The Last Clue
After weeks of searching the New York City catacombs for a centuries-old diamond buried by a pirate, George van Gelder and friends are stopped in their tracks when their underground enemy, Leroy, kidnaps George's father's new girlfriend and holds her for ransom in order to gain the treasure.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: pirates, buried treasure, kidnapping [X], mystery and detective stories, new york (n.y.) [X], treasure troves, mystery
The Kidnappers
No one believes eleven-year-old Joey, who has a reputation for telling tall tales, when he claims to have witnessed the kidnapping of the class bully outside their expensive New York City private school.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
Bundle Of Trouble
After Rebecca meets a new family in her New York City apartment building and helps watch their fussy baby while they are moving in, she becomes convinced that they have been victimized by the kidnappers that have been operating in their neighborhood.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: kidnapping [X], infants, human behavior, jews, new york (n.y.) [X], mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, babies, behavior, mystery and detective stories, historical fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction
Janie Face To Face
At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have successfully left behind her past as "The face on the milk carton," but soon she, her families, and friends are pursued by a true-crime writer who wants their help in telling her kidnapper's tale.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: kidnapping [X], authors, universities and colleges, identity (philosophical concept), families, new york (n.y.) [X]
The Sign Of The Falcon
When her father disappears in New York City, Nancy goes looking for him and uncovers a mystery and a twenty-year-old murder.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: drew, nancy (fictitious character), kidnapping [X], mystery and detective stories, drew, nancy (fictional character), new york (n.y.) [X]
Step On A Crack
New York detective Michael Bennett faces raising his ten children alone after the death of his wife when he is called upon to help rescue thirty-four high-profile hostages.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Janie Face To Face
At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have successfully left behind her past as "The face on the milk carton," but soon she, her families, and friends are pursued by a true-crime writer who wants their help in telling her kidnapper's tale.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: kidnapping [X], authors, colleges and universities, identity, family life, new york (n.y.) [X], authorship, universities and colleges, love
You'll Never Guess The End
In the middle of a small and largely unnoticed nervous breakdown, fifteen-year-old Joel tries to cope with the complications caused by his brother's sudden fame as a novelist, a devoted dog, and the kidnapping of his brother's former girlfriend.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Angel Of Darkness
Sara Howard, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, Stevie Taggert, and other members of the crime solving team assembled in "The Alienist," make a shocking discovery when they reunite in 1897 to help the wife of a Spanish diplomat find her kidnapped infant daughter.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Girl In The Clockwork Collar
Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her "straynge band of mysfits" have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: young women, criminals, nobility, robots, new york (n.y.) [X], kidnapping [X], mystery fiction, science fiction
Step On A Crack
Detective Michael Bennett is about to take on the most sinister challenge of his career.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
In Like Flynn
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: kidnapping [X], spiritualists, women immigrants, legislators' spouses, irish american women, new york (n.y.) [X]
The Hard Way
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: kidnapping [X], mercenary troops, ex-police officers, reacher, jack (fictitious character), new york (n.y.) [X]
Simon Thorn And The Wolf's Den
Simon Thorn, twelve, is able to talk with animals, but when his mother is kidnapped by a herd of New York City rats he learns he, his mother, and his uncle are all Animalgams--able to change into an animal at will--and that Simon may be able to save the beleaguered Five Animal Kingdoms.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: juvenile fiction / animals / general, juvenile fiction / fantasy & magic, juvenile fiction / action & adventure / general, kidnapping [X], animals, new york (n.y.) [X]
Kill The Boy Band
Four fan-girls of The Ruperts, sneak away to a hotel in Manhattan to see their favorite boy band, but when one of them literally drags Rupert Pierpont to their room and they tie him up, things get complicated--and when Rupert is killed things go from bad to worse.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: fans (persons), boy bands, kidnapping [X], murder, new york (n.y.) [X], bands (music), homicide