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Joseph Finder

Joseph Finder

About

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 Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic. He lives in Boston with his wife and daughter. 

Visit the author’s website at www.josephfinder.com

Commitment

Commitment

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<p>It’s hard to be committed to anyone when you don’t know whom to trust.</p><p>Alexis Toles, a former FBI agent turned undercover CIA agent, is quickly finding that out in Nancy Ann Healy’s newest political thriller, <i>Commitment</i>.</p><p>Alex embeds in a secret organization of intelligence operatives known as The Collaborative. Its partners include operatives from the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, US Department of Defense, and an entanglement of foreign intelligence agencies.</p><p>It’s about half a year after the death of President John Merrow, a friend and someone she respected. But she remains committed to overthrowing The Collaborative as she works with a onetime adversary who believes the organization’s involved in the president’s death.</p><p>Meanwhile Alex; her wife, Cassidy O’Brien; and Cassidy’s son try hard to live as a family but must first overcome personal struggles, including a nasty custody battle with Cassidy’s ex-husband, Congressman Christopher O’Brien. The family has their own share of secrets that, if unleashed, could affect their hopes for the future.</p><p>There’s no place to turn without discovering people who are not who they claim to be. That can’t stop Alex. She must remain committed to the cause, both at home and as she works against The Collaborative.</p>

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International Thriller Writers interviews Joseph Finder on POWER PLAY, writing and finding his own voice.

🔗 .http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2008/12/writing-between-the-lines-with-stephen-c.html

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Reviews

<p><font face="georgia" size="2">&quot;Another triumphant work ... truly earns the distinction of 'page-turner.'  ...[will send] readers racing through the story at lightning speed ... A winner&quot; -- <em>Chicago Sun-Times<br /></em></font><br /><font face="georgia" size="2">&quot;The pace gallops relentlessly ... Joseph Finder is perhaps the lead player in the corporate thriller genre&quot; -- <em>The New York Times Book Review <br /></em></font><br /><font face="georgia" size="2">&quot;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&quot; -- <span>Janet Maslin, <em>The New York Times<br /></em></span></font><br /><font face="georgia" size="2">&quot;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&quot; -- Tom Nolan,  <span><em>The Wall Street Journal  <br /></em></span></font></p>