The Freedom Broker

A Thea Paris Novel

By: K.J. Howe

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

There are 25 elite kidnap and ransom specialists in the world. Only one is a woman: Thea Paris. And she's the best in the business.

Twenty years ago, a terrified young boy was abducted in the middle of the night by masked intruders while his sister watched, paralyzed with fear. Returned after a harrowing nine months with his captors, Thea's brother has never been the same.

This life-shattering experience drove Thea to become what she is today: a world-class freedom broker. Most hostage-recovery work is done at the negotiation table, but when diplomacy fails, Thea leads Quantum Security International's black-ops team on highly sensitive rescue missions to political hot spots around the globe.

Her childhood nightmare resurfaces when her oil magnate father, Christos Paris, is snatched from his yacht off Santorini on his 60th birthday, days away from the biggest deal of his career. The brutal kidnappers left the entire crew slaughtered in their wake, but strangely, there are no ransom demands, no political appeals, no prisoner release requests - just obscure and foreboding texts written in Latin sent from burner phones.

Knowing the survival window for kidnap victims is small, Thea throws herself into the most urgent and challenging rescue mission of her life - but will she be able to prevent this kidnapping from destroying her family for good?

©2016 Kimberley Howe (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

Thriller Award Winner, Best First Novel, 2018

Had my attention from the start

loved it from the get go. fascinating throughout. even the ending leaves room for evolution.

Author know how to capture you! Narrator

Narration was excellent, Author keeps it real and exciting. Diabetes plays and intergal role in the book, I believe that brought this to the five star level along with plot.

Awesome new author and character.

I loved this one from the beginning. The writing was super and I loved the narrator. Cannot wait for her next book!!

Really enjoyed it

I really did like this story. It kept me engaged the entire time, had some good twists and turns and I really loved the character development. I am excited to continue reading the series about Thea

Twists and Turns

This book had more twists and turns than I expected. Surprises here and there.

Looking for the next in the series 😊