From Publishers Weekly
At the start of Spiegelman's fine third crime novel to feature New York City PI John March (after
Black Maps and
Death's Little Helpers), March's Wall Street executive brother, David, comes to March for help with a particularly nasty problem. David has been having torrid sex with a woman he met on the Internet who goes by the name of Wren, and now she's threatening to go public with their affair. David stands to lose his wife and his job unless March can find out what's going on. It turns out that Wren's not a blackmailer—she's a performance artist who videotapes men cheating on their wives, then sells the tapes to art collectors. When Wren turns up dead, David becomes the chief suspect. The melancholy March, his personal life in tatters, hovers constantly on the edge of depression, but he loves his work, and it's this passion that keeps him where readers will want him in the future: on the job. Spiegelman doesn't break new ground, but he continues to be one of today's best practitioners of neo-noir.
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From AudioFile
PI John March has a troubling case on his hands. His brother admits that he's being stalked by a woman he met on an Internet sex site. When the woman's body is found, his brother and sister-in-law become prime suspects. It's too bad this worthwhile PI novel is such a weak production. Uneven sound levels will have listeners adjusting their volume controls with each new track, and lengthy pauses between tracks, even in the midst of dialogue, hinder continuity. Elliot Gould's craggy voice holds promise never fulfilled. The author's well-crafted moments of subtlety and innuendo get plowed under, characters are not well defined, and moments that should be fast paced and high energy fall flat. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine--
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