The Patriots Club

Forget the Da Vinci Code. The Patriots Club is a conspiracy that is home grown with a brotherhood holding hands through generations of Americans. Christopher Reich combines a couple winning plots and adds a few twists of his own for a winning story in The Patriots Club.

Early in the book I wanted to scan through page after page. Not because the writing was poor, rather I was anxious to find some resolution and simply settle into the meat of the plot. Having read a couple of Reich's books, I knew this to be unwise. A careful and thoughtful reader will pick up little clues along the way. Again, Reich did not disappoint.

Much of the plot line is guessable. However, there is enough variation and simply good writing to carry the reader to the show more end for a satisfying conclusion.

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A group (dating back to George Washington's era) of influential people from the political and industrial arena meet on a regular basis to secretly shape the future of the US and the world. They will stop at nothing to get their way. An innocent bystander, Thomas Bolden is mistakenly caught in their crosshairs and a series of increasingly frightening events take place.

A page turner...but I listened

The Patriots’ Club was one of those books that I have been wanting to read for quite sometime now. I have read several books by Reich in the past and considering this was one of the first of his books to have been made into a movie, I was all excited about it. But, as with any book where the expectations are very high, there is a high probability of disappointment.

The Patriots’ Club is about a secret Club of , well patriots, whose super computer system detects that Thomas Bolden, your regular investment banker is a threat to the security of the world’s super power. One day, Thomas Bolden is basking in the warm sunshine of his immense achievements at Harrington Weiss, the company for which he works, and the next day, he is the show more America’s Most wanted criminal and all because a little toy, controlled by the rich and powerful decides that he needs some looking after. This action packed thriller follows Bolden through some of the most dangerous parts of New York as he and his girlfriend Jenny try to beat the system, which is pretty much everyone from the FBI to the guy next door, who are bent on getting a piece of Bolden, preferably alive. Without giving away much of the story, suffice it to say that there are a few twists towards the end, which the reader definitely does not see coming.

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As someone said, patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel... this book kinda salutes that adage...

Excellent read

Plenty of conspiracies around as a new president is inaugurated.

Een geheime groep zakenmannen en politici noemen zichzelf de Club van Patriotten. Al sinds de oprichting door George Washington tijdens de Amerikaanse Revolutie zijn ze op financieel gebied actief.

Thomas Bolden lijkt op het eerste gezicht de belichaming van de Amerikaanse Droom. Hij heeft zijn duistere verleden overwonnen en is zeer succesvol als bankier bij Harrington Weiss op Wall Street. Totdat zijn hele wereld van de ene op de andere dag op zijn kop staat.

Na een bizarre ontvoering slaat hij op de vlucht en wordt hij binnen enkele uren verdacht van moord. Bolden doet de ene verbijsterende ontdekking na de andere en probeert ondertussen uit handen van de politie te blijven. En dan komt hij, samen met zijn vriendin Jenny, oog in oog te show more staan met de machtige leden van de Club van Patriotten... show less