Westport
A red canoe sits abandoned on Seymour Rock, right where the Saugatuck River hits the Long Island Sound. The elegantly dressed corpse of a woman lies inside....
It's been two years since Nora Carleton left the job she loved at the US Attorney's Office to become lead counsel at Saugatuck Associates, the world's largest hedge fund. The career change also meant a change of scenery, relocating her to Westport, Connecticut, fifty miles north of New York City. But it was worth it to get her daughter, Sophie, away from the city. Plus, she likes the people she works with. Especially Helen, who recruited Nora because of her skills as an investigator.
Then Nora's new life falls apart when a coworker is murdered and she becomes the lead suspect. Nora calls in her old colleagues from the US Attorney's Office, Mafia investigator Benny Dugan and attorney Carmen Garcia. To clear Nora's name, Benny and Carmen hunt for the true killer's motive, but it seems nearly everyone at Saugatuck has secrets worth killing for. As Benny sets out to interrogate her colleagues, Nora examines her history with the company to determine who set her up to take the fall.
A suspenseful and intriguing tale of high finance and murder, Westport features the characters first introduced in James Comey's debut novel Central Park West but can also be read on its own. It further establishes Comey as "a bold new talent in the mystery genre" (Harlan Coben).
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This book follows U.S. Attorney Nora Carleton. We learn that Nora has taken on a new role as lead counsel at Saugatuck Associates, the world's largest hedge fund. Nora believes that this company is built on painful honesty and truthfulness. So when Nora is the main suspect in her co-worker’s murder, she finds that the hedge fund is not what it seemed. Nora calls on her friends to help her prove her innocence. Benny works for the US attorney's office and Carmen is an attorney. When they start to dig and investigate Saugatuck and the hierarchy that actually runs the show.
This is a fast paced, well plotted, and intriguing mystery thriller. It is packed with suspense and tension, that had me turning the pages right up to the tense conclusion with the revelation of a surprising killer. I can’t wait to see where James Comey’s next novel takes us.
Thank you to NetGalley, the author, James Comey and the publishers Penzler Publishers/Mysterious Press, for the opportunity to read and review an advanced reader's copy of this book.
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