The King's Ransom

<p><b><h3>Janet Evanovich takes readers on a global hunt to track down missing masterpieces in this action-packed and steamy sequel to the instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>The Recovery Agent</i>. </h3></b><br>Gabriela Rose, recovery agent extraordinaire, can find just about anything. Too bad she can''t seem to lose her gorgeous-but-infuriating ex-husband Rafer Jones. And now he needs her help. His cousin, Harley, is in trouble . . . big trouble.<br><br>As the president of a too-big-to-fail bank, he invested an astronomical amount of money in insuring some of the world''s most priceless artifacts at the urging of his board. It seemed like a low-risk, high-reward business move, so he jumped in with both feet. But recently, these insured pieces started going missing and worse, there''s no paper trail of Harley being directed to make these risky investments. Unless the artwork can be recovered soon, it looks like Harley is going to be heading to jail as the fall guy for an ingenious crime.<br><br>Gabriela knows what she must do: travel around the world with Rafer to find the missing works of art, keep Harley out of jail, and save both his skin and his bank. Along the way, she''ll encounter corruption, threats, murder, mysterious dark forces behind a global conspiracy to destroy the world''s wealth, and a nefarious villain who will stop at nothing to bring the world to the brink of ruin.<br><br><b><h3>Praise for Janet Evanovich:</h3></b><br><b>''Tense, suspenseful, funny and wise'' Lee Child<br><br>''Continues to enliven the literary crime scene'' <i>Sunday Times<br></i><br>''The most popular mystery writer alive'' <i>New York Times<br><br></i>''Among the great joys of contemporary crime fiction'' <i>GQ<br><br></i>''Janet Evanovich is the crown princess of detective fiction'' <i>BookPage<br></i><br>''Prepare for twists, action, and one of the best books of the year'' <i>Mystery & Suspense<br><br></i>''A blast of fresh air'' <i>Washington Post</i></b></p>