Buried Secrets

When Alexa Marcus, the teenaged daughter of a billionaire hedge-fund titan, is kidnapped, her desperate father turns to ... (more)

When Alexa Marcus, the teenaged daughter of a billionaire hedge-fund titan, is kidnapped, her desperate father turns to a family friend : Nick Heller, a "private spy" who uncovers secrets for a living and is equally comfortable in the boardroom or the back alley. Then live streaming video of Alexa, pleading for her life, turns up on the Internet. Alexa is trapped in a nightmare of almost inconceivable terror. She's buried alive, a videocam trained on her night and day. Her captors are canny and ruthless. But Nick Heller, a former intelligence operative trained in the Special Forces, can be dangerous, too. Especially when it comes to the life of a troubled young girl he long ago swore to protect. (less)