{"product_id":"9781910301401","title":"Chinese Ransom","description":"When Henry Dobell, MI6 Head of Station in Bangkok, is kidnapped, Ken Lawson, an agent of WRU - World Research Unit, a shady subsidiary of MI6 - is brought out of retirement to investigate the kidnapping.\u003cp\u003eLawson's investigation becomes increasingly complex and tangled by Russian interference, especially when he discovers that a senior Chinese diplomat may want to defect to the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mission takes Lawson from his base in Mexico to Bangkok, London, Paris and finally to Venezuela.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this original, action-packed thriller - mainly written in the first person from Lawson's point of view, which adds to its sense of immediacy - nothing is what it seems, no-one is who they say they are, and the ransom to be paid may just be too high a price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aesop Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019365695728,"sku":"9781910301401","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910301401_p0.jpg?v=1763626345","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910301401","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}