by JosephFinder (Author)
Jason Steadman is a thirty-year-old sales executive living in Boston. He's a witty, charismatic guy who's well liked at the office, but he lacks the 'killer instinct' necessary to reach the top. To the chagrin of his ambitious wife, it looks as if his career has hit a ceiling: Jason's been sidelined. But all that changes one evening when Jason meets Kurt Semko, a former Special Forces officer just back from Iraq. Looking for a decent pitcher for the company softball team, Jason gets Kurt, who was once drafted by the majors, a job in security. Soon, good things start to happen for Jason - and bad things start to happen to Jason's rivals. His career suddenly takes off. He's an overnight success. Only too late does Jason discover that his friend Kurt has been secretly paving his path to the top by the most 'efficient' - and ruthless - means available. After all, Kurt says, 'Business is war, right?' But when Jason tries to put a stop to it, he finds that his new best friend has become the most dangerous enemy imaginable. And now it's far more than just his career that lies in the balance.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Orion
Published: 13 Jun 2007
ISBN 10: 0752881507
ISBN 13: 9780752881508
Book Overview: A riveting tale of ambition, intrigue, and the price of success, KILLER INSTINCT is Joseph Finder at his best. In PARANOIA and NO HIDING PLACE, Joseph Finder has written two of the best thrillers of the last 5 years. These are real zeitgeist thrillers - in the same way as Ludlum did in the 70s and 80s, Finder captures the mood of a time and a world. A movie of his earlier novel HIGH CRIMES, starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, grossed $41 million for Fox. Paramount Pictures has bought rights to Paranoia for a high-six figures for Lorenzo di Bonaventura to produce. Finder is already a New York Times bestseller in the USA and has been in the Independent top ten over here. He also has received excellent reviews: '[A] pacy, gripping novel ... It is compulsive reading and the end is stunning and absolutely unguessable' Sunday Telegraph. 'Winningly brutal ... [Finder] is more than capable of ratcheting up tension' The Times. 'Finder's novel is as tight as a garrotte' Independent on Sunday.