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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Contemporary thriller master Siegel (Detour) will doubtless have another bestseller with this superb novel. His flawed protagonist, Tom Valle, is a journalist in exile after writing more than 50 fake stories for a major New York City newspaper, a scandal that led to criminal charges for him and disgrace for the respected editor blamed for not having caught his lies. Now, Valle toils for a small California paper, covering mall openings and the birthdays of elderly locals. One such fluff assignment, which entails a visit to a senior citizen home whose oldest resident just turned 100, gives Valle a chance at redemption when he suspects that the woman's recollection of a recent visit from her long-dead son is more than a senile delusion. Using his atrophied investigative skills, Valle finds a connection to a 50-year-old catastrophe, even as twists in the trail echo elements of his own faked reports, causing him to question his sanity. The word play and atmosphere of paranoia will remind some of Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island. Even those new to genre will find it hard to stop turning the pages.
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From AudioFile
Dylan Baker characterizes a different kind of plumber in this account of duplicity, mayhem, and homicide. Baker's characterization is chilling as the hit man cunningly performs "wet work" for a top-ranking government agency to stop information leaks. Also involved is disgraced journalist Tom Valle, recently convicted of plagiarism, who is hot on the trail of the biggest news story of his career--one that will reclaim his reputation. Baker's tense and believable depictions take the listener from California to a remote cabin and then to confinement in a high-level psychiatric hospital. However, excellent narration can't salvage the story's illogical conspiracy theories or disappointing ending. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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Starred Review. Contemporary thriller master Siegel (Detour) will doubtless have another bestseller with this superb novel. His flawed protagonist, Tom Valle, is a journalist in exile after writing more than 50 fake stories for a major New York City newspaper, a scandal that led to criminal charges for him and disgrace for the respected editor blamed for not having caught his lies. Now, Valle toils for a small California paper, covering mall openings and the birthdays of elderly locals. One such fluff assignment, which entails a visit to a senior citizen home whose oldest resident just turned 100, gives Valle a chance at redemption when he suspects that the woman's recollection of a recent visit from her long-dead son is more than a senile delusion. Using his atrophied investigative skills, Valle finds a connection to a 50-year-old catastrophe, even as twists in the trail echo elements of his own faked reports, causing him to question his sanity. The word play and atmosphere of paranoia will remind some of Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island. Even those new to genre will find it hard to stop turning the pages.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From AudioFile
Dylan Baker characterizes a different kind of plumber in this account of duplicity, mayhem, and homicide. Baker's characterization is chilling as the hit man cunningly performs "wet work" for a top-ranking government agency to stop information leaks. Also involved is disgraced journalist Tom Valle, recently convicted of plagiarism, who is hot on the trail of the biggest news story of his career--one that will reclaim his reputation. Baker's tense and believable depictions take the listener from California to a remote cabin and then to confinement in a high-level psychiatric hospital. However, excellent narration can't salvage the story's illogical conspiracy theories or disappointing ending. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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