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 members of a billionaire's family.
In different locations.
All kidnapped at the same moment.
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 patriarch wants his family back. 
The cash, gold, jewels, are crypto are 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.