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Based on the opening chapter, The Candidate seemed like it was going to be an intriguing, suspenseful and fast-paced thriller. I liked the "novella" format-the book can be read in just a few hours-but its short length actually works against it in the end. The plot begins interestingly enough-British ex-pat Nicky Thorneycroft wakes up in his Luxembourg apartment with a huge hangover, a pair of women's underwear on his bedroom floor, receipts in his pants pockets for champagne and sandwiches from a local casino, a suspicious mark on his neck, and no recollection of anything that happened the night before, or who the panties belong to. Nick came to Luxembourg just a few months before at the urging of his girlfriend Claire, to take a head hunting position with a company that provides payment processing services for banks and other large organizations. Nick's current assignment is recruiting candidates for a VP position with the Russian and Eastern European branch of his company. This leads him to Yekaterina Novakovich, the Russian born, Harvard educated beauty with the perfect credentials for the job. Nick's boss Charlotte and other members of the company put pressure on him to hire "Kate" immediately, as she is also being courted by their largest competitor. When Nick notices an unexplainable gap in Kate's work history, he worries that she is hiding something, but Charlotte tells Nick they will lose Kate to the competition if they have to wait for him to complete a background check before offering Kate the job. From here the story goes off in several directions-the Russian Presidential elections are taking place, and the president's challenger accuses him of financial misdeeds involving offshore bank accounts. Nick begins to suspect Kate is working for the Opposition candidate and is using him to further their cause, starting with the night she drugged him and left her panties in his apartment. Nick's on-again, off-again girlfriend Claire also figures into the action, as does Nick's landlord and a prominent Luxembourg real estate developer. Too much happens in too few pages, and much of it is hurried and disjointed. The story comes to an abrupt that leaves a feeling of incompleteness, but does set up the possibility of a sequel. I think The Candidate would have worked better as a full length novel, where characters and their motivations could have been explained more fully.


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The Candidate Daniel Pembrey 9781493753321 Books Reviews

Too convoluted, it didn't ring true. I had to force myself to finish the story. The o my decent part is towards the end and it too fails to take off
easy read
OK
Fabulous story full of suspense.
I would recommend it to anyone interested in a European style thriller.
Entertaining quick read!
Not bad, barely held my interest, partly due to Russian involvement and being in a different country, different culture, making it slightly difficult to follow IMO.
An interesting book with a few twists and turns to keep the reader guessing.
Story premise was interesting and the writing evocative but i felt there were far too many gaps and leaps. Would have welcomed a longer, more nuanced and elaborated tale. This book felt as but as if it was dashed off under a pressing deadline. I enjoy the author's writings but this was not among his best works.
Based on the opening chapter, The Candidate seemed like it was going to be an intriguing, suspenseful and fast-paced thriller. I liked the "novella" format-the book can be read in just a few hours-but its short length actually works against it in the end. The plot begins interestingly enough-British ex-pat Nicky Thorneycroft wakes up in his Luxembourg apartment with a huge hangover, a pair of women's underwear on his bedroom floor, receipts in his pants pockets for champagne and sandwiches from a local casino, a suspicious mark on his neck, and no recollection of anything that happened the night before, or who the panties belong to. Nick came to Luxembourg just a few months before at the urging of his girlfriend Claire, to take a head hunting position with a company that provides payment processing services for banks and other large organizations. Nick's current assignment is recruiting candidates for a VP position with the Russian and Eastern European branch of his company. This leads him to Yekaterina Novakovich, the Russian born, Harvard educated beauty with the perfect credentials for the job. Nick's boss Charlotte and other members of the company put pressure on him to hire "Kate" immediately, as she is also being courted by their largest competitor. When Nick notices an unexplainable gap in Kate's work history, he worries that she is hiding something, but Charlotte tells Nick they will lose Kate to the competition if they have to wait for him to complete a background check before offering Kate the job. From here the story goes off in several directions-the Russian Presidential elections are taking place, and the president's challenger accuses him of financial misdeeds involving offshore bank accounts. Nick begins to suspect Kate is working for the Opposition candidate and is using him to further their cause, starting with the night she drugged him and left her panties in his apartment. Nick's on-again, off-again girlfriend Claire also figures into the action, as does Nick's landlord and a prominent Luxembourg real estate developer. Too much happens in too few pages, and much of it is hurried and disjointed. The story comes to an abrupt that leaves a feeling of incompleteness, but does set up the possibility of a sequel. I think The Candidate would have worked better as a full length novel, where characters and their motivations could have been explained more fully.