Summary: Attorney George Young uses his investigative skills to look into the violent death of Roger Corbett, son of the founder of Young's firm.
Booklist Reviews
In this latest thriller, Harrison (The Havana Room, 2004) puts the pedal to the metal and doesn't let up. The opening pages find middle-aged Manhattan insurance lawyer George Young summoned by the widow of his firm's formidable founder, Wendell Corbett. Mrs. Corbett wants to know the reason behind her son Roger's death before she goes under the knife for a surgery she's unlikely to survive. But Roger's demise seems to have just been an accident (he was hit by a careening garbage truck as he exited a local bar). Or was it? Young, who owes his career to Wendell Corbett, pledges to find answers. A series of clues leads him to a lithe and comely Czech hand model who may know more than she lets on. Russian mobsters, wily poker-playing informants, and a hot-and-cold New York Yankees ball club are all pivotal players here. Also compelling is Young's shrewd wife, Carol, who worries about her husband in the way only a longtime partner can. Harrison delivers a crime novel as gritty and electric as New York City itself. Copyright 2009 Booklist Reviews.
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