A King's Ransom
Written by James Grippando
Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd
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About this audiobook
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.
James Grippando
James Grippando is a New York Times bestselling author with more than thirty books to his credit, including those in his acclaimed series featuring Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck, and the winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. He is also a trial lawyer and teaches law and literature at the University of Miami School of Law. He lives and writes in South Florida.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5very suspenseful story of a kidnapping in Columbia - similar to Proof of Life movie.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5When you get to the end of Chapter 6, and Chapter 7 starts, and you have no idea what is going on. Skip to Chapter 8 and listen to it. That material should be between Chapters 6 & 7. Chapter 7 is the last chapter..
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5it would have been better if one of the middle chapters hadn't played at the end
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nick Rey is climbing the ladder at a huge law firm in Miami. His Dad is a partner in a small fishing company. They aren't close. And then his Dad is kidnapped on a trip to Columbia and everything changes. This is one of the best books I've read in a while. The author swaps chapters reporting from the son's voice (in the 1st person) and the father's voice (in the third person) which not only makes it easy to read it adds a special creepiness that only enhances the story.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5THis is the first book of James Grippandos that I have read. I found his writing very exciting. The story is action packed. I was amazed at the complexity of kidnapping and how easy it was to double cross many times during such a ransom transaction
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fresh out of law school, Nick Rey lands a job with a prestigious Miami law firm, and he's at the top of his game. But a dark cloud of misfortune is moving in - his fiancee breaks off their engagement, and his father Matthew is kidnapped while tending to his fishing boat business in Columbia. Demanding three million dollars, the guerrilla captors can be dealt with easily enough. The real threat comes from men in suits - the lawyers, the insurance company, and the FBI.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A book that follows the kidnap and release of a father and the son who is doing everything he can to get his father home. The story takes a good look at the harshness of the kidnap trade, but also weaves an interesting action plot through the story. The plot was overwhelming at times, slow at others, but in the end a good book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Matthew Ray is working on his fishing boats in Columbia when they are suddenly attacked by thugs with automatic weapons. Despite killing one of them, Matthew is taken captive--one of the many people who are abducted for ransom in Columbia. His son, lawyer Nick Ray, is shocked and angered by his father's abduction, espcially when both the FBI and the insurance company he had kidnap and ransom insurance with refuse to help him. They accuse Nick's father of drug smuggling, insurance fraud, and conspiring with the kidnappers. The only people who seem to be willing to help Nick are Alex Cabera, a hostage negotiator from Columbia, and Jenna--his ex-fiance. They must find out the truth behind how Matthew's kidnappers knew he had insurance and come up with the money for his release--before it's too late.Grippando writes a taut thriller that kept my interest throughout the entire book as I listened to it. Narrator George Guidall was excellent as always, affecting the personas of Columbians and Americans with equal ease.