blood money
p just when he is prepared to take a well earned leave of absence di tom mariner is called back to the case when six week old jessica klinnemann is abducted from a local day nursery . what at first appears to be a random kidnapping gradually reveals itself to be a meticulously planned operation . the motive remains unclear until mariner discovers that the babys father works for a scientific research company that has long been the target of animal rights activists . a crude note seems to confirm that animal rights protesters were behind the scare but just when mariner thinks hes solved the crime one of the nursery workers is killed in a hit and run and the case is blown wide open .