by OwenLaukkanen (Author)
Four friends, caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it's no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise works like a charm--until they kidnap the wrong man.
Now two groups are after them--the law, in the form of veteran state investigator Kirk Stevens and hotshot young FBI agent Carla Windermere, and an organized crime outfit looking for payback. As they crisscross the country in a series of increasingly explosive confrontations, each of them is ultimately forced to recognize the truth: The real professionals, cop or criminal, are those who are willing to sacrifice everything.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 486
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: 02 Nov 2012
ISBN 10: 0425250490
ISBN 13: 9780425250495
Fasten your seat belts, Owen Laukkanen's The Professionals is one heck of a wild ride. --John Lescroart
Ingenious. --Jonathan Kellerman
Smoothly written, with a slam-bang ending. --John Sandford
A coiling plot, insightful characters, and a tale fraught with dangers...top-notch. --Steve Berry
A high-octane, adrenaline- and gunpowder-fueled rocket ride. --C. J. Box