Harper Audio, 2008
9 unabridged cds
11.5 hours
434 pages
Rating: 5 at the beginning, 1 after about the halfway point, so.....2.5 I guess.....
Setting: Contemporary Old Greenwich, Connecticut
OSS: When Karen Friedman's husband is killed in a terrorist train bombing, she meets Greenwich Investigator Ty Hauck, and together they try to unravel a mystery that ties Charlie Friendman's death and another death in the area.
First line: As the morning sun canted sharply through the bedroom window, Charles Friedman dropped the baton.
This is a very good story, which starts out tight and clear. But once the mystery begins full throttle and Ty and Karen begin to "like" each other, it slows down....a lot. But the really, really irritating thing for me is the way that whenever the characters have a dialogue with one another, they say each other's same repeatedly....over.....and over....and over again. Blech.
The bad guys are very bad. The good guys have flaws. The rich don't know how good they have it, or want more. High finances, hedge funds....if you're not on top of that sort of thing, you're more or less along for the ride, because the details went right over my head. I was excited about this author when I began reading, but don't think I'll be reading another of his for awhile, unless I forget.
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