false <![CDATA[Power Play]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187753306m/137002.jpg 137002 10 It was the perfect retreat for a troubled company. No cell phones. No BlackBerrys. No cars. Just a luxurious, remote lodge surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness.All the top officers of the Hammond Aerospace Corporation are there. And one last-minute substitute - a junior executive named Jake Landry. He's a steady, modest, and taciturn guy with a gift for keeping his head down and a turbulent past he's trying to put behind him. Jake's uncomfortable with all the power players he's been thrown in with, with all the swaggering and the posturing. The only person there he knows is the female CEO's assistant-his ex-girlfriend, Ali. When a band of backwoods hunters crash the opening-night dinner, the executives suddenly find themselves held hostage by armed men who will do anything, to anyone, to get their hands on the largest ransom in history. Now, terrified and desperate and cut off from the rest of the world, the captives are at the mercy of hard men with guns who may not be what they seem. The corporate big shots hadn't wanted Jake there. But now he's the only one who can save them. Power Play is a non-stop, pulse-pounding, high-stakes thriller that will hold the reader riveted until the very lastpage. 1739442 21 8 2007 Power Play total:316|5:49|4:128|3:110|2:25|1:4| 316 1141 432 68 4 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 10:51:21 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 10:53:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:51:03 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:51:03 -0800 2009 Fans agree that Joseph Finder (Company Man, 2005; Killer Instinct, ***1/2 Sept/Oct 2006) has perfected the corporate thriller, favoring the rocket engine of plot over the quiet architecture of character. His eighth novel, Power Play, races along by omitting the texture and depth that might slow the ...

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I'll start off by saying, "Yes, I'm a Finder fan and have been since I read High Crimes." I honestly think he's one of the best thriller authors out there and the reason is simply this....Finder never disappoints his readers. In the world of...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 05:10:29 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 17:40:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 07:51:09 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 15:20:14 -0700 2008
I thought it was really good! I liked Jake - a multi-layered character with a great head on his shoulders After all he'd been through, he doesn't take to ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jan 23 16:49:59 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 16:50:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Sep 07 20:20:34 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 20:22:12 -0700 2007
What the Critics Say
"[This is Finder's] most entertaining and compelling novel of adventure and intrigue yet." (Boston Globe)


Publisher's Summary
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Power Play is a clever, action packed read that’s firing on all cylinders…intelligent, intriguing and absolutely entertaining– a boardroom blockbuster that demands to be read in single sitting and leaves you breathless, yet wanting more.

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The reader did a fine job which always helps to keep my interest.

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Joe Finder typically writes corporate thrillers. This particular one involves an executive assistant with an ai...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 06:28:52 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 13:42:29 -0800 2009
It's interesting to look into the world of these big-wig executive types - a world I will never know ;-)

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