Tag Archives: Kidnapping

This page lists books that contain trigger warnings for the depiction of kidnapping.

Seen also Hostage situations, Captivity & confinement, and Organised crime.

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

High in the remote mountains, the town of Goetia is booming as prospectors from near and far come to mine the powerful new element Divinity. Divinity is the remains of the body of the rebel Abaddon, who fell to earth during Heaven’s War, and it powers the world’s most inventive and innovative technologies, ushering in a new age of progress. However, only the descendants of those that rebelled, called Fallen, possess the ability to see the rich lodes of the precious element. That makes them a necessary evil among the good and righteous people called the Elect, and Goetia a town segregated by ancestry and class… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Infidelity
  • Abortion
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Police brutality
  • Kidnapping & imprisonment
  • Poisoning
  • Animal death (bird)

If We Disappear Here by Mindy Hayes

Pain shoots through Maeve Campbell’s body when she wakes cold and disoriented, locked in a neglected cement room. Her drowsy eyes sweep the cell and land on a masculine, limp body across the room. Gripping his shoulder, she rolls him to his back, face angling toward her. Only it’s not who she thinks. Her drowsy eyes sweep the cell and land on a masculine, limp body across the room. Gripping his shoulder, she rolls him to his back, face angling toward her. Only it’s not who she thinks. And they aren’t alone. A stranger taunts them from within an old rusted speaker. A stranger who wants them to suffer. With each passing day, and… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Infidelity, on-page
  • Attempted murder
  • Torture
  • Kidnapping

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette’s first love… and first betrayal. But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Transmisia
  • Self-harm
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Graphic blood & gore depiction
  • Murder
  • Kidnapping

Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win unimaginable riches. Princess Calla Tuoleimi lurks in hiding. Five years ago, a massacre killed her parents and left the palace of Er empty…and she was the one who did it. Before King Kasa’s forces in San can catch her, she plans to finish the job and bring down the monarchy. Her reclusive uncle always greets the victor of the games, so if she wins, she gets her opportunity at last to… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Death of a child
  • Murder
  • Kidnapping

The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker

Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. But for now, she’s trapped in her impoverished village in southern China, practicing an illegal form of alchemy to keep food on the table—resurrecting the dead, for a price. When Zilan finally has the chance to complete her imperial exams, she ventures to the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country in tasks she’ll be lucky to survive, let alone pass. On top of that, her reputation for raising the dead has followed her to the capital, and the… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Racism & colourism
  • Classism
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Medical experimentation
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Kidnapping

Starlings by Amanda Linsmeier

Kit’s father had always told her he had no family, but four months ago his sudden death revealed the truth. Now she has a grandmother she never knew she had–Agatha Starling–and an invitation to visit her father’s hometown, Rosemont.

And Rosemont… it’s picture perfect: the famed eternal roses bloom year-round, downtown is straight out of the 1950s… there’s even a cute guy to show Kit around… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Anxiety
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Drugging
  • Emesis, on-page
  • Starvation & cannibalism recounted
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a father recounted
  • Murder
  • Kidnapping
  • Drowning

One of Us Is Back by Karen M. McManus

Ever since Simon died in detention, life hasn’t been easy for the Bayview Crew. First the Bayview Four had to prove they weren’t killers. Then a new generation had to outwit a vengeful copycat. Now, it’s beginning again.

At first the mysterious billboard seems like a bad joke: Time for a new game, Bayview. But when a member of the crew disappears, it’s clear this ‘game’ just got serious – and no one understands the rules… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Cancer remission mentioned
  • Death of a friend
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Attempted murder
  • Kidnapping
  • Stalking
  • Gun violence

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world’s first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party–or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, and the Fair Folk.

So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Ableism mentioned
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Smoking mentioned
  • Death during childbirth mentioned
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Emesis
  • Self-amputation of finger
  • Decapitation
  • Death of a sibling recounted
  • Murder
  • Arrow violence
  • Kidnapping
  • Animal abuse recounted
  • Animal death (bird, rabbit, sheep)

All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

One year ago, Isabelle Drake’s life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her—literally.

Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn’t slept in a year… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Infidelity
  • Postpartum psychosis & depression
  • Suicide
  • Miscarriage
  • Death of a child
  • Kidnapping

Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman

Twin sisters, both on the run, but different as day and night. One, a professional rogue, searches for a fabled treasure; the other, a changeling, searches for the truth behind her origins, trying to find a place to fit in with the realm of fae who made her and the humans who shun her.  Iselia “Seelie” Graygrove looks just like her twin, Isolde… but as an autistic changeling trying to navigate her unpredictable magic, Seelie finds it more difficult to fit in with the humans around her. When Seelie and Isolde are caught up in a heist gone wrong and make some unexpected allies… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Ableism & fantastical eugenics
  • Child abuse recounted (secondary character)
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self-harm
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Death of parents recounted
  • Murder
  • Knife violence
  • Kidnapping & captivity
  • Loss of autonomy (magical compulsion)
  • Fire
  • Bullying