The series

As parents do every morning, Rachel Klein dropped her daughter off at the bus stop and went about her day. But a call from an unknown number on her cell phone changed everything: the caller was a woman who told her that Kylie had helped her get out of her car seat, and if she wanted to see her again, she had to follow her instructions to the letter: pay a ransom. The motive was to find another child to kidnap. Rachel didn't do what she was told, or she would be killed.
"You're not the first. Because you won't be the last."
Rachel is now part of the deal, the ingenious, endlessly ongoing scheme that turns victim into criminal—while someone else, in return, amasses a fortune. The game is simple, the moral challenges unimaginable: you start by finding money quickly, stalk your victim, then carve out a heinous act you never imagined you were capable of, and all within four hours. But the masterminds behind the scheme know that parents will do anything for their children. Kidnapping is just the beginning. Like any parent, Rachel Klein dropped her daughter off at the bus stop and started her day. But a call from an unknown number on her cell phone turned everything upside down: the caller was a woman who told her she was holding Kylie captive, tied up in the back seat of her car. If Rachel wanted to see her daughter again, she had to follow her instructions to the letter: pay a ransom and find another child to kidnap. But this kidnapping was unlike any other: the caller was the mother of a kidnapped boy, and if Rachel did not do what was asked of her, her son would be killed.