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Title: A King's Ransom by James Grippando ISBN: 0-06-109784-5 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (36 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Grippando's done it again!!!
Comment: I've only read a couple of James Grippando's books, but all of them have been totally awesome. "A King's Ransom" may be the best one yet.
Nick Rey is a young attorney working at an enormous law firm in Miami. His law firm has connections all over the country and the world, so it appears he's fast on his way to moving up the ladder. That all changes when his father, Matthew, is kidnapped while in Colombia on business. Nick finds out that his father had a secret kidnapping insurance policy, but then the insurance comapny won't pay up. Something's going on, but Nick has no idea what. He immediately goes to work trying to track down answers and get his father back to the states safely, but someone powerful may be holding him back.
This book was an incredible read. It kept my mind moving a hundred miles an hour. It's full of suspense and the mystery keeps getting bigger. It provides a glimpse into the world of Colombian revolutionaries and what happens when they act. Grippando did an excellent job researching this book. He realy seemed to know all about what happens when an American is kidnapped in South America. The descriptions are vividly realistic, and I just couldn't put this book down. I would highly recommend this book to anyone.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very good, but not great
Comment: This is my first time reading Grippando, and I thought A King's Ransom was a definite cut above the average thriller out there today, especially anything written by Grisham and his many clones. Its attraction lies in its combination of the legal thriller with a pure action story set against the exotic locales of Columbia and Nicaragua.
Its a story of Nick Rey, a young Florida lawyer, whose father, Matthew, has been kidnapped by a sadistic band of Columbian geurillas. The ransom demand (3,000,000.00) is the exact amount of Matthew's recent "K & R" (kidnap and ranson) insurance policy and the insurance company, who happens to be a client of Nick's law firm, suspects fraud and denies coverage. Nick fights battles on all fronts, with the insurance company, with his former firm (from which he's been fired),with his former mentor and, of course, with the kidnappers.
The prose is brisk and the plot develops nicely, but Grippando seems to want to cover too many bases here (and, in the process, uses too many cliches), from Nick's past rift with his father that needs fixing, to his father's suspicious (and undeveloped) business partner, to Nick's rift with his ex-finance, who's the only lawyer in town who will represent him in the legal fight with the insurance company, to the sexy and exotic "Alex," the hostage negotiator with, what else, a past.
I found the parallel story of Nick's father's experiences at the hands of the kidnappers more compelling than Nick's maneuverings at home. All in all, despite its cliches and more than passing resemblances to The Firm and the recent movie, Proof of Life, A King's Ransom is a very satisfying and enjoyable read. I am looking forward to reading other works by this author.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another James Grippando Thriller
Comment: This guy is a great author. Makes you think about stuff you would have never thought about. This one keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole way. impeckable reasearch on columbia and even makes you want to visit (make sure to bring a couple body guards, and lots of guns)
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Title: The Informant by James Grippando ISBN: 0061012203 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Pardon by James Grippando ISBN: 006109286X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Found Money by James Grippando ISBN: 0061097624 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Abduction by James Grippando ISBN: 0061097489 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Beyond Suspicion by James Grippando ISBN: 0060005548 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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