num_pages: 370
description: Four friends recent college graduates caught in a terrible job market joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then suddenly it's no joke. For two years the strategy they devise-quick efficient low risk-works like a charm. Until they kidnap the wrong man.Now two groups they've very much wanted to avoid are after them-the law in the form of veteran state investigator Kirk Stevens and hotshot young FBI agent Carla Windermere and an organized-crime outfit looking for payback. As they all crisscross the country in deadly pursuit and a series of increasingly explosive confrontations each of them is ultimately forced to recognize the The true professionals cop or criminal are those who are willing to sacrifice . . . everything.A finger-burning page-turner filled with twists surprises and memorably complex characters The Professionals marks the arrival of a remarkable new writer.
language: English
title: The Professionals
publisher: Putnam Adult