THE RANSOM ALREADY PAID (Isaiah "Zay" Vance Thrillers Book 3)

The kidnappers have her daughter. They want her to lie about eight million dollars.Renée Merritt’s business payment was lawful. The money moved before her daughter, Jada, was taken. Now the captors demand that Renée call it ransom—and claim the threats began before the transfer.That lie could stop a deal and keep powerful people in control. Refusing it could cost Jada her life.Financial-crimes investigator Isaiah “Zay” Vance and Keisha Grant follow the records backward, searching for whoever needs the false story to become official. But someone is planting evidence designed to turn careful investigators toward the wrong door. And having a reason to stop the deal doesn’t prove who arranged the kidnapping.Inside captivity, Jada resists the account her captors want her to give. Outside, her mother fights to bring her home without helping them erase what really happened.As the deadline closes in, Isaiah and Keisha must untangle a crime built to exploit the investigation itself—before another convincing lie sends them farther from Jada.A financial-crime thriller of corporate power, a mother under impossible pressure, and a kidnapping money cannot resolve.