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John March
Vintage
June 2005
Featuring: John March
320 pages
ISBN: 1400033594
Paperback (reprint)
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The stronghold of white-collar crime in the rarefied world
of high finance–this is the setting for Peter Spiegelman's
edgy, suspenseful, sharply-honed debut novel. At the center: John March, who walked away from his
family's venerable merchant bank for the life of a rural
deputy sheriff–a life that would explode in personal
tragedy and professional disaster. Three years later, he's
back in Manhattan, working as a PI and running from his
grief and the expectations of his wealthy family. March takes the case of Rick Pierro, a self-made man who
has everything–and who's in danger of losing it all. An
anonymous, poisonous threat has implicated him in a vast
money-laundering scheme already under investigation by the
feds. March's own investigation uncovers a blood-stained paper
trail that leads him deep into the lives of both insiders
and outcasts on the street. He discovers that his client
may be the latest victim of a serial extortionist
diabolically adept at psychological and physical
intimidation, but the more March learns the more questions
he has about Pierro, his wife, and the secrets hidden
beneath the glossy surfaces of their lives. And the more he
begins to fear that his own blood will be added to the
trail before the case is closed. With its headlong narrative, quick, incisive language, and
brilliantly clarified details of finance–the legal and the
illegal–Black Maps is a stunning first novel.
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