al-Fidyah
Subtitle: Ransom
By: Dānyāl Stīl ; tarjamat Markaz al-Taʻrīb wa-al-Barmajah
Edition: al-Ṭabʻah 1
Publisher: al-Dār al-ʻArabīyah lil-ʻUlūm
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bayrūt
Language: ara
Translated from: eng
Translation of: Ransom
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9789953871783
Subjects: Police; Fiction; Ex-convicts; Widows
Work titles: Ransom
Description: One night four seemingly unconnected lives intersect: Peter Morgan, released after four long years in prison and vowing to redeem himself in his daughter's eyes; Carl Waters, a convicted murderer set free; Ted Lee, a San Francisco police detective who has been living for his job and falling out of love with his wife; and Fernanda Barnes, a mother of three children, left with debt she cannot repay after the death of her brilliant husband. On the night their lives collide, Fernanda's world is shocked by a devastating crime that brings Detective Ted Lee into her life. Racing against time, she must draw on strength she never knew she had if she hopes to save her family.
Notes: Novel.