Royal Kidnap

A thriller to rescue a kidnapped Kuwait Princess

A Kuwaiti Princess is abducted. The kidnappers first demand is total secrecy. The second demand is political, and cannot be met. The vast wealth of the Emir of Kuwait is of no use. They must somehow rescue the Princess. The U.S. government cannot be involved, so a private team is assembled; two retired U.S. Army Colonels, an ex-FBI agent, an ex-U.S. Marine Captain, a retired Mossad agent, an Israeli journalist, and a young Kuwaiti living in New York. The team tracks the kidnappers to Marseilles, France, and then to Damascus Syria. The Syrian government refuses to help and escaping from Syria is almost impossible. The brutal Hamas agents are everywhere. During the chaotic travel, the Princess and the young Kuwaiti are falling in love. Just when they thought the mission was accomplished, they learn that the mastermind of the kidnapping has fled to New York. He was responsible for several deaths and must be captured and punished. In Brooklyn, New York, with help from the Russian Mafia they pursue the kidnapper.

Don Ruch was born in St. Louis, Mo. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II he continued to the University of Missouri, graduating in 1950. After marrying Jeannine in 1951 they had three sons. A widower, he now lives in Easton, Connecticut, with his four cats. Royal Kidnap is his third nove. His first novel Dangrous Solution was published in 2010. His second novel, Laser, is a sequel to Dangerous Solution, has many of the same characters as in Dangerous Solution. His third nove, Royal Kidnap, is also a sequel, having the same characters as in the first two novels.