Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.

It was probably because Robin had just been unfairly 'let go' from work that she reacted as she did when her neighbour, a quiet and socially inept young man whose mother had died only weeks before, called to ask for her help. Carter had discovered that Councillor Abraham had cheated his mother just before she died and had confronted him, pushing the man into the trunk of his car when the councillor became agressive. Then he'd shut the lid.
He didn't know what to do. So he'd called Robin, the nearest person to a friend that he had. Her solution was unexpected and ingenious - to blackmail Abraham's into not reporting Carter to the police but instead pay him money up front for Carter's silence. And against all expectations, the plan worked. But left a furious and powerful Councillor determined to have his revenge.

This delightful tale of ordinary (well, nearly) people taking on bullies in power is well written, ingenious and has the reader solidly routing for these amateur villains to succeed. Plenty of action, mostly non violent, makes this fun story (with it's deeper societal issues) a really good thriller. The characters are just that little bit quirky and developed enough to make them real. The narration by Megan Scharlau is excellent, vocally following all of the emotional prompts of the text and giving individual voicing to all of the protagonists - a good performance. Despite everything, this is an uplifting story.

My thanks to the rights holder of KIDNAP.org, who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy, via F.A.F.Y. It was both exciting and fun, a book I would recommend to almost anyone.

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