by JosephFinder (Author)
For Ben Ellison, his job with a prestigious law firm is a safe haven from the espionage world that almost killed him. But when the director of the CIA is killed, Ben's old employers want him back...Ben is deceived into taking part in a top-secret experiment that leaves him able to read people's thoughts. Not only must he track down the director's killers, but there is another prize at stake...a multi-million dollar fortune in gold, spirited out of Russia in the last days of the Soviet Union.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: 3
Publisher: Orion
Published: 02 Sep 1999
ISBN 10: 0752826514
ISBN 13: 9780752826516
Book Overview: Reissued in the new cover style alongside PARANOIA - new in paperback. The brand new hardback, COMPANY MAN, is published simultaneously. Finder has established an extremely successful reputation for writing novels about corporate intrigue. HIGH CRIMES was made into a film starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, grossing USD41 million for Fox. Paramount Pictures has bought rights to PARANOIA for a high six figures with Lorenzo di Bonaventura to produce. Joseph Finder always gets excellent reviews: 'Brilliant ... this one really is hard to put down and will be responsible for many oh my God I can hear the Dawn Chorus moments' Good Book Guide. 'Finder winds his tale tighter and tighter as mystery is piled on mystery, intrigue on intrigue, until the novel explodes in a shocking climax' Clive Cussler 'Combines a fresh voice, terrific characters, and high-octane suspense. Finder catapults himself into the front ranks of contemporary writers' Harlan Coben. 'This pacy, gripping novel presents a devastating view of American business ... It is compulsive reading and the end is stunning and absolutely unguessable' Sunday Telegraph.