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Author name: Joseph Finder

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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780312347499
ISBN number: 0312347499
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 416
Printing Date: May 29, 2007
Publishing house: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: May 29, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 111888
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Jason Steadman is a thirty-year-old sales exec for a major electronics company in Boston. He s witty and well-liked but, to the chagrin of his ambitious wife, it looks like Jason s career has hit a ceiling. He lacks the one thing that could help him get ahead: the KILLER INSTINCT
 
All that changes when Jason meets Kurt Semko, a former Special Forces officer just back from Iraq. Looking for a decent pitcher for the company softball team, Jason gets Kurt, who was once drafted by the majors, a job in Corporate Security. Soon, good things start to happen for Jason and bad things start to happen to Jason s rivals. 
 
Too late does Jason discover that Kurt has been paving his path to the top by the most efficient, devious means available. Now that his new best friend has become the most dangerous enemy imaginable, Jason stands to lose far more than his job....




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User popularity level: out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - A wonderful read
This book shows us the corporate life from executives, to sales people down to the security. Its a wonderful read and enjoyed it much better than Paranoia. Its a page turner from beginning to the end. Joseph is getting better and better at his craft everytime. I can't wait to read Powerplay.


Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - White Collar Intrigue
Jason Steadman is coasting along in his mediocre sales job when his wife encourages him to pursue a promotion. He decides to go for it, even though the other two candidates for the job seem more likely to get it than him. Things really start to turn around for Jason one night, though, when he goes in the ditch and befriends the tow truck driver who comes to his aid. He invites Kurt Semko to join his company softball team, and then helps the disgraced ex-Special Forces soldier get hired in the security department where he works. Suddenly, Jason's rivals start suffering career setbacks while information Kurt helpfully provides Jason helps him close several deals, and his career takes off. It doesn't take Jason long to realize Kurt is using underhanded tactics not only to help him, but to harm his rivals. When Kurt starts really stepping over the line, Jason begins to realize that Kurt's insinuation into his life has gone dangerously deep, and he may pay an ultimate price for becoming Kurt's enemy.

It's fun to read a corporate thriller like this once in awhile, peopled by educated yuppies supposedly living the American dream. We get to scratch beneath the manicured surface to the sweat and desperation under the designer suits while getting a glimpse of just how cutthroat the civilized practice of doing business can be. This book also adds an element of danger for a page-turning read and ranks up there among the other white collar thrillers I have read.



Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Great twist
A very enjoyable book to read. Lots of twist and unexpected turns, a typical of Joseph Finder style. After this one, I am eager to read his latest...the Power Play.


Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Corporate chaos
Enjoyable story. Great plot. I like the twist about the police officer investigating Jason Steadman. In the end, he was a impostor cop. Joseph Finder got me on that one. He knows how to make that twist that takes us by surprise. There are lots of twist on this one. I like the characters on this one except the wife. She seems a little too out there. But as far as Jason and the other employee surrounding him, I thought they were all believable character. They were all after a promotion. Aren't we all?


Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - Don't understand the glowing reviews...
I'm not quite sure why this book got such glowing reviews. It's a quick read - a standard mystery/thriller suitable for a day on the beach. But as far as being a GREAT book - it really wasn't. You could see what was coming two chapters ahead. Nothing unexpected ever happened in this book - no plot twists, not even a suitable climax. The dialog was almost childish at times. I've never seen the word "bro" used that often in a book. As far as it being a "business" thriller - it wasn't. It was actually closer to Rambo - military guy goes wacko. The characters were either boring (Jason and Kate and their whole family) or ridiculously unbelievable (Kurt), with a few other undeveloped characters thrown in because he needed them to try and make at least some kind of sense.

If the rest of his "business thrillers" are like this, I think I will pass.

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