"Compelling addition to this suspenseful series."

By: Peter Spiegelman

Genres: Suspense

Posted: July 19, 2005

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.

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.

Death's Little Helpers by Peter Spiegelman

Death's Little Helpers

by: Peter Spiegelman

John March Mysteries

Alfred A. Knopf
July 22, 2005
Featuring: John March
352 pages
ISBN: 1400040795
Hardcover

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