kidnapings

Updated: May 5, 2025

Isn't it extraordinary?" "Ask Sherwen about it. He's coming around this evening for coffee in our rooms." But the American representative had something else on his mind besides casual kidnapings. "I've just come from a talk with the British Minister," he remarked, setting down his cup. "He's officially in charge of American interests, you know." "Thought you were," said Mr. Brewster.

Samuel Hopkins Adams - The Unspeakable Perk

This may be something very serious. If it's an isolated incident, it can be handled in a routine manner, but I'm afraid it's not. It has all the marks of a large-scale operation, and if this is a matter of mass kidnapings from one sector and transpositions to another, you can see what a threat this is to the Paratime Secret." "Moral considerations entirely aside," Vall said.

H. Beam Piper - Time Crime