The professionals
A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Selection for 2012
Four friends, recent college graduates, 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-quick, efficient, low risk-works like a charm. Until they kidnap the wrong man.
Now two groups they've very much wanted to avoid 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 all crisscross the country in deadly pursuit and a series of increasingly explosive confrontations, each of them is ultimately forced to recognize the truth: The true professionals, cop or criminal, are those who are willing to sacrifice . . . everything.
A finger-burning page-turner, filled with twists, surprises, and memorably complex characters, The Professionals marks the arrival of a remarkable new writer.
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Grouping Title | professionals |
Grouping Author | owen laukkanen |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2021-05-01 04:56:07AM |
Last Indexed | 2022-05-17 05:06:53AM |
Novelist Primary ISBN | 9780399157899 |
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series | Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere novels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
series_with_volume | Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere novels|1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
subject_facet | Kidnapping -- Fiction Organized crime -- Fiction Suspense fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The professionals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | The professionals / Owen Laukkanen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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topic_facet | Kidnapping Organized crime |