"Ransom" Isn't Adding Up For Me!

At the present time, I am close to the end of Danielle Steel's "Ransom." Reeling from the apparent suicide of her husband, Fernanda Barnes is struggling to keep her kids safe from the eventual fallout, financially. Above all, she is trying to keep them safe from what Detective Ted Lee, who meets Fernanda when a car is bombed in her neighborhood, perceives to be an abduction attempt. His suspicions are not unfounded, because that is exactly what Phillip Addison asked Peter Matthew Morgan to do--kidnap the Barnes children. It hasn't happened yet, but if and when it does, I suspect that Sam, the youngest son, will be the victim. He's the only one of the Barnes children who saw the alleged suspect of the car bomb planting. I feel sorry for Fernanda, but Peter is stupid for agreeing to plan something that could send him right back to prison, where he just finished a 4-year stint for cocaine posession and distribution. Honestly, this seems to be another Danielle Steel novel that will discourage me from purchasing her more recent novels. I'll stick with the classics!