On the Line (Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels)

On the Line (Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels) by Rozan, S. J.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780312609245.

P.I. Bill Smith is sent on a high stakes chase when an electronically modified voice on his cell phone informs him that Lydia Chin, his occasional partner, has been kidnapped. Now if Bill wants to keep Lydia alive, hell have to play an elaborate game of the kidnappers devising. The first move sends him to an abandoned building wherein Bill finds the corpse of a small Chinese woman dressed like Lydia and discovers that the building is being rapidly surrounded by police. Now Bill is on the run from the cops and in the worst trouble of his very troubled life. With the help of Lydias hacker cousin Linus, and Linuss cohort Trella, Bill has to not only stay one step ahead of the cops, he has to uncover the secret behind the kidnappers identity and the reason hes come after Bill, if hes to reach Lydia before its too late.