21.   Steinbrenner has issued a press release that possesses all the fluency of a ransom note.

22.   The analysis of the ransom note could have been over-technical and boring, but Deaver makes it fascinating.

23.   The crisis erupted the morning after Christmas when Mrs. Ramsey called the police to say she had found a ransom note in her house.

24.   The first ransom note came a few days later.

25.   The first ransom note is sent to the editor of the Kingsmarkham Courier.

26.   The investigation took an unexpected turn when Jewish Museum officials received a ransom note.

27.   The Rockets were pasted together like a ransom note.

28.   There have been, according to the police, no ransom notes.

29.   There were no ransom notes, nor had any demands been issued, Stern said.

30.   There were no ransom notes.