The latest masterwork from one of the leading writers of suspense New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell returns with a chilling tale of the law gone wrong and a kidnapping that threatens more than one lifeThe Wrong HostageOrphaned at thirteen Grace Silva clawed her way out of poverty and violence to become one of the most respected judges on the federal bench Grace believes in the rule of law -- lives it breathes it She has always been buttoned up and buttoned downExcept once Joe Faroe has learned that laws are made by politicians and politicians are all too human He believes in the innocents the ones getting ground up by governments that are too polarized or too corrupt to protect their own citizens Hes been through the political meat grinder himself It cost him his career his freedom and the woman who still haunts him Since then Faroe has worked outside the rules and politics of government as a kidnap specialist for St Kilda Consulting a Manhattan-based global business that concentrates on the shadow world where governments cant go He is good at his work -- intelligent confident ruthless Until a friend dies trying to kill him Now Faroe is out of the business Retired Hes through trying to save a world that doesnt want to be saved Then Grace comes to him past and present collide and Faroe finds himself sucked back into the shadows tracking a violent killer who holds the life of Graces son in his bloody hands.
