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| Author: James Siegel |
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Product Summary
| From the author of "Derailed" comes the adrenaline-charged story of one man who is forced to transport cocaine from Colombia to a location within the U.S. within 18 hours, or his wife and newly adopted daughter will be killed. The decision seems obvious--yet the outcome will be anything but. |
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From the Publisher:
When their unsuccessful attempts to have a child begin to threaten their marriage, Paul and Joanna adopt a baby girl from Colombia but find their lives shattered when Joanna and the baby are kidnapped by abductors who demand millions of dollars of cocaine as ransom. By the author of Derailed. Reprint.When their unsuccessful attempts to have a child begin to threaten their marriage, Paul and Joanna adopt a baby girl from Colombia but find their lives shattered when Joanna and the baby are kidnapped by abductors who demand millions of dollars of cocaine as ransom. By the author of |
A couple's dream adoption turns into hideous nightmare in this gripping thriller by the author of DERAILED. Paul and Joanna, a successful but childless Manhattan couple, fly to Colombia to adopt a child. But not long after receiving baby Joelle, the couple is kidnapped. Joanna and Joelle are held hostage while Paul is forced to serve as a drug mule and return to the US alone. When the planned New Jersey delivery of the cocaine does not come off as planned, Paul must resort to desperate measures to recover his wife and newly adopted child.
"A thriller that explodes with the energy of a high-velocity bullet." (starred review) 12/15/2004 Publishers Weekly
"[An] exhilarating ride....The premise is terrific....[F]irst-rate entertainment." 01/10/2005
PrologueIt's an old saying. An adage. A reassuring word to the wise. Or actually, to the scared. It's meant to mollify, to calm, to show one the utter silliness of their thinking.You say it when someone's frightened to do something. To travel, for instance. To ride the rails. Hop a plane. Charter a boat. To scuba dive. Jet-ski. Rollerblade. Balloon. They're frightened a terrible something will befall them, that they'll set out to experience an enjoyable afternoon, a day, a vacation, a life, but instead, they'll end up dead. And what do you say to them? There's more chance you'll get hit by a bus while crossing the street. Because how often does that happen, huh? He kept a secret file in his bottom drawer, buried beneath his myriad charts, pulled out and dusted off for special occasions, as a kind of reminder. J. Boksi, thirty-eight, about to be engaged. He was walking out of the jewelers, admiring the spark |
