Owen Laukkanen

The Professionals

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Four friends, 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 works like a charm — until they kidnap the wrong man.
Now two groups 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 crisscross the country in a series of increasingly explosive confrontations, each of them is ultimately forced to recognize the truth: the real professionals, cop or criminal, are those who are willing to sacrifice everything.
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354 printed pages
Original publication
2013
Publication year
2013
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  • simoncretneyshared an impression9 years ago
    👍Worth reading

    A good thriller but with a predictable ending....had me fixed though!

Quotes

  • Petra Vermunthas quoted5 years ago
    had called in a team of forensic technicians to analyze the scene. As expected, the van had been mostly clean. No latent fingerprints, no blood. No long strands of curly brown hair.
    What they did come up with, though, was the van’s Vehicle Identification Number. Rotundi ran the VIN through the Driver and Vehicle Services database and called back with the good stuff: the van had been sold a couple weeks back from a dealership in Lake Forest, Illinois. Bought by one Ryan Carew.
    Ryan Carew, thought Stevens. Hot damn. The fourth man.
    The tow truck driver gave the van one last tug and then rolled to a stop beside him. The driver leaned out the window. “We all set here?”
    “Sure,” said Stevens. “Go ahead and bring her back to town.”
    Forty-five minutes later, he was back in the bureau
  • Diego Mario Alvaradohas quoted9 years ago
    fists hammering down on the hostage
  • Diego Mario Alvaradohas quoted9 years ago
    leading up to the brush

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