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1) The escape
Author
Series
John Puller novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
When his older brother escapes a military prison, John Puller finds himself part of the manhunt for him and discovers troubling details about the case.
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English
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In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett...
4) Wrong alibi
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Sentenced to life in prison for a murder she did not commit, eighteen-year-old Evelyn escapes and works under an alias at a wilderness camp, where her chance at revenge is complicated by a former employer's mysterious connections.
5) Escape
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Chicago special-ops leader Detective Billy Harney investigates when six jail inmates escape and leave a taunting note for him along with two dead correctional officers.
6) Outfoxed
Author
Series
Andy Carpenter novels volume 14
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Working with a county prison program where rescue dogs are trained to be more adoptable, defense lawyer Andy Carpenter is horrified when a prisoner uses an adorable fox terrier to make an ingenious escape before the man who helped convict the prisoner is found murdered.
8) The chase
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Escaping prison along with 650 of the world’s most violent criminals, John Kradle uses this opportunity to prove his innocence in the murder of his wife and daughter, going up against a death row supervisor turned fugitive hunter who has personal reasons for hating him.
9) Caught
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Escaping from prison after being sentenced for drug charges, twenty-five-year-old David Slaney adopts numerous guises to avoid a ruthless detective while searching for his former drug-dealing partner.
10) The escape
Author
Series
US Marshals novels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A desperate murderer and a downed plane turn a routine prison transfer into a hunt through the rugged Pacific Northwest for US Marshals Madison James and Jonas Quinn.
11) Stand up and die
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Series
Jackals volume 2
Language
English
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Description
When three justice-seekers known as Jackals cross paths near Arizona's Dead River, they must join forces and face all of their enemies come hell or high water.
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Language
English
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The Nazi regime, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, has surged to power and now hold Germany by the throat. All non-Aryans, especially Jews like Jacob Weisz and his family, are treated like dogs. When tragedy strikes during one terrible night of violence, Jacob flees and joins rebel forces working to undermine the regime. But after a raid goes horribly wrong, Jacob finds himself in a living nightmare on the train to the Auschwitz death camp. As...
13) Down a dark road
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Series
Kate Burkholder thrillers volume 9
Language
English
Description
When an Amish man convicted for murdering his wife eight years earlier escapes and abducts his five children, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder races to the scene, only to be ambushed by the man, who implores her to prove his innocence.
Author
Series
Reeve LeClaire novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a psychopath who held her prisoner for four years escapes from a mental facility and begins a murderous rampage, college student Reeve realizes that she is the only person who knows the killer well enough to stop him.
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Series
Buck Schatz mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
Death-camp survivor Buck is 87, abrasive, and has trouble remembering. But his cop's watchfulness is intact, and he keeps his .375 Magnum close by. When he learns that the sadistic guard who brutalized him is likely still alive and the possessor of much stolen Nazi gold, Buck and his chatterbox grandson go on a quest. But who are these people who suddenly come out of the woodwork-- a loan shark, a scholar, a pretty Israeli soldier? And why does everyone...
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