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Thu, 07-28-2005 - 3:30pm

What are you reading ... please share genre, a brief summary ... author name is nice!


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Wed, 08-03-2005 - 5:11pm

Still reading Peter Spiegelman's "Death's Little Helpers". This is his second mystery book in the John March series. The first was "Black Maps" which I believe won a Shamus Award. His website is www.peterspiegelman.com and below is a summary/review of the book I'm reading:

"From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Shamus-winner Spiegelman's intricate, intelligent second thriller to feature all-too-human New York PI John March (after 2003's Black Maps) explores skulduggery in the world of high finance. Nina Sachs, a high-strung Brooklyn artist, hires March to find her missing ex-husband, Gregory Danes, an arrogant stock analyst who became a media star during the last bull market. Sachs hates Danes, but he's the father of their teenage son and her primary money supply (alimony, child support). March uncovers a huge list of potential enemies: investors burned by Danes, a vindictive ex-mistress, a scary Russian mobster and a reclusive hedge fund manager. That someone else is also looking for Danes—someone with the resources to surveil March, his girlfriend and his extended family—adds to the suspense. Spiegelman makes all the details ring true, and his fine prose can be lyrical (a spring rain gives Manhattan "a scrubbed, surprised look, like a drunk, waking up sober and in his own bed for the first time in a long time"). While the determined March has the requisite grit, he is also appealingly vulnerable and introspective. If it's hard to care too much about the victim, Spiegelman makes the search extremely compelling."

Donna

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Wed, 08-03-2005 - 10:42pm

Gretchen beat me to it!

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Wed, 08-03-2005 - 10:52pm
I've listed a hardback or two there (I might do more later, as I get them read), and I've received one so far - I ordered a John Sandford 'cause I'm working on rebuilding my collection of him - and have ordered another (Koontz' The Taking)

~Jackie


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Thu, 08-04-2005 - 11:33am

Hi Joey ~


Nice to see you again!

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Thu, 08-04-2005 - 12:32pm

Gretchen,


Thanks for the answer that Paperback Swap addresses are viewable so a person can address a label themselves and doesn't have to print it out.

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