response to a note claiming to be from God, and has a life-changing experience. Reprint. A #1 best-seller.

North Carolina

#paperback  #Addictive #Thrilling #Abduction #Homicide ￼

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Massachusetts

A Crimson Lake Novel

#1New York Times bestselling author Candice Fox delivers a compulsive new crime thriller inRedemption Point.

When former police detective Ted Conkaffey was wrongly accused of abducting Claire Bingley, he hoped the Queensland rainforest town of Crimson Lake would be a good place to disappear. But nowhere is safe from Claire's devastated father.

Dale Bingley has a brutal revenge plan all worked out - and if Ted doesn't help find the real abductor, he'll be its first casualty.

Meanwhile, in a dark roadside hovel called the Barking Frog Inn, the bodies of two young bartenders lie on the beer-sodden floor. It's Detective Inspector Pip Sweeney's first homicide investigation - complicated by the arrival of private detective Amanda Pharrell to 'assist' on the case. Amanda's conviction for murder a decade ago has left her with some odd behavioural traits, top-to-toe tatts - and a keen eye for killers . . .

For Ted and Amanda, the hunt for the truth will draw them into a violent dance with evil. Redemption is certainly on the cards - but it may well cost them their lives . . .

Luke Geddes

Heart of Junk

Cat Clarke

The Lost and the Found

Luke Geddes

Heart of Junk

Connie Brockway

McClairen's Isle: the Ravishing One

Joseph Finder

Buried Secrets

Rita Herron

Stolen Angels

Melinda Leigh

Midnight Betrayal

April Henry

The Girl in the White Van

Meg Elison

Number One Fan

Jessica Warman

The Last Good Day of the Year

Charlie Donlea

The Girl Who Was Taken

Sophie Hayes

Trafficked

Hannah Mary McKinnon

Never Coming Home

Lisa Unger

Ink and Bone

Candice Fox

Crimson Lake

Hannah Mary McKinnon

Never Coming Home

Marjorie Mathison Hance

Murder at Pelican Lake

Lisa McMann

Dead to You

Wm. Paul Young

The Shack

Raymond E. Fowler; Betty A. Luca (Contribution by)

The Watchers

William Paul Young

The Shack

Hannah Mary McKinnon

Never Coming Home

Candice Fox

Redemption Point

Robin Cook

Abduction