The Oligarch's Daughter - Joseph Finder

The Oligarch's Daughter

By Joseph Finder

  • Release Date: 2025-01-28
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
4
From 579 Ratings

Description

"Any new novel by Joseph Finder is a ticket to reading pleasure, and this one is hands down his best ever."—Stephen King

"This is Finder at his finest—a perfect everyman-in-peril story, first building an ominous drumbeat of menace, then exploding in action and intrigue and triumph. As good as it gets."—Lee Child

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.

Reviews

  • Strong start, then goes downhill

    2
    By Jason VanLangen
    For the first 1/3 of the book, I thought it was going to be a great read. Around the time the protagonist travels to Moscow it starts to unravel: inconsistencies, unreasonable scenarios/decisions that don’t fit with the character’s personality, huge plot holes in “tradecraft” that are unexplained, characters that are so poorly cobbled together that their pedigree is just comical. By chapter 101 the book had reached a tin foil hat crescendo of implausibility, and I couldn’t continue. This is only the second book ever that I haven’t finished. Would not recommend.
  • Preposterous

    2
    By Dgb65
    Totally unbelievable, absurd in every sense of the word.
  • Exciting and easy to read

    4
    By G'Dad12
    Not a fan of books which jump back and forth over years as this one does, but the story still makes it worth reading.
  • Fun…kept my attention…like it a lot!

    5
    By Maldomom
    Fun…well written…very good!
  • Highly recommend

    5
    By BagLover21
    I loved the pacing of this story.
  • Joseph Finder spins

    5
    By K508
    This book was typical Joseph Finder, a great mystery with a wonderful ending
  • The Oligarch’s Daughter

    5
    By djmeier
    This is the first book by Joseph Finder that I read. I truly enjoyed it!!!
  • The Oligarch’s Daughter

    5
    By Artymusician
    I greatly enjoyed reading this thriller full of suspense and drama.
  • Nowhere close to Clancy

    2
    By Sittingbull strongbear
    Touted as a modern mix of Clancy and TV show The Americans…not even in the same universe. The plot and the dual storyline was decent but the end was abrupt and corny. If you like Clancy, this won’t do it for you. Wouldn’t recommend.