Ransom - Danielle Steel

Written by Danielle Steel
Read by Ron McLarty
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date: February 24, 2004
Duration: 10:19:09

Outside the gates of a California prison, Peter Morgan is released after four long years and vows to redeem himself in the eyes of the young daughters he left behind. Simultaneously, Carl Waters, a convicted murderer, is set on the path of freedom with him. That night, three hundred miles south in San Francisco, police detective Ted Lee comes home to a silent house; for twenty-nine years, he has been living for his job—and slowly falling out of love with his wife. Across town, in an exclusive Pacific Heights neighborhood, a mother tries to shield her three children from the panic rising within her. Four months after her husband’s death, Fernanda Barnes faces a mountain of debt she cannot repay, a world destroyed, and a marriage lost.

Within weeks, the lives of these four people will collide in ways none of them could have foreseen. For Fernanda, whose life had once been graced by beautiful homes, security, success, and stunning wealth, the death of her brilliant, brooding husband was already too much to bear. She simply couldn’t imagine a greater loss, until a devastating crime rocks her family to its core—and brings Detective Ted Lee into her life.

“Fernanda Barnes, widow of a dot-com millionaire who lost all before killing himself, finds herself the target of the ruthless Phillip Addison, who wants her money. After he sets recently released criminals to kidnap her son, Detective Ted Lee and the FBI work to locate the kidnappers. At the same time, an evolving romance heats up below the surface. Ron McLarty narrates with an even voice and gentle inflections. He brings the tensions of crime and romance to life with a practiced control of intonation and an engaging involvement in the plot.” … AudioFile