Reissued in the new cover style alongside PARANOIA - new in paperback. The brand new hardback, COMPANY MAN, is published simultaneously. 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. 'John Le Carre meets Stephen King' Ira Levin. 'Combines a fresh voice, terrific characters, and high-octane suspense. Finder catapults himself into the front ranks of contemporary writers' Harlan Coben. 'Compulsive reading and the end is stunning and absolutely unguessable' Sunday Telegraph.
In addition to fiction, Finder continues to write extensively on espionage and international affairs relations for THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, and THE NEW REPUBLIC. He lives in Boston with his wife and daughter.
A wealthy and bitter man, seeking revenge for the killing of his wife and child, hires Baumann, a brilliant but completely amoral terrorist who is justifiably known as "The Prince of Darkness." As Baumann prepares his plan to destroy not only people but also the very foundation of Western finance, FBI Special Agent Sarah Cahill assembles and directs a team of equally talented law enforcement agents to hunt him down. Careful plans are set in motion by both sides, and readers learn about the newest tools and techniques of the trade, from information gathering to the creation and dismantling of explosives. Finder (Extraordinary Powers, Ballantine, 1994) skillfully increases the tension bit by bit, creating characters we care about and reminding us all too vividly of past terrorist attacks (Sarah built her counterterrorism career with her investigation of the World Trade Center bombing). An exceptionally well-plotted and carefully crafted novel, this is a major achievement for the genre. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 1/96.]-Elsa Pendleton, Boeing Info. Svcs., Ridgecrest, Cal.
PW gave this "thinking person's thriller" of assassination and economic sabotage a starred review. (Apr.)
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