It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross is called away from his family to resolve a horrific hostage situation that is spiraling out of control.

FBI agent Gabriel Dean rushes into action to protect his pregnant wife, homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, when she is taken hostage along with others at the hospital by Nicholas Tennant, a black-ops agent in possession of high-level government secrets.

Chicago hostage negotiator Kate O'Malley meets FBI agent Dave Richman while she's talking a bank gunman into releasing hostages. Impressed by her professionalism and attracted to her personally, Dave starts courting Kate, only to discover that she's not a Christian, a major stumbling block for him. He's also about to find out that falling in love with a hostage negotiator is one thing, but keeping her safe is another!

Uncommon valor in the line of duty and unconditional devotion in the name of love are the salient qualities of the daring men and women who risk it all in the heart-pounding thrillers of New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann. Crafted with precision and power, her characters come alive with a depth of emotion few writers have achieved. Now, with Breaking Point, Brockmann breaks even further through the pack and delivers a stunning payload.As...

Well-known Fort Worth multi-millionaire Russell Dendy's daughter has been kidnapped. Tiel McCoy, TV reporter, abandons her plans for a vacation in Mexico in order to pursue the story. However, Sabra Dendy has notbeen kidnapped: She is pregnant and has run away withher boyfriend, Ronnie Davison. And Tiel McCoy is coming face to face with the barrel of a gun--and the scoop of a lifetime.

A schoolbus carrying eight deaf schoolgirls and their teachers breaks suddenly on a Kansas highway. They should have never stopped. Waiting for them are 3 heartless men who've just escaped from prison...each with nothing to loose.

Sneaking an underwater look at a notorious Russian black marketeer's fancy yacht, Doc Ford emerges to discover that the marketeer's private island has been taken over by environmental extremists who threaten to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met.

What initially appears to be a bank heist turns into something far more complex and deadly. When forensic scientist Theresa MacLean seizes the opportunity to trade places with the city's best hostage negotiator, she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice in order to save the lives of innocent people as well as her own.

"Reeling from a negotiation gone wrong, FBI Special Agent April Ramos is caught off guard when a frazzled young woman shoves a crying baby into her arms, then disappears. Worry for the child's safety quickly turns to fear when a man claiming to be the girl's father abducts them at gunpoint. April puts her hostage negotiation skills to use to learn more about who she's dealing with: Jason Snyder, a fugitive accused of murder. As Jason spins a tall...

Arriving to negotiate a hostage situation in Washington, D.C., Navy SEAL John Nilson is shocked to see Meg, a love from his past, holding a foreign ambassador hostage at gunpoint. John learns she's been forced into this because terrorists have kidnapped her daughter and threatened to kill her if Meg doesn't assassinate the ambassador.