Power Play
A Thriller, Fiction, Mystery book. Well, you know, a wise man once said that one of the great tragedies of...
It was the perfect retreat for a troubled company. No cell phones. No BlackBerrys. No cars. Just a luxurious, remote lodge surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness. All the top officers of the Hammond Aerospace Corporation are there. And one last-minute substitute -- a junior executive named Jake Landry. He's a steady, modest, and taciturn guy with a gift for keeping his head down and a turbulent past he's trying to put behind him. Jake's uncomfortable with all the power players he's been thrown in with, with all the swaggering and the posturing. The only person there he knows is the female CEO's assistant--his ex-girlfriend, Ali. When a band of backwoods hunters crash the opening-night dinner, the executives suddenly find themselves held...
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- Pages: 384 pages
- ISBN: 9780312347482 / 312347480
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Thirteen executives of Hammond Aerospace head for an offsite bonding trip at a remote lodge in wildest Canada. The Company is in trouble. The new (female) Chief Exec has ordered a hunt for the culprit. But just when it seems to be heading towards Agatha Christie Ten Little Indians who-dunnit territory, the whole party is held hostage... This was my first novel by Joseph Finder. The narrative is about kidnapping CEO"s of a large corporation for ransom. The meeting is taking place at a very remote fishing lodge in Vancouver, BC-Canada without any electronic connection to the outside world. There was lot of suspense with how people react under the threat of losing their... friends
