S. citizens abroad and, except for the stint in the orthopedic clinic, had no employment records in this country. But her lies and mysterious comings and goings lead Nicole to suspect that she’s not what she seems. Several attractive, well dressed women had just settled into a nearby booth, and he was watching them.

He was to gain full control of the money on his thirtieth birthday, which would have been in three years. She did say her father was in the service and that she was born in the Philippines where he was stationed at the time. He delivered fifty thousand dollars ransom in cash—unmarked bills of assorted denominations—as demanded. She introduced herself to the front-desk receptionist and was directed down a long corridor, where a secretary was stationed next to a pair of wide double doors. Many thanks to the author / INscribe Digital / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction.It sounds straightforward, even pleasant: a two-week luxury riverboat cruise on the Volga, observing a group of fellow passengers and filing a daily report on their activities. From that brief conversation, Nicole was pretty sure she knew what kind of relationship Dirk Baker had with Ashley.

By the time they arrived at her door, several of her neighbors were in the hall wanting to know what had happened. At first, it appears to be the work of a serial kidnapping ring, and all she’d have to do is pay the ransom, and her sister would be released.On this occasion Nicole's boss has requested she meet with a wealthy businessman whose son Bradley Rexton has been killed, and the son's wife Ashley has been kidnapped. Before turning to mysteries, Nancy coauthored Backroom Politics, a New York Times notable book, with her husband, Bill Boyarsky. The businessman mistrusts his daughter-in-law sufficiently to think she may have been involved in her own abduction.