Ransom — Gilbert M. Stack

ABBA, Air Supply, Charlie's Angels, Ronald Reagan -- it's 1981 and real estate attorney, Lynne Winters', is struggling to manage a constantly complaining mother and a law practice tanking in the worst real estate market in a decade. Then her life really goes insane when a long brown envelope lands on her desk. The heir to the Mackland furniture empire has been kidnapped and the kidnapper has forced Lynne smack in the middle of the ransom negotiations. It's the most important case of her career, but in a time when professional women too often aren't taken seriously, it will take all of Lynne's resourcefulness and grit to find a way to bring the boy safely home again.