Length8h 13m
About this audiobook
What if the surgeon who saves lives becomes the one who decides who lives?
Dr. Sarah Chen is a heart healer—her hands have rebuilt broken cardiac tissue and given hope to the hopeless. But when her seven-year-old daughter Emily is taken from the school gates of Saint Michael's Academy, Sarah learns that the man behind the abduction is no ordinary criminal. He is Victor Kessler: a former military surgeon with a dishonorable discharge, a man who once swore the Hippocratic Oath and now works for a shadow organization called The Collective. He doesn't want money. He wants Sarah's skills for something far darker.
Kessler has spent three months watching Emily's every move—mapping her routes, studying her medical file, even selecting a golden retriever puppy as bait. He has calculated every variable. He has left nothing to chance. But what Kessler didn't account for is the ferocity of a mother who has nothing left to lose.
What awaits inside:
A chilling cat-and-mouse game between a mother's love and a surgeon's cold precision
A villain who is terrifyingly human—a broken healer who chose profit over principle
A ticking-clock thriller where every chapter tightens the noose
The moral abyss: how far would you go to save your child?
A safe house, a surgical table, and a choice that will haunt you long after the final page
The Ransom is not just a kidnapping thriller. It is a story about the anatomy of evil—and the heartbeat of a parent's love that refuses to flatline.
Get your copy today. Some ransoms are paid in blood. Others are paid in conscience.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, General Fiction
Length8 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
19Chapter Seventeen: Descent
2Prologue
20Chapter Eighteen: The FBI Closes In
3Chapter One: The Call
21Chapter Nineteen: Revelations
4Chapter Two: The Aftermath
22Chapter Twenty: Allies
5Chapter Three: The Senator
23Chapter Twenty-One: The Exchange
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6Chapter Four: The Investigation
24Chapter Twenty-Two: Reunion
7Chapter Five: The Noose Tightens
25Chapter Twenty-Three: The New Normal
8Chapter Six: Nocturne
26Chapter Twenty-Four: The Meeting
9Chapter Seven: The Warehouse
27Chapter Twenty-Five: The Offer
10Chapter Eight: Old Wounds
28Chapter Twenty-Six: Crossroads
11Chapter Nine: The Scalpel
29Chapter Twenty-Seven: Training
12Chapter Ten: Evidence
30Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Approach
13Chapter Eleven: Countdown
31Chapter Twenty-Nine: Confrontation
14Chapter Twelve: The Night Before
32Chapter Thirty: The Aftermath
15Chapter Thirteen: Ambush
33Epilogue
16Chapter Fourteen: The Surgery
34Author's Note
17Chapter Fifteen: The Consequence
35Acknowledgments
18Chapter Sixteen: The Truth Emerges
36About the Author
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