Sunday, May 15, 2011

THE DARK TIDE by Andrew Gross

Finished Su 5/15/11

Charlie Friedman is a wealthy, suburban hedge fund manager who gets in over his head. One morning while taking a commuter train into the city, terrorists attack Grand Central Station, and he is able to make it appear that he was killed in the blast, and he creates a brand-new identity for himself in the Caribbean. However, a year later, Karen, his wife, sees him fleeing the carnage on a news video taken on the morning of the attack, and she teams up with police lieutenant, Ty 'The Leg' Hauck, and together they wade through deception, murder, and financial manipulation to figure out just exactly what Charlie was up to. I suppose one of the messages of the book is that some kingpins within the international financial industry feel that a few fortunes are so large and influential that their growth and management transcend any moral imperatives. "Money is the best revenge". The novel is a real 'page turner', and I will certainly try more of this Ty Hauck Series by Andrew Gross.

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