A Mysterious Review of Graveland by Alan Glynn.
Review summary: This is a complex story, told from multiple perspectives involved in multiple storylines … which, to be sure, contributes to the complexity. Though solidly written with strongly developed characters, there's a sense that there might be too much going on here for one book, that the sum of the parts is, indeed, greater than that of the whole. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Graveland
Alan Glynn
Picador (May 2013)
Publisher synopsis: On a bright Saturday morning, a Wall Street investment banker is shot dead while jogging in Central Park. Hours later, one of New York City's savviest hedge-fund managers is gunned down outside a restaurant. Are these killings a coordinated terrorist attack, or just a coincidence?
Investigative journalist Ellen Dorsey has a hunch they're neither, and when an attempt is made on the life of another CEO, her theory is confirmed. The story blows wide open, and as Ellen races to stay ahead of the curve, her path collides with that of a recession-hit architect, Frank Bishop, whose daughter's disappearance may be tied to the murders.
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