Books like Into the Fire by Richard Laymon

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

In Dan Simmons’ chilling historical adventure, the Franklin expedition’s steamships Terror and Erebus are trapped in the Arctic for two years, where crew face starvation, mutiny, and a nameless terror lurking in the ice.

During a Mexican vacation, two couples lose a friend and delve into a jungle ruin, only to confront a terrifying, ancient presence.

During a Boy Scouts weekend in the Canadian wilderness, a thin, pale intruder appears, carrying a bioengineered horror that spreads faster than fear and forces the young scouts to face unimaginable choices.

Set in a quiet 1950s American suburb, two orphaned sisters, Meg and Susan, are held captive in their aunt’s basement as her deteriorating mental health begins to poison their family and the surrounding community.

When Earth faces a hidden alien invasion, Rachel and her friends discover they are the only ones who can defend the planet.

British teen Gemma is kidnapped on holiday and taken to the Australian outback, where she must confront survival and re‑evaluate her captor, Ty, as their tense relationship evolves.

When escape artist Amani Al'Hiza leaves her dead‑end town, she never thinks she’ll lead a revolution—until the Sultan of Miraji imprisons the Rebel Prince in the mythical city of Eremot, forcing her to join the rebellion.

Mystery thriller about a forensic linguist who investigates the kidnapping of a child.

Nick Fox, a top FBI fugitive turned covert operative, must team up with Special Agent Kate O’Hare to thwart a deadly international plot after he’s kidnapped and cons are on a global chase.

Four university friends venture into the Arctic Circle’s Scandinavian wilderness seeking escape, only to confront ancient rituals and deadly forces lurking among untouched forest.

Ex-FBI agent Joe, a veteran scarred by abuse, rescues kidnapped girls; when he frees a senator’s daughter from a Manhattan brothel he uncovers a deadly conspiracy and must fight for survival.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

A blend of paranormal romance and cozy mystery featuring a shape‑shifter prince and a detective named Soria.

After a shipwreck and pirate kidnapping, orphan sisters Tansy and Amanda are rescued by British spy Martin Ballard; Tansy’s affection sparks jealousy in Amanda, who tries to seduce him despite her imminent marriage.

After surviving a brutal kidnapping, Abbie Devereaux must discover who held her captive in an airless shed and why she was targeted, as her memories fade and danger looms again.

Fourteen‑year‑old Sam Walsh returns home after three years in a kidnapper’s custody, forcing his sister Beth and friend Josh to confront survivor guilt, memories of the abduction, and Sam’s struggle to readjust to normal life.

Set in Texas, "Train from Marietta" follows a heartfelt tale of romance, adventure, and mystery amid ranch life, as a kidnapping plot throws the protagonist’s family into peril.

An omnibus collection of Charles Dickens’ most famous novels—Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and Tale of Two Cities—offering a broad look at 19th‑century English society, poverty, orphanhood, and the French Revolution.

A parent's worst nightmare is Grace's deadliest case...Kipp Brown, successful businessman and compulsive gambler, is having the worst run of luck of his life. He's beginning to lose big style. However, taking his teenage son, Mungo, to their club's big Saturday afternoon football match should have given him a welcome respite, if only for a few hours. But it' at the stadium where his nightmare begins.Within minutes of arriving at the game, Kipp bumps into a client. He takes his eye of Mungo for a few moments, and in that time, the boy is gone. Then he gets the terrifying message that someone has his child, and to get him back alive, Kipp will have to pay. Defying instruction not to contact the police, Kipp reluctantly does just that, and Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is brought into investigate. At first it seems a straightforward case of kidnap. But rapidly Grace finds himself entering a dark, criminal underbelly of the city, where the rules are different and nothing is what it seems...