High and Low

"High and Low" focuses on Gondo Kingo, a powerhouse executive in the Japanese shoe industry. In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a proposition that throws him in hock down to his own furniture, he's hit by a huge ransom demand, with a twist -- the kidnapper takes, not his own son, but his chauffeur's.
(Source: Paul Attanasio, WashingtonPost)
~~ Adapted loosely from the novel “The King’s Ransom” by Ed McBain