Hints and tips:
...Fans of Michael Symmons Roberts will have Ransom in March (Jonathan Cape), while Kayo Chingonyi’s A Blood Condition is based on themes of inheritance (Chatto & Windus, April)....
...As we found, you don’t need to spend a king’s ransom to have a right royal time of it....
...Mr Bailey insisted he had not held Burberry to “ransom” over the job offer....
...Disguised as policemen and kitted out in an array of fake noses, chins and beards, the group made away with what was described as a “king’s ransom” of money in a 7.5-ton lorry....
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