A King's Ransom - Softcover

Grippando, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062024531 ISBN 13: 9780062024534

Publisher: Harper, 2011

Synopsis

The author of five bestselling novels, including Under Cover of Darkness and The Pardon, James Grippando writes compulsively readable thrillers that could be drawn from today's headlines, only better. Now his trademark gifts are wonderfully demonstrated in a taut new tale of intrigue that will keep you guessing to the final, breathtaking scene.

Just two years out of law school, Nick Rey is on the career fast track at a hot Miami law firm when he is suddenly plunged headfirst into a dangerous bid to save his father. Matthew Rey has been kidnapped while on business in Columbia's exotic port city of Cartagena. The ransom demand of three million dollars is far more than the Rey family can ever hope to raise.

Fortunately, Matthew had purchased an insurance policy to protect against just such a threat. Unfortunately, the kidnappers seem to know all about the policy, and the insurance company, suspecting fraud, is refusing to pay out. With nowhere to turn, Nick links up with Alex, a beautiful, street-smart woman who may be the only person capable of negotiating with Matthew's abductors. But Nick soon discovers that the gravest dangers to him and his family are not the kidnappers and their guns, but the men in suits: lawyers, to be exact, at a powerful firm with something to hide, and they will stop at nothing to keep Nick from unleashing the truth.

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Review:

"Hits the bulls-eye...Grippando's premise...and his punchy plotting, build up a quick and enjoyable head of steam.""-Kirkus "A taut, well-constructed page-turner that seems destined for the big screen.""- Publishers Weekly "A well-thought-out thriller.""-Booklist "Will kidnap your imagination from the first heart-pounding scene."-Barbara Parker, National bestselling author of" Suspicion of Betrayal "At the top of the thriller genre.""-The Snooper "Races along."--"Orlando Sentinel

From the Back Cover:

Two years out of law school, Nick Rey is already on the fast track at a hot Miami law firm. But his dreams of success are overshadowed when his father, Matthew, is abducted on a business trip to Colombia. The guerillas demand an impossible $3 million ransom, the exact sum Matthew insurance policy covers. The insurance company suspects fraud, however, and refuses to pay. And as Nick soon learns, it isn who hold the key to his father survival. A group of faceless lawyer sat a powerful firm has something to hide, and will stop at nothing to keep Nick from discovering the truth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062024531
• ISBN 13: 9780062024534
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 576