Game theory

Game theory has brought me to this point and I must follow where it leads.

Even though this is not a game.Jamie is a sixteen-year-old maths whiz.

Summerlee, his older sister, is in the grip of a wild phase.

Tensions at home run high.When Summerlee wins a 7.5-million-dollar lottery, she cuts all ties with her family.

But money can cause trouble - big trouble. And when Jamie's younger sister Phoebe is kidnapped for a ransom, the family faces a crisis almost too painful to bear.Jamie thinks he can use game theory - the strategy of predicting an opponent's actions - to get Phoebe back.

But can he outfox the kidnapper? Or is he putting his own and his sister's life at risk?A brilliant, page-turning YA novel from a superb storyteller.