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Company Man
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Length
17 hrs and 49 mins
Audible Release Date
04-15-05
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Customer Rating

3.9 based on 392 ratings
 

Publisher's Summary

Nick Conover, the son of a factory worker, is the CEO of a major corporation in a company town. Nick, once the most admired man in Fenwick, Michigan, is now, having presided over massive layoffs, the most despised. A single parent since the recent death of his wife, he's struggling to insulate his 10-year-old daughter and angry 16-year-old son from the town's hostility. When his family is threatened by a nameless stalker, events spin quickly out of control and Nick is faced with a dead body and damning circumstances. To protect his family, he must cover up the homicide with the help of his old friend and corporate security director.

Now Audrey Rhimes, a police investigator with an agenda of her own, is determined to connect Nick to the homicide. In the meantime, Nick begins to unravel a web of intrigue within his own corporation, involving his closest colleagues, that threatens to gut the company and bring him down with it. With everything he spent his life working for hanging in the balance, Nick Conover discovers that life at the top is just one small step away from a long plunge to the bottom.

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©2005 Joseph Finder; (P)2005 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC

What the Critics Say

"A frightfully good suspense thriller." (Booklist)
"Mr. Finder's Company Man confirms what his Paranoia made clear: he has unusually keen instincts for back-stabbing in the business world. And somehow or other, exotica about the workings of a company that manufactures office furniture become unnaturally interesting here." (The New York Times)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful:
Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0 "Ridiculous"
By: Daniel (Arlington, TX, USA)
July 03, 2009
It is unfortunate this one turned out so bad, because Finder is such a good writer!!

All of the basic foundation story points of this book are simply ridiculous.

The "intelligent" characters do every possible DUMB thing you can think of - simply create a story.... and I don't me dumb, I mean DUMBER THAN DUMB.

If you can TOTALLY suspend reality, you may enjoy it because Finder is a good writer. All Finder stories require a little bit of reality suspension, but this one requires you to sever the brain stem.

To heap on the misery, the narrator, Scott Brick, BUTCHERS another one. I simply don't understand why this guy is a popular reader!

Scott Brick butchers every witty line in any book he narrates - by saying it angrily. He is overdramatic and sounds like a cheesy B-Actor!!

Overall: Story, Believability, and Narration = TERRIBLE // Writing style = good // Ability to weave some entertainment out of a mess is the only reason I bumped it up to 2 stars

Here is how I rank the Finder books I have listened to:

Killer Instinct - His best, 5 stars highly recommended

Power Play - A few ridiculous points in the story board, but an entertaining story and listen overall, 4 stars

Paranoia - Ridiculous, but has far more redeeming qualities and effective suspense than Company Man, 3 stars


Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0 "Kind of a B movie thing"
By: N (Bellevue, WA, USA)
March 22, 2009
A bit cheesy, with a little bit of everything to entertain: dirty business, murder and crazy people, with the essentially good-hearted hero at the center. Not bad for an easy listen!
0 of 1 people found this review helpful:
Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0 "Great Narrator, bad book!"
By: David (Bardstown, KY, USA)
February 26, 2009
Even Scott Brick can't make this worth listening to. I gave us less than half way through.
Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0 "Great Business Read and Murder Novel"
By: Ronald (USA)
July 18, 2008
Enjoyed Company Man. Author gives you the feeling that this could happen to any rich ceo. At times you wish that it would.













Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0 "A Classic"
By: Rajesh (Johannesburg, South Africa)
June 07, 2008
This is really a good book. A good plot. Well etched characters. The book is superbly read.

If you like a good mystery with thrills...do not think too much..use your credit on this.
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