Joseph Finder is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Paranoia, Power Play, Killer Instinct (named Best Novel by the International Thriller Writers), Company Man (winner of the Barry Award), as well as High Crimes, the basis of the Morgan Freeman/Ashley Judd movie. A member of the Association of Intelligence Officers, he has written about espionage and international affairs for The New York Times, The WashingtonPost, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic. He lives in Boston with his wife and daughter.
<p>A Serial Killer Plagues an Island Paradise<br /><br />Vigilante detective Emily Stone continues her covert pursuits to find serial killers and child abductors, all under the radar while shadowing police investigations.<br /><br />Emily searches for an abducted nine-year-old girl taken by ruthless and enterprising slave brokers. Following the clues from California to the garden island of Kauai, she begins to piece together the evidence and ventures deep into the jungle.<br /><br />It doesn’t take long before Emily is thrown into the middle of murder, mayhem, and conspiracy. Locals aren’t talking as a serial killer now stalks the island, taking women in a brutal frenzy of ancient superstitions and folklore. Local cops are unprepared for what lies ahead. In a race against the clock, Emily and her team must identify the killer before time runs out.</p>
<p><font face="georgia" size="2">"Another triumphant work ... truly earns the distinction of 'page-turner.' ...[will send] readers racing through the story at lightning speed ... A winner" -- <em>Chicago Sun-Times<br /></em></font><br /><font face="georgia" size="2">"The pace gallops relentlessly ... Joseph Finder is perhaps the lead player in the corporate thriller genre" -- <em>The New York Times Book Review <br /></em></font><br /><font face="georgia" size="2">"Its premise is enough to send chills through corporate boardrooms, and through civilian readers too. [Mr. Finder] easily draws readers into the mind of his smart young protagonist" -- <span>Janet Maslin, <em>The New York Times<br /></em></span></font><br /><font face="georgia" size="2">"The action is swift ... smooth-running ... Finder keeps the plot bubbling and the pages turning. His bad guys are believably menacing, and Jake Landry is humane enough that a reader can't help rooting for him to outwit all his foes" -- Tom Nolan, <span><em>The Wall Street Journal <br /></em></span></font></p>