The freedom broker : a Thea Paris novel
Kidnap-and-rescue negotiator Thea Paris' worst nightmare comes true when her father is kidnapped and the only way to rescue him may involve an unthinkable sacrifice.
Kidnap negotiator Thea Paris has spent her entire life with survivor's guilt, following an unspeakable childhood tragedy. At eight years old, she watched, frozen in fear, as her twelve-year-old brother, Nikos, was abducted from their home in Kanzi, Africa. Although he was recovered nine months later, he was never the same after that; worse, Thea discovers that she was supposed to have been the target. This defining experience drives Thea to become one of the top operatives in the field of kidnap-and-ransom consultancy. Nicknamed "Liberata" because she once secured the release of a captive from the Sicilian mob without her client paying a cent, she travels the globe trying to bring hostages home--mostly through negotiation, but occasionally through more forceful means. She is very good at her job.
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- ISBN: 9781681443034
- ISBN: 1681443031
- ISBN: 9781681443027
- ISBN: 1681443023
- ISBN: 9781681443102
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Publisher: New York : Quercus, 2017.
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Subject: | Kidnapping Fiction Hostage negotiations Fiction Rescue work Fiction FICTION General Hostage negotiations Kidnapping Rescue work |
Genre: | Electronic books. Fiction. Suspense fiction. |
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The Freedom Broker: a Heart-Stopping, Action-packed Thriller
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The Freedom Broker: a Heart-Stopping, Action-packed Thriller
K.J. Howe is the executive director of ThrillerFest, the annual conference of International Thriller Writers. A three-time Daphne du Maurier Award winner, she completed her MA in Writing Popular Fiction at Seton Hill University. She is an avid traveler who has raced camels in Jordan, surfed in Hawaii, and dove with the great whites in South Africa. She became fascinated by the kidnap and ransom (K&R) world after meeting Peter Moore, a British computer consultant who became the longest-held hostage in Iraq and the only person to survive of the five men who were taken that day. This is her debut novel.