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Thank you to all fans who take the time to write and for your kind words. Below is a selection of letters from readers. You can write to Joseph at joseph@josephfinder.com or via the Contact Form. Your letter may be quoted for the website or featured as the “Reader Mail of the Week” on the homepage.

Hi, just finished your FIRST book, THE MOSCOW CLUB - have read some of the later ones but never this one - and it was GREAT!!! The last 200 pages I couldn't put it down - just kept reading and reading and reading... Great story - thanks for reprinting it - now I have to get EXTRAORDINARY POWERS and read it too. Many blessings.

Dear Paula,
Thanks very much for taking the time to write! It's great to hear that THE MOSCOW CLUB stands up, after so many years, and it's been exciting for me to have it back in print. So glad you enjoyed, and I really appreciate your letting me know.
Hope you like EXTRAORDINARY POWERS just as much!
Very best wishes,
Joe

Please write more novels. I am almost finished reading all the ones you have in print. I don't like Kindle. I found you accidentally and love your dry since of humor mixed with your serious thriller story. I'm sure you hear this a lot - but I just love the way you write - better than Patterson, Graham, Glass, Gardner, Jackson and even Stuart Woods. It's your humor that makes you terrific.
Sandra S.

Dear Sandra,
Thanks so much - that's high praise indeed! Finishing the next book now, which is a standalone, and then I plan to get back to Nick Heller. As soon as I have any information about when the next book will be out, I'll announce it everywhere (newsletter, Facebook, Twitter). It means a lot to me to know that you're waiting for it.
All the best,
Joe Finder

Joe, met Brad Meltzer at his signing the other day and asked him about your tour together visiting our troops (thanks for doing that by the way)...asked about you and he said you were great. He does a great Finder by the way, has your mannerisms down pat...he wanted me to remind you to just say NO when asked if you have a knife at a check point. Thanks again for all you do and will see you at your next signing in DC area.
Jim T.
 

HA! Mannerisms? What mannerisms? He does me, seriously? I'll have to work on my own Meltzer imitation. Thanks for thinking of me, and I hope to get back to DC soon. Got to finish this book first —
Best wishes,
Joe

Thank you for giving me a reason to get rid of cablevision. I really appreciatre your wonderful books. My husband and I are great fans and often share your books between us and then have fun discussion the plots.
Patricia W.

Dear Patty,
Wow, that's high praise! There's great stuff on cable... thanks so much for the kind words, and for taking the time to write. Hope you like the book I'm working on now just as much. It's too early to say much about it, but the newsletter will have information as soon as it's ready.
Hope the winter's treating you well, and that 2013 is off to a good start. Happy reading!
Best wishes,
Joe Finder

I just completed THE MOSCOW CLUB, what a great read. I've been a big fan of Robert Ludlum over the years, it was only by fluke that I picked up your book. I am now a fan. Can't wait to read another one of your books. Which one do you recommend I read next?
Barry K. 

Dear Barry,
Thanks very much, that's always great to hear. I had the honor of knowing Ludlum, and comparison with him is high praise. I usually tell people new to my work to start with PARANOIA, which is actually being adapted for the movies (due in theaters in October). Or you might like my two Nick Heller thrillers, VANISHED and BURIED SECRETS. Hope you enjoy them!
Best wishes,
Joe Finder

Once again, I absolutely have to thank you for the Christmas card and for the reminder that there are successful people out there who are the kinds of people we'd like to have living next door. In your case, we would worry a bit about the diabolical mind you harbor within. Thank you, too, for the donation to Wounded Warriors. This is (as a military brat) an organization dear to my heart.
Iris M.

Dear Iris,
Glad the card arrived in plenty of time, and it's my privilege to support the Wounded Warriors Project. Thanks for your support, and best wishes for the new year!
Joe

Just want you to know that not only are you my favorite author, you are now my favorite human being for the USO visit you made to our troops. You are right. They are just "kids" defending our country and going through things that you and I sitting in our cushy homes can't even fathom. I commend you for your unselfishness and thank you for doing something that I, much to my chagrin, am really too old to do. But I do support the Wounded Warrior Project. Thank you Joe. I might never win one of your contests but you have won my heart for doing this great thing...supporting our troops.
Best regards, Christine A.

Dear Christine,
Thank you so much -- but I'm not kidding when I say it was a tremendous honor to be asked, and it was both one of the greatest adventures of my life as well as being one of the most moving experiences. I am the net beneficiary of that trip, without a doubt.
Best wishes to you and your family for a joyful holiday season, and thanks for your support
Joe

Dear Joe,
That is a tremendous and courageous thing to do -- going over and showing support for our Servicemen and women where they live & work. I definitely commend you on that brave endeavour; taking your own time to travel so far! I'm sure the experience will live with you always.
Hope this finds you safely back at home for your own Holidays!
Merry, merry!
your fan,
Dirk W. 

Dear Dirk,
It was an honor to be asked, and the adventure of a lifetime, as well as being tremendously moving. You're right, I'll never forget it. Thanks for the kind words, and for taking the time to write - hope you enjoy the books!
Best wishes,
Joe

Thank you for visiting our troops.
Richard R.

Thank you for supporting our troops! Loved the pictures. My brother was a fireman in Vietnam. He did tell me about the suit he had to wear. It didn't look too comfortable. t wasn't, was it?
Have a wonderful holiday season.
Write on! I love your books.
Phyllis M.
 

Dear Phyllis,
That suit was like wearing a personal sauna, in temperatures that were already above 90 degrees. Can't imagine how they work in them for any length of time!
Thanks very much for the kind words, and for taking the time to write. Happiest of holidays to you and yours.
Best,
Joe

 

 

Hello,
I hope you are well. I read PARANOIA a few years ago and loved it a great deal, since then my reading habits have meandered through various genres and authors. Recently after a huge Asimov kick, I read PARANOIA again and then began reading the rest of your work.
I am in South Korea and I have been able to find or get delivered most of your books here, however BURIED SECRETS is proving difficult to get hold of. I'll be able to find a way eventually I hope. Most delivery websites don't make it all the way out to Korea. I end up trawling through used bookstores and the like.
I just wanted to let you know that your thrilling novels are being enjoyed in a tiny corner of Seoul, South Korea.
A.S.

Dear A.S.,
Thanks very much for the kind words, and for taking the time to write. Glad to hear you liked PARANOIA - authors aren't supposed to have favorites among their own books (like parents with kids), but I admit I'm especially fond of that one.
What took you to South Korea? Sorry you're having trouble tracking down BURIED SECRETS. I've asked around, and it sounds like even Amazon needs a second-party shipper... if I come up with any better ideas or suggestions, I'll pass them along.
Best wishes, and thanks again --
Joe

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