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Half a million dollars – or a boy’s life . . . But what if that boy isn’t your own son? And what if paying the ransom will ruin the biggest deal you ever made? What do you do then? Throw away your future or sacrifice someone else’s child? That was the dilemma facing wealthy Douglas King. Detective Steve Carella of the 87th Precinct can only keep trying to find the kidnappers, and hope that Doug King will decide to give them the payoff. Because if he doesn’t, Carella will have a case of cold-blooded murder on his hands.
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King's Ransom, Ed McBain
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- Released
- 1981
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- Title
- King's Ransom
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ed McBain
- Publisher
- Signet
- Released
- 1981
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0451159330
- ISBN13
- 9780451159335
- Series
- 87th Precinct
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, American Literature, Detective Fiction, Detective, Police, Noir, Child Abductions, Ransom
- First published
- 1959
- Original title
- King's Ransom
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
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- Half a million dollars – or a boy’s life . . . But what if that boy isn’t your own son? And what if paying the ransom will ruin the biggest deal you ever made? What do you do then? Throw away your future or sacrifice someone else’s child? That was the dilemma facing wealthy Douglas King. Detective Steve Carella of the 87th Precinct can only keep trying to find the kidnappers, and hope that Doug King will decide to give them the payoff. Because if he doesn’t, Carella will have a case of cold-blooded murder on his hands.