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Power Play

Joseph Finder

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An off-site corporate event gone disastrously wrong.

The largest ransom in history. The price-tag: dead or alive.

Now it’s up to Jake Landry—a modest, steady guy with a dark, hidden past—to save them all…

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Chapter 1
“We got trouble.”
I recognized Zoë’s voice, but I didn’t turn around from my computer. I was too absorbed in a news report on the website AviationNow.com. A competitor’s new plane had crashed a couple of days ago, at the Paris Air Show. I wasn’t there, but my boss was, and so were all the other honchos at my company, so I’d heard all about it. At least no one was killed.
And at least it wasn’t one of ours.
I picked up my big black coffee mug—the hammond skycruiser: the future of flight—and took a sip.

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Praise for Power Play

“SUSPENSE AT ITS FINEST. ..MOVES LIKE A BULLET OUT OF A GUN.”—LEE CHILD

“THE PACE GALLOPS RELENTLESSLY…AN ENTRON-MEETS-‘DELIVERANCE’ TWIST.”—THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“GRABS YOU BY THE THROAT AND DOESN’T LET GO.”?HARLAN COBEN

“A NAIL-BITER OF A READ.”—LIBRARY JOURNAL

“I DARE YOU TO READ THE FIRST PAGE. YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO STOP.”—TESS GERRITSEN

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Joe rated it

May 2, 2012

A great book. For me a near 5 star. This is my first Joseph Finder novel and I really enjoyed it. One thing that was a great plus for me is that the protagonist is just a regular guy. Not a special forces superhero, or the craftiest investigator, or some other other-worldly talented and special h... ...more

Chi rated it

Mar 29, 2012

The executives of Hammond Aerospace Corp. are heading out on a retreat at a remote Canadian lodge. Jake Landry is a last minute substitute for his boss, but the high powered execs ignore him and insult and mock the new CEO of the company--a woman. This business thriller will appeal to readers of... ...more

Kevin rated it

Jan 19, 2012

A terrific book in my opinion. Joseph Finder's Power Play is a bit of a mystery but also an obvious kidnap for hire that was well played out. Jake Landry a junior executive at Hammond Industries an airplane manufacturer has been chosen to replace his boss at a top executive retreat in Canada. As... ...more

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Joseph Finder

Joseph Finder is the author of several New York Times bestselling thrillers, including Buried Secrets, High Crimes, Paranoia and the first Nick Heller novel, Vanished. Killer Instinct won the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Thriller, and Company Man won the Barry and Gumshoe Awards for Best Thriller. High Crimes was the basis of the Morgan Freeman/Ashley Judd movie, and both Paranoia and Killer Instinct are in development as major motion pictures. Born in Chicago, Finder studied Russian at Yale and Harvard. He was recruited by the CIA, but decided he preferred writing fiction. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Association for Former Intelligence Officers, he lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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