Former LAPD hostage negotiator Jeff Talley takes a job as chief of police in a small town far from the city, but his new peace is overturned when three young men, fleeing a robbery, invade a local home and take a family hostage. Former LAPD SWAT unit hostage negotiator Jeff Talley is thrown back into the high-pressure world he's tried to leave behind when a family is taken hostage in their Los Angeles home by three fleeing robbers. But Talley's nightmare...

"If you're a security expert, what do you do if your fianc©♭e suddenly goes missing, presumably kidnapped? If you're Daniel Trent, a highly trained specialist in hostage negotiation, the answer is simple: you find out who took her and you make them talk. But what if your chief suspect is taken as well? How do you get him back quickly--and alive--so you can find out what really happened to your fianc©♭e?"--

Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles discovers that the man she's about to autopsy is alive. But, that's only the beginning of the trouble caused by the formerly-presumed-dead man. After being rushed to the hospital, Nicholas Tennant, a black-ops agent in possession of high- level government secrets, seizes a security guard's gun and takes hostages, including pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. Rizzoli's husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, must...

Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits. Viewing an apartment normally doesn't turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that: a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage....