Ex-U.S. Marshall and freelance investigator Simon Fisk
knows you must always be careful when asking for a favor,
but he finds himself doing a lot of that as he pursues the
men who kidnapped 15-year-old Olivia Trenton from her home
in California.
As the daughter of a rich movie mogul, the ransom demand
for Olivia is huge. Told not to involve the police, Trenton
asks for Simon's help getting his daughter back. However,
after paying the ransom, Olivia is not released. This means
Simon must use his myriad of resources and expertise as a
former U.S. Marshall to locate the girl and bring her home
-- hopefully alive.
As each clue is pursued, Simon finds himself traveling to
the Caribbean and then on to Latin America, dealing with
some pretty nasty characters along the way as Olivia is
passed from one bunch of criminals to another. Has she been
kidnapped for use as a drug mule, or as a human slave, or
is there something even more sinister going on that Simon
can't comprehend yet? What he discovers is shocking and
will alter the lives of the Trenton family forever.
PAYOFF, Douglas Corleone's second novel to feature
Simon Fisk, is a fast-paced thriller that provides exciting
action sequences in foreign locales with gritty
characterization. Since resigning his post as a U.S.
Marshall, Simon is still pursuing his goal of rescuing
kidnapped children subsequent to the abduction of his own
young daughter 11 years ago. One can only hope Simon Fisk
is able to find closure for himself in the future.
When movie studio mogul Edgar Trenton’s teenage daughter,
Olivia, is kidnapped during a violent home invasion in
Calabasas, California, former U.S. Marshal Simon Fisk is
called upon to ensure a smooth ransom exchange. But once it
becomes clear that the kidnappers never intended to return
Olivia to her parents, Simon must follow a lethal trail
that will lead him from the powdery white sand beaches of
the Cayman Islands through the wild jungles of Costa Rica,
and into some of the darkest and deadliest cities of South
America.
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