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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | Thomas Bolden, successful 32-year-old investment banker and Harlem Boys Club Foundation trustee, has come a long way from his turbulent childhood on the mean streets of Chicago. But his street smarts surface at the start of Reich's action-packed but convoluted latest (after Numbered Account), when Bolden chases a pair of muggers through Manhattan's financial district after they rob his girlfriend, Jenny Dance. They abduct him at gunpoint, but after a perplexing interrogation by members of a mysterious clan, a narrow escape reunites him with Jenny. Bolden already knows too much, though, and the organization of the novel's titleâa centuries-old secretive order of powerful lawyers, businessmen and politicians convened to preserve political special interest initiatives that the country's founding fathers defendedâsoon systematically dismantle Bolden's life. He and a newly pregnant Jenny run for their lives, tracked at every turn by the well-connected "club," which is headed by retired detective Francois Guilfoyle. While they each investigate the clandestine group, a flurry of politically fueled machinations unfolds, setting the stage for the obligatory showdown. Reich's conspiracy thriller eventually loses the momentum needed to deliver on the tight suspense it promises. (July)
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 The Patriot's Club Aug 06, 2008
Christopher has entwined the characters very skillfully making The Patriot's Club suspenseful all the way to the end! What transpires in this story could easily happen in real life. Excellent read!
The Patriot Club Feb 16, 2008
Another good read from Christopher Reich. If you've read any of his other works, this one is as good as the others. If you have never read him, this is a good one to start with.
17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 ANOTHER CONSPIRACY TO PONDER Dec 15, 2007
If you are a reader who is intrigued by "conspiracy theory" books and enjoyed David Baldacci's The Camel Club you will most likely enjoy this offering from Christopher Reich. If, however, you found the premise of Camel Club ridiculous and the plot convoluted, no doubt you will harbor the same feelings about Patriot's Club.
As Reich's Patriot's Club opens, former troubled street kid who made good, Thomas Bolden, and his girlfriend are attacked after leaving a Man of the Year award dinner and Bolden is "kidnapped". He is taken to "Guilfoyle" and questioned about his knowledge of "crown" and his involvement with Bobby Stillman. Bolden pleads ignorance in the matter, manages to escape his captors and goes to the cops with his tale. He is promptly framed for murder......forcing him to go "on the run". And that's only the tip of this iceberg.
The book itself could have been a script for the Survivor series considering Bolden's ability to "outplay", "outwit" and "outlast" his pursuers. The "multiple" conspiracies and Bolden's transformation from Wall Street wiz to super-hero possessing seeming immortality is nearly laughable.
The author's explanation about the high-powered, driven, immoral, and greedy conspirators who have targeted the protagonist is more than a bit far-fetched. You will find no middle of the road characters in this tome, and you can choose your favorite conspiracy......corporate, political, etc. It seems thatReich has abandoned character development and in turn, has asked us to abandon logic.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Not worth the time Dec 03, 2007
The Patriots Club is so far removed from reality that I could not force myself through the last 80 or so pages to finish it.
The book is rife with mistakes, misconceptions, and just some plain ugly lies. Alexander Hamilton supposedly hated the 22nd Amendment even though that Presidential term limits didn't come about until 150 years after his death. Oops. Does anyone really believe a lowly Lt. Colonel can make the arbitrary decision to buy an unvetted weapon for the entire USMC? The utter incompetence of some of the police work the author writes about in this book makes Barney Fife look like a professional investigator in comparison. There's so much more, but it's making my head hurt thinking about it.
Maybe some Hollywood producers could believe some of the far-fetched dreck in this book, but you shouldn't. Reich either spent zero time researching or expects everyone to be as ignorant as the ideas and notions he put in this book.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 A good diversion. Jan 05, 2007
I found this book enjoyable. The story was plotted and executed well. The main character was able to do a lot of implausible things like escape from professional soldiers, avoid gunshots and things like that, but that is the norm for a lot of these types of novels. There were a couple of characters that could have been developed further and interacted more, Guilfoyle and Franciscus, which would have made it more interesting. I guess the author's point was to make a statement that the industrial-military complex controls the world.
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