Joseph FinderGenre: Corporate Thriller
Published: 2007
Personal Rating: 3.75/5
Yearly Count: 56
Jake Landry is a junior executive at California's Hammond Aerospace. His boss is unable to attend the corporate weekend planned at a secluded lodge in Canada, so Jake, somewhat reluctantly, takes his place. Immediately, the new CEO corners Jake and asks him to report any wayward conversations he may overhear. He doesn't get much of a chance - some hunters invade the lodge and discover these are well-off corporate employees. Jake immediately suspects foul play.
While I enjoyed the thriller portion of the book, I had no interest in the beginning and end which focused on the corporate/business end. Since reading Power Play, it has come to my attention that placing characters in a variety of industries is Finder's trademark, so leading the plot so heavily in that direction makes more sense to me now. :) Due to topic, not necessarily writing style, I don't think I'll be picking up another by him any time soon.
I felt let down with this book. Too farfetched!
ReplyDeleteJ. Kaye ~ I would agree, but I still liked the middle portion. :)
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Corporate thriller...man, there's just no end to kinds of sub-genres of thrillers, are there? I'm guessing this is probably not a sub-genre for me though.
ReplyDeleteDebi ~ I'm not exactly sure why, but I've wanted to read a Finder thriller. Well, I have now, so I'm probably done. :) I didn't realize that he is known for the variety of industries in his books. It's okay, though. I'm happy that I read it.
ReplyDeleteJoy, his previous two are way better. This one was a waste of my time.
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J. Kaye ~ You're welcome. :) I hope it works out for you.
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