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The idea of a spy with mind-reading ability might seem somewhat hackneyed, but Finder makes it work in this dense, post-Soviet Union, secret-agent novel. Finder's characters, Ben Ellison and his physician wife, Molly, leapfrog the globe seeking the killer of Molly's CIA director-father after the CIA equips Ben with the ability to read people's thoughts. From the get-go, Ben becomes a target of unknown assassins, and two particularly thrilling episodes--one in a rat-infested bunker and another in the labyrinth of the Paris Metro transit system--lead him to believe that big money is at stake here . . . money that could fund a frightening New World Order. Ben and Molly are likable characters: Ben is the spy, but Molly's abilities as a doctor and a quick thinker are an enormous help throughout the caper. (It's good to see a female character become more than the usual hand-wringing window dressing in a thriller.) While the couple traverses the globe from Tuscany to Zurich to Canada to Washington, D.C., they become wary of trusting anyone. Any regular thriller reader will be able to predict the first big twist involving the leader of the operation to fund the New World Order, but the second major surprise is a beaut, and it sets up the slam-bang finish as Ben desperately tries to read every mind in a Washington courtroom in order to uncover an assassin. Finder does not overuse Ben's ESP, thereby preventing this top-notch thriller from being just another gimmicky novel.
The idea of a spy with mind-reading ability might seem somewhat hackneyed, but Finder makes it work in this dense, post-Soviet Union, secret-agent novel. Finder's characters, Ben Ellison and his physician wife, Molly, leapfrog the globe seeking the killer of Molly's CIA director-father after the CIA equips Ben with the ability to read people's thoughts. From the get-go, Ben becomes a target of unknown assassins, and two particularly thrilling episodes--one in a rat-infested bunker and another in the labyrinth of the Paris Metro transit system--lead him to believe that big money is at stake here . . . money that could fund a frightening New World Order. Ben and Molly are likable characters: Ben is the spy, but Molly's abilities as a doctor and a quick thinker are an enormous help throughout the caper. (It's good to see a female character become more than the usual hand-wringing window dressing in a thriller.) While the couple traverses the globe from Tuscany to Zurich to Canada to Washington, D.C., they become wary of trusting anyone. Any regular thriller reader will be able to predict the first big twist involving the leader of the operation to fund the New World Order, but the second major surprise is a beaut, and it sets up the slam-bang finish as Ben desperately tries to read every mind in a Washington courtroom in order to uncover an assassin. Finder does not overuse Ben's ESP, thereby preventing this top-notch thriller from being just another gimmicky novel.
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