The Billion-Dollar Ransom — James Patterson; Duane Swierczynski

It would take a perfect plan to collect a billion-dollar ransom. So here’s the plan. Five innocent people. In different locations.  All kidnapped at the same moment in time. Two children taken from a private school bus.   A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort.  A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.  A billionaire wants his family back.  The cash, gold, jewels, crypto is all ready. There’s only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent.  Special Agent Nicky Gordon doesn’t want to pay the kidnappers.  Not a dime.