As the second John March novel, this packs a gut-punch of well-written intrigue and suspense. From the Shamus Award- winning author of BLACK MAPS comes an intricate continuation of New York private investigator John March's story. After the murder of his wife, Anne, in the first novel, March takes a new job with abrasive Nina Sachs, ex- wife of missing Wall Street analyst Gregory Danes.
What begins as a probable missing persons case quickly dissolves to include members of the Russian mob, a near- fatal brush with a paranoid schizophrenic, and dangerously close surveillance snapshots of his nephews and girlfriend. The case becomes personal, and March's moneyed family history only impedes his investigation.
This is a marvelous read for those of us who love vivid details, and its tight plotline is exceedingly easy to follow. The characters are quite accessible, and I found myself becoming irritated with some of them for repeating errors, or following an incorrect hunch. The twist at the end had me contemplating a third installment in the John March series. I'll be waiting for it.
From Peter Spiegelman, author of the award-winning Black
Maps (βA stunner, a great debut roaring out of the gateββ
Newsday), a relentlessly exciting, masterfully
written new thriller featuring New York City private
investigator John March.
This time March has been hired to find missing Wall Street
analyst Gregory Danes. Once ubiquitous on television,
Danesβs star went into steep decline along with the stock
market: now heβs best known for his volatile temper and his
obsession with restoring his tattered reputation.
His ex-wife, a fashionable painter, wants to know why the
alimony checks have stopped arriving. But what appears to
be a straightforward missing persons case quickly becomes
something much more deadly. March unearths a ratβs nest of
family strife, business betrayals, and deceptions, and
finds that Danes left a long line of enemies in his
troubled wakeβsome of whom are also hunting for the missing
man.
Marchβs investigation now takes on a terrifying urgency as
it leads him through the corrupt corridors of white-collar
crime and the underworld of the Russian mob, and into the
more intricate maze of the human heart.
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