Publication Date: January 28, 2025
From the New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire, a breakneck thriller that marries the dynastic opulence of Succession with the tense and disorienting spycraft of The Americans.
Paul Brightman is a man on the run, living under an assumed name in a small New England town with a million-dollar bounty on his head. When his security is breached, Paul is forced to flee into the New Hampshire wilderness to evade Russian operatives who can seemingly predict his every move.
Six years ago, Paul was a rising star on Wall Street who fell in love with a beautiful photographer named Tatyana—unaware that her father was a Russian oligarch and the object of considerable interest from several U.S. intelligence agencies. Now, to save his own life, Paul must unravel a decades-old conspiracy that extends to the highest reaches of the government.
Rivaling the classic spy novels of the Cold War, The Oligarch’s Daughter is built for the frightening world we live in now.
His life unraveled because he fell in love with the wrong woman. This would be the perfect epitaph for Paul Brightman if the Russians capture him.
Author Joseph Finder delivers an action-packed espionage thriller in The Oligarch’s Daughter. As the story opens, we see Paul living a seemingly quiet life under another name, complete with a new lady love.
His past unexpectedly catches up with him, which isn’t surprising considering the bounty offered. The author does an excellent job filling in the backstory about why Paul is being hunted.
Rather than continuing to run, Paul must confront the past. That’s easier said than done, but the author weaves in a conspiracy dating back several decades. With Paul digging up secrets, betrayal and intrigue emerge.
The Oligarch’s Daughter Is a fast-paced thriller that serves up an engaging storyline with well-developed characters.
Joseph Finder is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen suspense novels, including House on Fire, The Fixer, and Suspicion. Two of his novels have been adapted into major motion pictures—Paranoia (starring Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman) and High Crimes (starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman). Four more have won the industry’s top best novel awards—Killer Instinct (the International Thriller Writers Award), Buried Secrets (the Strand Critics Award); Guilty Minds (the Barry Award), and Company Man (the Barry Award). Finder lives in Boston, Massachusetts.