From Publishers Weekly
Peter Scattergood, a promising young Philadelphia assistant DA whose marriage is failing, investigates the double murder of the mayor's nephew and the nephew's girlfriend. PW called this an "exceptionally solid debut thriller. . . . Although Harrison's occasionally overwrought prose can take on a dizzying, almost hallucinogenic effect, he really knows how to spin a tale."
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From Library Journal
Written in the tradition of Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent ( LJ 6/1/87), Harrison's intelligent, relentlessy gripping first novel relates the struggles of an honest man awash in a sea of deceit and corruption. Already experiencing enormous psychological stress, assistant district attorney Peter Scattergood is assigned a high-profile double-murder case involving the mayor's nephew. As personal and professional strain increases, so does Peter's suspicion that the mayor is orchestrating a massive cover-up. Harrison's sharp plot mechanics exhibit none of the teething problems normally associated with debut suspense novels, and his ingenious use of a powerful, recurring subtext referred to in the book's title will please even the most discriminating reader. Vastly superior to Robert Ferrigno's recent The Horse Latitudes ( LJ 2/1/90). Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 12/89.
- Mark Annichiarico, "Library Journal"Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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