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Stealing People
Overview
Around the world, the children of the rich are disappearing . . . A chilling thriller starring kidnapping expert Charles Boxer, "a great character" (Kirkus Reviews).
Kidnapping expert Charles Boxer is contemplating retirement. He's found a measure of contentment, even as a mystery from his own past gnaws at his sense of justice. Meanwhile, his ex-wife, Mercy, balances a complicated personal life with an even more precarious professional one in the woefully under-resourced metropolitan police department. But both are suddenly pulled back into action when six children of ultrawealthy families vanish--families from India, China, Russia, Australia, Germany, and the United States--taken by a ruthlessly efficient organization with a single astonishing demand.Trapped, off-balance, and with little left to lose, they plunge into a cauldron of warring intelligence agencies, morally destitute billionaires, and human traffickers, coming finally to a fateful reckoning that will forever change them--in this smart, suspenseful thriller by a Gold Dagger and Gumshoe Award-winning author. "A great character whose emotional trials are exciting to follow."--Kirkus Reviews
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781609453138
- ISBN-10: 1609453131
- Publisher: Europa Editions
- Publish Date: June 2016
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 1.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Page Count: 384
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