Fast and suspenseful crime thriller.
Planned down to the second, simultaneous kidnappings occur in 3 different locations. A billionaire’s wife is taken outside a beauty salon. His two children are hauled off a private bus, and his oldest son and a starlet are surprised in their room at a luxury resort. The ransom demand is quick to follow. One billion dollars is demanded for their safe return. An ambitious FBI agent, Nicky Gordon, leads the hastily assembled task force that includes her sometime lover, LAPD Detective Mike Hardy. As the police try to track down witnesses and mount a manhunt, the kidnappers stay a step ahead, leading the cops to believe that there’s a mole inside the investigation.
This was action packed with lots of twists and turns. The kidnappers, known only by numbers, are committed to their jobs because they want their share of the money. There are lots of characters and with the short chapters and focus on the details of the kidnapping and hostages, they are not really fleshed out much and fall into somewhat of the cliche category. It was just a fun plot with plenty of bad guys and red herrings. It was an easy read that took me only a couple of hours and provided a nice escape.
I was able to listen to the audiobook while also following along in the e-book ARC provided by the publisher. The narrator, Cynthia Farrell, did a great job voicing all the characters and providing appropriate dramatic flair. Her pacing was spot on and she did well with accents and both male and female voices. Her performance definitely enhanced my enjoyment of the book.
This was a standalone and not part of any series.
Tags and genre - police procedural, crime thriller, suspense, mystery, kidnapping, ransom, hostages, murder
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