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In a quiet Australian city a child’s kidnapping throws the community into turmoil. Reporter Evan Kiley contacts the affluent Winton family, whose previous experience of a ransom‑paid abduction connects them to the current case. Feeling guilt and determined to aid Kiley, the Wintons become partners in a desperate effort to outwit the kidnappers and retrieve the missing child. As tensions rise, the investigation takes a dark turn, culminating in a murder that threatens to unravel their fragile alliance.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Carlon, Patricia
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