A Decent Ransom: A Story of a Kidnapping Gone Right - Softcover

Hruba, Ivana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1601641621 ISBN 13: 9781601641625

Publisher: Kunati Inc., 2008

Synopsis

A Decent Ransom is a story of a kidnapping gone right. A vulnerable young boy forced to guard a kidnapped woman forges an alliance with her with devastating consequences for some.
Phoebus Klein is a vulnerable young boy from the wrong side of the tracks. He is a good, gentle soul living a sad and isolated existence deep in the heart of Pristine Mountain. Poor, friendless and with no real prospects of getting on in the world, Phoebus has but one ally, his older brother Kenny, who dreams of infamy of biblical proportions. When Kenny comes up with a plan to kidnap a woman for ransom, the innocent Phoebus is forced to take part in the crime. Put in charge of the beautiful young woman, Phoebus does his best to keep her happy while waiting for the ransom to be paid. However, not everything goes according to plan ...

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Ivana Hrubá is a full time writer.

Reviews

Kenny and his half-brother, the slow-witted Phoebus, have been through hard times; they’ve lost both their dads, and their mom ran off with another man. Kenny, abusive yet protective of Phoebus, devises a plan to get them out of their shack: they’ll kidnap a rich woman and live off the million-dollar ransom. Phoebus doesn’t like the plan one bit but can’t say so to Kenny, and sure enough, things go awry when the husband of the woman (Kathryn) ignores their demands. Then Kathryn, dealing with  her own demons, enlists the help of her kidnappers to exact revenge on her betraying husband. The deliciously twisted story is told by multiple narrators—mostly Phoebus, but also Kathryn, Kenny’s stripper girlfriend, and even Kathryn’s husband—and these shifting perspectives keep the pace quick and the reader guessing. Phoebus, who appears pathetic early on, emerges as the “brains” behind this ne’er-do-well criminal enterprise. Bold, quirky, and outrageously entertaining—like an edgier Ransom of Red Chief. --Mary Frances Wilkens

Edition details

• Publisher: Kunati Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1601641621
• ISBN 13: 9781601641625
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258