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"...the sort of thing that John Grisham does for lawyers, I'm hoping to do for everyone else in the working world.” Bookreporter.com interview


Whether novelist Joseph Finder is exploring the relationship of powerful American businessmen to the Kremlin; KGB infiltration of the CIA; or corporate espionage, his writing is always provocative and timely.

Bookreporter.com features several interviews in which Finder shares specifics about the inspirations for and the crafting of his best-selling, stand-alone thrillers.

His latest is KILLER INSTINCT (St. Martin's Press, 2006). Jason Steadman, a struggling young sales executive, gets help moving up the corporate ladder from Kurt Semko, a ruthless, former Special Forces officer. Can Jason put a stop to Semko's deadly "tactics"?

Finder's website includes a description of Killer Instinct and its backstory or inspiration.


Finder's other books:

• Red Carpet: The Connection between the Kremlin and America's Most Powerful Businessmen (nonfiction), (Holt, 1983).
• The Moscow Club, (Viking, 1991).
• Extraordinary Powers, (Ballantine, 1994).
• The Zero Hour, (Morrow, 1996).
• High Crimes, (Morrow, 1998).
• Paranoia, (St. Martin's, 2004).
• Company Man, (St. Martin's, 2005).

Photo Credit: Joel Benjamin. Source: Joseph Finder Press Kit, available at http://www.josephfinder.com

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