THE PAY WAS GOOD. THE PRICE WAS MURDER. Ned Allen is a young， upwardly mobile ad salesman for a successful computer magazine. Several years into his career， he s confident that he s finally left his small-town roots behind， and that the sophisticated Manhattan world he covets is his forever. His wife， Lizzie， is also flourishing at a prestigious public relations firm. Life， it seems， is just where they want it -- until Ned is faced with a seemingly clearcut moral choice that pulls the bottom out from under his feet. Ned s company is sold and his world is suddenly turned upside down. Salvation appears in the unlikely form of an old high school friend who is working for lack Ballantine， a former real estate tycoon with a shady past who has recently made a much-heralded comeback. When， against his better judgement， Ned accepts a job working for Ballantine s latest venture， an offshore private equity fund， he tells himself it s just another job. But it turns out that Ballantine has other uses for Ned.... An adrenaline-pumping thriller， The Job is destined to catapult Kennedy into the ranks of bestsellers like Grisham and Turow.