The Professionals
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4.1 • 90 Ratings
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Laukkanen's clever debut, the first in a new crime thriller series, compares favorably to Scott Smith's classic caper novel, A Simple Plan. Four college friends, who possess varying skills but are unable to find work in today's grim job market, decide to make money by kidnapping bankers and other extremely wealthy men around the U.S. The gang stays below law enforcement's radar by demanding ransoms so modest that the unharmed victims are inclined not to report their abduction. The group's luck runs out on a Michigan job when their target turns out to be connected to the Mafia, a mistake that starts an avalanche of violence. Their crime spree leads to the involvement of FBI agent Carla Windermere and Minnesota state investigator Kirk Stevens, who race the mob to catch the kidnappers. A few developments strain credulity, but the story's breakneck pace will carry most readers along. Author tour.
Customer Reviews
The professionals
I found myself reaching for this book in every spare moment. Awesome!!
Great Book
Filled with suspense a great page turner. Characters that you care about from the beginning with a believable story. You find yourself not knowing who to root for. Perfect book I applaud this author looking forward to reading more of his books.
Worth the read but not totally original
I really liked the story and how it was written but it felt like I had seen this plot before in a movie. I knew what was going to happen. I kept thinking in one key scene why the main character didn't use the vest the FBI agent took off - would have made for a different story I guess.....