This is the 1st in a new detective series featuring the emotionally scarred gumshoe John March. Set in Manhattan amid a world of corruption and murder. No 2 is out in hardback in Feb
Years after the personal tragedy that scarred his life, Private Investigator John March lives a twilight existence in Manhattan. He is tough and ruthlessly efficient in his professional life, yet introspective and vulnerable when it comes to his relationships with women. And he struggles daily to maintain a tenuous armed truce with his memories. March's latest case threatens to shatter that brittle peace: his client is a banker who is being blackmailed, and the man's beautiful wife is in the firing line. March's prime suspect is Gerard Nassouli, a monstrous manipulator who vanished years ago. Is Nassouli still a fugitive, or has the law-or one of his many enemies-finally caught up with him? Did he die, or was the vanishing act just one more devilish ploy? Whoever is behind the blackmail is not afraid of killing and March is going to risk everything, including a fragile new happiness as he plunges into a feverish world of greed, corruption and murder.
' a stylish and fast-moving first novel .It makes gripping reading, a notch above the average financial thriller, and Mr Spiegelman is a welcome addition to the genre.' Suzanna Yager Sunday Telegraph
' an important and fascinating book' Chicago Tribune
'Does the phrase 'financial thriller' sound like an oxymoron? Take a look at Black Maps and change your mind'. Washington Post
'It's hard to believe that Black Maps is a debut novel. Spiegelman's prose is stylish and assured, the timing precise and the characterisation deliciously astute.' INK
'This is an excellent go at a 21st century thriller this story of shenanigans in the financial world and the twisted path to murder and worse, works well' Mark Timlin Independent on Sunday
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About Peter Spiegelman
Peter Spiegelman is a twenty-year veteran of the financial services and software industries. He retired in 2001 to devote himself to writing. He lives in Connecticut.
