Book: The Hostage
Author: John Ryder
Pub Day: Nov 25th 2021
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“You get us what we want. Or your wife dies. And we will make it hurt.”
Jerome Prentice is a good guy. Loyal to a fault, he always stays on the right side of the law.
But everything changes the night he is awoken by the sound of masked kidnappers entering his home. Holding him at gunpoint, they drag his beloved wife Alicia out of the house with a promise to kill her if he goes to the police. Their demand: betray the company he’s worked for his entire adult life.
They think he’ll do anything to save his wife. But they don’t know that they’re messing with the wrong man. Because Jerome might be a good guy. But betrayal doesn’t come easily to him. And he’s not a man who will go down without a fight.
What’s more, he will hunt the people who’ve taken Alicia to the ends of the earth. And if they’ve hurt even one hair on her head, he’s going to make them pay…
This utterly page-turning, jaw-dropping thriller is perfect for fans of Lee Child, David Baldacci and Mark Dawson.
MY REVIEW:
The Hostage by John RyderMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Jerome wakes up and is being told to do what they want or his wife, Alicia pays the price. So he quietly waked up his wife and tells her what is going on. The wife is kidnapped and Jerome is on his own to get the millions that are asked of him. Jerome loves his wife very much and will do anything to get her back. He contacts a friend, who he trusts and is computer savvy, to help him. He knows he can't go to the police or his wife dies.
Jerome decides to also find his wife and rescue her.
Meanwhile he has to go to work to set up what needs to be done.
As he goes to try to find his wife, he also finds out who the kidnappers are and is surprised by one of them.
I thought this was action packed and fast pacing. For some reason I thought maybe one of the spouses was behind all this and then I thought maybe Jerome's friend was behind this. As I kept reading I kept waiting for everything to fall into place differently than it did and was surprised at the end.
I highly recommend this book and I received it from Bookouture and NetGalley for review
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John Ryder is a former farmworker and joiner. He’s turned his hand to many skills to put food on the table and clothes on his back. A life-long bibliophile, he eventually summoned the courage to try writing himself, and his Grant Fletcher novels have drawn inspiration from authors such as Lee Child, Tom Cain, Zoe Sharp and Matt Hilton. When it comes to future novels, he says he has more ideas than time to write them.
When not writing, John enjoys spending time with his son, reading and socialising with friends. A fanatic supporter of his local football team, he can often be found shouting encouragement to men much younger and fitter than he is.
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