the prince of cleveland is a novel of suspense and thrills. Thomas Murphy is a common working stiff, who lives in Cleveland with his wife, Beth, and their three children Tommy, Jenny and little Danny. Miraculously, Thomas wins the Ohio Lottery and after the initial celebrating settle down, he then sets into motion his life long dream. He starts a business, hires over two thousand workers and proceeds to pick up the trash on the streets of Cleveland. After two years of hard work, the city sparkles and the citizens of Cleveland dub Thomas Murphy the Prince of Cleveland. Thomas's publicity and wealth draws the attention of an elite inter-national super-criminal named Lukas Krueger. He and his gang travel from Europe to Cleveland to investigate Thomas Murphy. Next, Lukas Krueger kidnaps Murphy's wife and three children. The FBI are brought in to handle Krueger's request for a thirty million dollar ransom, but after the FBI fail Thomas takes matters into his own hands. The storyline is thrilling as we read how Thomas continues to battle Lukas Krueger in an effort to first find and then rescue his family. As the story comes to a suspenseful and thrilling conclusion; you won't believe the surprise ending.