HINT: it’s the setting of the last novel you read. Please include title and author.
55 thoughts on “Reader Friday: You’ve Been Kidnapped”
Ireland – but I’d prefer the beach.
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts.
Haha. Me too, Cynthia!
Luxembourg… which means no one will find me since who really knows where Luxembourg is? (…which is exactly what the protag in _The Expats_ says when she’s told her husband has new job there…)
Nice location! Yeah, you could really be screwed, George. 😉
It’s right beside the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. (THE MOUSE THAT ROARED.)
Cincinnati and surrounding areas (Although to be honest, I’m not big on geography and didn’t pay a lot of attention to the main settings.)
Ant Farm by James M. Jackson
Sounds like a fun place to be, Terry. 🙂
If I hadn’t just finished The Long Call, I’d be there with you. Maybe together we could defeat the baddies. Jim made Cincinnati a lot more interesting than it appears when zipping through (if we’re lucky) on I-71. He’s right about the splendid view of Cincy coming north on71 through Covington, KY. I could live with that view.
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Yeah, I’d rather not, I have absolutely no survival skills.
Yeah, you’re doomed. Hahaha.
The early scenes were filmed in the mountains of North Carolina.
The Bahamas
The Last One Left by John D MacDonald
Nice! I love the Bahamas.
In eastern Oregon, the High Desert where smoke from the campfire drifts down in the morning instead of rising, so you can’t see where you step, and feral mules savagely defend their territory, and crazy preachers are more likely to shoot you than baptize you. Grind Your Bones to Dust by Nicholas Day.
Oooh, sounds like my kind of read. Adding to my TBR. Thanks, Priscilla!
Barnstaple, Devonshire, UK. Locked in a deserted shed in a deserted corner of Matthew and Jonathan’s property. My captors figure that’s the last place Matthew would look for me. (Non-spoiler–my place of confinement bears no relation to the story other than that Matthew and Jonathan own the property.)
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves.
Nicely done, Eric! Hope you make it out. 🙂
A London neighborhood in the 1800s where Jack the Ripper is stalking victims–I am in deep doo-doo…literally b/c the streets were also the sewers.
The Curse She Wore by Jordan Dane.
I know the location well, Debbie. Yeah, you’re screwed. 😉 Loved that book!
A garden tour in 1970 England, with a murderer.
Nemesis, by Agatha Christie.
One of my faves…
Fun!
Oh my! What fun…or not…
I’m in a basement holding cell in Greece, kidnapped by a shadow group, called Kairos, about to wreak havoc at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. POTUS and his team are heading there to unveil the new version of a Middle East Peace Plan. Kairos objects, having been hired by several Arab and Palestinian entities to do a little bombing and assassinating. Of POTUS.
The Jerusalem Assassin, the newest by Joel Rosenberg.
What I can’t work out is: WHY ME? I’m just a nobody from Yakima, WA. If I figure it out, I’ll let y’all know.
Obviously you know something Kairos doesn’t want Mossad to learn. Will Mossad rescue you in time, that’s the question.
I agree with Eric. You must know something Mossad doesn’t want leaked. Think, Deb, think. Hahaha. Good luck!
There is that…
I’ve been taken to a cave in the English countryside (Dorset) dug out by my captor to hide from agents of an aggressive foreign power as well as local traitors to the Queen. My captor is a very likeable English Gentleman. It’s 1938. War is coming to Europe.
– Rogue Male, Geoffrey Household
At least he’s a likable guy, Carl. LOL Good luck!
An abandoned movie theatre in Venice Italy.
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
A reread since I love that book so much, though now that I’m older, the legal stuff in it makes no sense. You can’t playact an adoption.
Ooh, sounds creepy, AZAli!
I am in deep trouble. Either strapped to a dog sled heading to the north pole or the dungeon of a castle in Germany near the Ingolstadt.
OK I am about half way through Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein, original text by Mary Shelly. The Wrightson version has about 50 masterful illustrations.
Hahahaha. You ARE in deep trouble, Alan!
Tri-Cities area (Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland) of Washington State. Hopefully, a nice werewolf would save me.
SMOKE BITTEN, Patricia Briggs. “Mercy Thompson” series, Book 12. Urban fantasy. When a monster who kills for magical energy starts a rampage, Mercy and her mate Adam must stop while dealing with something wrong with Adam’s connection to his inner wolf as well other minor disasters.
Sounds fun, Marilynn. Good luck! 🙂
And the site of Hanford Nuclear Reservation…the werewolf has mutated.
I”m being held in the dungeon of a reproduction of one of Ludwig of Bavaria’s castles in Chandler Grove, Georgia. Rescue me!
Sick of Shadows by Sharyn McCrumb.
Hahaha. On my way, Suzanne!
It wuz El Lay…where else? Last Call by James Scott Bell. Okay, some suburban Las Vegas thrown in, but it was L. A. as only JSB can portray it, complete with nostalgic notes and indigent background.
Ha, Dan. I was going to report that I ended up right here in L.A., courtesy of re-reading the divine Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely!
Eeek! Haven’t started the book yet. *nah, nah, nah, not listening*
Good luck, Dan! I hear JSB is a ruthless captor. 😉
I’m either being held in England, Saxby-on-Avon or Framlingham, I’m not sure which.
MAGPIE MURDERS by Anthony Horowitz
oops. delete that first “either”
Done! 🙂
I’ve stumbled across that book so many times. Definitely going on TBR list now. Thanks, Kay!
Antarctica. I hate the cold, but I’d love to go there.
Where did you go, Bernadette? by, um, have to look this up: Maria Semple
Most of the book takes place in Seattle. Since I already live here I prefer the idea of getting kidnapped to there. If you’re going to get kidnapped you should at least get a decent trip out of the deal.
I agree, catfriend! Antarctica does sound cold, though. Good luck!
“Hooked on Hooty!” His wife is abducted by the Jersey Boys and held in suite 305 of the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida, as bait drawing her husband Hooty and his friend Scooter from Key West to Key Largo to exchange for the
blood diamonds..
Those dang blood diamonds cause so much trouble, don’t they, Gerald. Good luck!
The Arizona desert. Just read Borders of the Heart by Chris Fabry. He knows how to detail scenes so you feel the scorching heat and feel your heart pounding with the characters in this action-adventure novel that’s all about redemption.
Sounds like an awesome book, Christine. Arizona desert heat is a creepy setting.
Well crap…I am narrating a John Gilstrap novel right now. If I just got kidnapped in that world I am screwed! Because the middle aged fat guy almost always dies trying to prove he can keep up with Dig & Boxers!
Hahahahahahaha. 😀
Highbury in England. I just read Emma by Jane Austen
You’ve just been abducted.
Ireland – but I’d prefer the beach.
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts.
Haha. Me too, Cynthia!
Luxembourg… which means no one will find me since who really knows where Luxembourg is? (…which is exactly what the protag in _The Expats_ says when she’s told her husband has new job there…)
Nice location! Yeah, you could really be screwed, George. 😉
It’s right beside the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. (THE MOUSE THAT ROARED.)
Cincinnati and surrounding areas (Although to be honest, I’m not big on geography and didn’t pay a lot of attention to the main settings.)
Ant Farm by James M. Jackson
Sounds like a fun place to be, Terry. 🙂
If I hadn’t just finished The Long Call, I’d be there with you. Maybe together we could defeat the baddies. Jim made Cincinnati a lot more interesting than it appears when zipping through (if we’re lucky) on I-71. He’s right about the splendid view of Cincy coming north on71 through Covington, KY. I could live with that view.
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Yeah, I’d rather not, I have absolutely no survival skills.
Yeah, you’re doomed. Hahaha.
The early scenes were filmed in the mountains of North Carolina.
The Bahamas
The Last One Left by John D MacDonald
Nice! I love the Bahamas.
In eastern Oregon, the High Desert where smoke from the campfire drifts down in the morning instead of rising, so you can’t see where you step, and feral mules savagely defend their territory, and crazy preachers are more likely to shoot you than baptize you. Grind Your Bones to Dust by Nicholas Day.
Oooh, sounds like my kind of read. Adding to my TBR. Thanks, Priscilla!
Barnstaple, Devonshire, UK. Locked in a deserted shed in a deserted corner of Matthew and Jonathan’s property. My captors figure that’s the last place Matthew would look for me. (Non-spoiler–my place of confinement bears no relation to the story other than that Matthew and Jonathan own the property.)
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves.
Nicely done, Eric! Hope you make it out. 🙂
A London neighborhood in the 1800s where Jack the Ripper is stalking victims–I am in deep doo-doo…literally b/c the streets were also the sewers.
The Curse She Wore by Jordan Dane.
I know the location well, Debbie. Yeah, you’re screwed. 😉 Loved that book!
A garden tour in 1970 England, with a murderer.
Nemesis, by Agatha Christie.
One of my faves…
Fun!
Oh my! What fun…or not…
I’m in a basement holding cell in Greece, kidnapped by a shadow group, called Kairos, about to wreak havoc at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. POTUS and his team are heading there to unveil the new version of a Middle East Peace Plan. Kairos objects, having been hired by several Arab and Palestinian entities to do a little bombing and assassinating. Of POTUS.
The Jerusalem Assassin, the newest by Joel Rosenberg.
What I can’t work out is: WHY ME? I’m just a nobody from Yakima, WA. If I figure it out, I’ll let y’all know.
Obviously you know something Kairos doesn’t want Mossad to learn. Will Mossad rescue you in time, that’s the question.
I agree with Eric. You must know something Mossad doesn’t want leaked. Think, Deb, think. Hahaha. Good luck!
There is that…
I’ve been taken to a cave in the English countryside (Dorset) dug out by my captor to hide from agents of an aggressive foreign power as well as local traitors to the Queen. My captor is a very likeable English Gentleman. It’s 1938. War is coming to Europe.
– Rogue Male, Geoffrey Household
At least he’s a likable guy, Carl. LOL Good luck!
An abandoned movie theatre in Venice Italy.
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
A reread since I love that book so much, though now that I’m older, the legal stuff in it makes no sense. You can’t playact an adoption.
Ooh, sounds creepy, AZAli!
I am in deep trouble. Either strapped to a dog sled heading to the north pole or the dungeon of a castle in Germany near the Ingolstadt.
OK I am about half way through Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein, original text by Mary Shelly. The Wrightson version has about 50 masterful illustrations.
Hahahaha. You ARE in deep trouble, Alan!
Tri-Cities area (Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland) of Washington State. Hopefully, a nice werewolf would save me.
SMOKE BITTEN, Patricia Briggs. “Mercy Thompson” series, Book 12. Urban fantasy. When a monster who kills for magical energy starts a rampage, Mercy and her mate Adam must stop while dealing with something wrong with Adam’s connection to his inner wolf as well other minor disasters.
Sounds fun, Marilynn. Good luck! 🙂
And the site of Hanford Nuclear Reservation…the werewolf has mutated.
I”m being held in the dungeon of a reproduction of one of Ludwig of Bavaria’s castles in Chandler Grove, Georgia. Rescue me!
Sick of Shadows by Sharyn McCrumb.
Hahaha. On my way, Suzanne!
It wuz El Lay…where else? Last Call by James Scott Bell. Okay, some suburban Las Vegas thrown in, but it was L. A. as only JSB can portray it, complete with nostalgic notes and indigent background.
Ha, Dan. I was going to report that I ended up right here in L.A., courtesy of re-reading the divine Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely!
Eeek! Haven’t started the book yet. *nah, nah, nah, not listening*
Good luck, Dan! I hear JSB is a ruthless captor. 😉
I’m either being held in England, Saxby-on-Avon or Framlingham, I’m not sure which.
MAGPIE MURDERS by Anthony Horowitz
oops. delete that first “either”
Done! 🙂
I’ve stumbled across that book so many times. Definitely going on TBR list now. Thanks, Kay!
Antarctica. I hate the cold, but I’d love to go there.
Where did you go, Bernadette? by, um, have to look this up: Maria Semple
Most of the book takes place in Seattle. Since I already live here I prefer the idea of getting kidnapped to there. If you’re going to get kidnapped you should at least get a decent trip out of the deal.
I agree, catfriend! Antarctica does sound cold, though. Good luck!
“Hooked on Hooty!” His wife is abducted by the Jersey Boys and held in suite 305 of the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida, as bait drawing her husband Hooty and his friend Scooter from Key West to Key Largo to exchange for the
blood diamonds..
Those dang blood diamonds cause so much trouble, don’t they, Gerald. Good luck!
The Arizona desert. Just read Borders of the Heart by Chris Fabry. He knows how to detail scenes so you feel the scorching heat and feel your heart pounding with the characters in this action-adventure novel that’s all about redemption.
Sounds like an awesome book, Christine. Arizona desert heat is a creepy setting.
Well crap…I am narrating a John Gilstrap novel right now. If I just got kidnapped in that world I am screwed! Because the middle aged fat guy almost always dies trying to prove he can keep up with Dig & Boxers!
Hahahahahahaha. 😀
Highbury in England. I just read Emma by Jane Austen