Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking

Until Proven Innocent: Could the real-life Kojak help save a man from the electric chair?    by Arthur Jay Harris
Price: $3.99 USD. 132630 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2013. Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder.

The prosecutor was no longer sure both murder defendants were guilty. So he asked his dad—the real-life Kojak: could he help solve the case? A true story.
Pro Bono - The 18-Year Defense of Caril Ann Fugate    by Jeff McArthur
Price: $4.99 USD. 114980 words. Language: English. Published on March 18, 2013. Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder.

In 1958, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather went on a murder spree that paralyzed Nebraska, shocked the nation, and left 11 people dead. With him when he was captured was his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend Caril Fugate. The question soon arose, was Caril a kidnapped victim, or a heartless accomplice?
Eyes of a Pedophile Detecting Child Predators    by Betty Kuffel
Price: $2.99 USD. 77380 words. Language: English. Published on February 28, 2013. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

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Peer inside the mind of violent child molester Nathanael Bar-Jonah. Personal coded writings, life-long behaviors and victim testimony reveal how he operated and the difficulties law enforcement experienced stopping him. This book follows his evolution from religious beginnings to hunting children. Extensively researched details explain what is known about child predators and how to recognize them.
Smart Kids, Safe Kids    by Dr. Ajakai Hassler
Price: $4.99 USD. 29830 words. Language: English. Published on January 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Parenting » Teens.

Outsmart anybody who tries to hurt you. Our world is getting crazier every day. This hard-hitting book teaches best ways to prevent (or cope with) child abduction, sexual assault and violence against kids. What I hope you get from this book is that you can and you must make yourself safe in this scary world. Smarter is safer. You can be…here is how… For girls, age 12 and up.
Pain and Gain - The Untold True Story    by Marc Schiller
Price: $4.99 USD. 89850 words. Language: English. Published on January 20, 2013. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

‘Pain and Gain – The Untold True Story’ is a gripping memoir that tells the true story behind the Paramount film Pain and Gain. Written by the real Sun Gym Gang victim, Marc Schiller, ‘Pain and Gain – The Untold True Story’ will take readers on an adrenaline rush with a shocking ending.
Have You Seen My Child - The Quest To Recover a Stolen Child    by Robin Bowles
Price: $9.95 USD. 51870 words. Language: English. Published on July 28, 2012. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

What would you do if your child was taken by your partner? Find out just what can be done in this amazing true story of the biggest successful international missing persons search ever conducted in the history of the world. The story began in Sydney Australia with a happy marriage and a beloved boy child. It continued through the separation of the child from the father and then the abduction.
Sleeping Dogs: A true story of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping    by Michael Foldes
Price: $4.99 USD. 37880 words. Language: English. Published on February 21, 2012. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

A deathbed confession. A gun encased in concrete. And the possibility both could have kept Bruno Richard Hauptmann from going to the electric chair for the kidnap and murder of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. When journalist Michael Foldes hears the story of an upstate NY family who could have known the killers, he teases out details in the 80-year-old case that plausibly point to Hauptmann's innocence.
SERIAL KILLER COUPLES: Bonded by Sexual Depravity, Abduction, and Murder    by R. Barri Flowers
Price: $8.99 USD. 50870 words. Language: English. Published on January 1, 2012. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

SERIAL KILLER COUPLES: Bonded by Sexual Depravity, Abduction, and Murder chronicles the true crimes of sexually motivated serial killers who are intimates. In this latest true crime book from award winning, bestselling criminologist R. Barri Flowers, 9 gripping tales examine killer couples from America, England & Canada whose murderous reign of terror knows no end till they are brought to justice.
Where Are My Children? The True Story of a Mother Who Risked Her Life to Rescue Her Kidnapped Children    by Cassie Kimbrough
Price: $3.99 USD. 60860 words. Language: English. Published on November 30, 2011. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

It was a mother's worst nightmare: her husband had kidnapped their children and taken them thousands of miles away to his native Bolivia. Cassie tried to get help from the FBI, the State Department, even the Bolivian government. No one seemed to care. So she decided to take matters into her own hands. This is the dramatic, deeply personal account of her odyssey to bring her children home.
Night of the Full Moon    by Herb Clough
Price: $3.99 USD. 27100 words. Language: English. Published by Criterion House  on November 25, 2011. Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking.

Night of the Full Moon is a work of creative non-fiction based on the real-life kidnapping of Palm Springs socialite Elaine Chaddick on May 8th, 1979,as told by the FBI's special agent in charge.