Kidnap — Philip McCutchan

One of life's all-time losers, Ernest Blundy hasn't even made a success of petty thieving. But driven on by his lust for grandeur, he gets involved in the biggest job of his career: the kidnap of a millionaire's son. A dream come true? Not for Ernest, who has neither the stomach for the job nor the guts to turn it down. Then the plan backfires.