James Patterson & Duane Swierczynski: Billion-Dollar Ransom (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
It would take a perfect plan to collect a billion-dollar ransom.
So here's the plan.
Five innocent people. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment in time.
Two children taken from a private school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.

A billionaire wants his family back.
The cash, gold, jewels, crypto are all ready.
There's only one problem: Stubborn and brilliant FBI agent Nicky Gordon also has a plan. And she doesn't want to pay the kidnappers. Not a dime.

James Patterson & Duane Swierczynski: Billion-Dollar Ransom. Century, ISBN: 9781529922608 (September, 2025), 400 p., £20.00, eBook £8.99.

James Patterson & Duane Swierczynski: Billion-Dollar Ransom (USA 2025)

From the Publisher:
"James Patterson's Billion Dollar Ransom getting big-screen adaptation from Amazon MGM Studios" (Deadline): It would take a perfect plan to collect a billion-dollar ransom.

Five members of a billionaire's family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment.
Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.

A patriarch wants his family back. The cash, gold, jewels, are crypto are all ready.
There's only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent. Special Agent Nicky Gordon doesn't want to pay the kidnappers.
Not a dime.

James Patterson & Duane Swierczynski: Billion-Dollar Ransom. A Thriller. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 9780316570039 (September, 2025), 368 p., $32.00, eBook $15.99.