By: Peter Spiegelman
Genres: Suspense
Posted: July 19, 2005
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.
Book Summary
From Peter Spiegelman, author of the award-winning Black Maps (“A stunner, a great debut roaring out of the gate”— 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, Danes’s star went into steep decline along with the stock market: now he’s 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 rat’s nest of family strife, business betrayals, and deceptions, and finds that Danes left a long line of enemies in his troubled wake—some of whom are also hunting for the missing man.
March’s 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.
by: Peter Spiegelman
John March Mysteries Alfred A. Knopf
July 22, 2005
Featuring: John March
352 pages
ISBN: 1400040795
Hardcover