Monday, June 25, 2007

"Black Maps" review by Tom Halpin


Black Maps by Peter Spiegelman
FIC SPI available at Bluffton

"Spiegelman demonstrates a thorough knowledge of lower Manhattan neighborhoods and the intricacies of financial crime in his first novel. Through his troubled and somewhat flawed PI, Mach, he parses the Wall Street deals into their subtle shades of gray with ethical, complicit, illegal, and finally, evil. March pursues the faintest leads finding "white collar crime" can be bloody and deadly. The Ken Lay wannabes cannot succeed of even exist without plenty of help and....EVERYBODY lies. A truly exceptional crime novel debut."

Review by Tom Halpin

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