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Joseph Finder seems to have cornered the market in thrillers focussing on dodgy goings-on in big business. This time he sets Mr Regular against a gang of kidnappers – except said Mr Regular isn't quite as unassuming as he'd have you believe. Jake Landry works for Hammond Aerospace, a big aircraft manufacturers based in California. He's a junior executive a fair way down the pecking order, so he can't understand why he's invited to the annual company retreat at a posh Canadian fishing lodge with the new female chief executive and all the company movers and shakers. The high-ranking execs are busy willy-waving and trying to undermine the new woman when a group of hunters burst in and take them hostage – and they start talking telephone number amounts in ransom. They're not all they seem, though – but neither is our man Jake. Yes, of course he's got a mysterious past . . . this is genre fiction, you know! And naturally there's an old flame there in the shape of Alison Hillman, the CEO's special assistant. POWER PLAY is a devour in one sitting thriller that's easy on the brain but which will keep you royally entertained. And if you're on your mettle, Finder generously provides you with some strategic clues to help you work out what's going on. Finder writes brisk, fast-moving prose, and is great on dialogue as well. The exchanges between the big cheeses crackle off the page, and you'll be able to 'hear' Jake, the only man who can save the universe! There's dry humour there as well amidst the fast-moving action. Anyone who's been sent on ghastly company training days will recognise the motivational speaker who can parrot every cliché in the book! POWER PLAY is tightly-written, brimming with action and full of sparky characters. It'll give you a rollercoaster ride from the corporate world of California to the Canadian wilderness.
Reviewed by Sharon Wheeler, September 2007
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