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Book Reviews of The Switch

The Switch
The Switch
Author: Joseph Finder
ISBN-13: 9781101985786
ISBN-10: 110198578X
Publication Date: 6/13/2017
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Dutton
Book Type: Hardcover
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junie avatar reviewed The Switch on + 630 more book reviews
I enjoyed this thriller about picking up the wrong laptop at an airport while going through security. Unfortunately one was a Senators downloaded with top secret documents which shouldn't have been there.. The other one belonged to Michael Tanner, owner of a coffee company who gets caught in a political situation.

The Senator sends her Chief of Staff to do whatever it takes to get her computer back. Michael makes a thumb drive and gives it to a reporter friend, who is found dead the next day. Now he is on the run as the NSA gets involved while the Senator's COS hires a hit man who will do anything not to incriminate his boss.

I was hooked from the first page and read this in two short nights. I found the book gripping as I routed for the underdog in this political thriller.
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I am not a fan of authors writing political books, spy books, terrorist books, etc. I have read a few but they have to have a really good story that keeps you interested and not so convoluted

I thought this one started out fairly good except I didn't really care for the 'coffee' part of it, but then it just turned into something I just didn't believe for one minute

This story idea must of come from the Snowden incident (which is mentioned often) and the Clinton email fiasco and then throw in a Russian, then throw in an assassin--do you get the drift?

Finder has written some very good books I liked but this is not one of them.