"This is the most action-packed, swiftly paced, and tightly plotted novel I've read in a long time." Nelson DeMille, #1 bestselling author of The Lion's Game "The book has what it takes to be optioned by Hollywood." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "There's no such thing as the perfect book, but this comes darn close. Thrilling, simply thrilling." Word of Mouth Magazine "THE PLANTATION is . . . a smash beginning for this versatile and knowledgeable word smith." Midwest Book Review "THE PLANTATION is a rip-roaring page-turner. No reader will easily forget it." James Patterson, #1 bestselling author of Kiss The Girls
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The Plantation
Chris Kuzneski
The first to disappear is a ski instructor, out for a
morning jog in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Hours
later, a pregnant woman is abducted from a crowded hospital
and smuggled past security without a hitch. Two places, two
incidents, a single motive.
And so it begins. . . .
One by one, in cities across America, people of all ages are
being taken from their homes, their cars, their lives. But
these aren't random kidnappings. They're crimes of passion,
planned and researched several months in advance, then
executed with a singular objective in mind.
Revenge.
Ariane Walker is one of the victims, dragged from her
apartment with no obvious signs of a struggle. The cops said
there is little they can do for her. There isn't enough
evidence to go on. Not enough time has passed. But that
isn't good enough for Jonathon Payne. He loves Ariane and
isn't about to sit around while her trail runs cold.
Using the skills that he learned in the MANIACs, a special
branch of the U.S. military, Payne and his best friend,
David Jones, give chase, trekking to New Orleans on little
more than a whim, hoping that Payne's gut instinct pays off.
It does. With the help of several locals, the duo slowly
begin to uncover the mystery of Walker's abduction and the
shocking truth behind Louisiana's best-kept secret: The
Plantation.
Read an Excerpt
Berkley, July 2009
ISBN #9780425222379
416 pages Paperback (reprint)
$7.99
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