Westport
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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- $20.99
Publisher Description
Former FBI director James Comey takes readers into the world of high finance and corporate espionage in this riveting thriller.
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).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former FBI director Comey follows up Central Park West with an entertaining second whodunit featuring former assistant U.S. attorney Nora Carleton, now employed as general counsel for Saugatuck Associates of Westport, Conn. Saugatuck, the largest hedge fund in the world, is known for its rigid moral principles. Recently, however, COO Helen Carmichael has been casting doubt on that reputation, sharing concerns with Nora that someone may be leaking the company's secrets. When Helen is brutally murdered and the scene staged so Nora appears to be the primary suspect, she fears the allegations of a corporate mole were true. Facing a murder charge, Nora reaches out to her old friend Benny Dugan, a mafia investigator with the U.S. attorney's office, and her former boss, Carmen Garcia, for help. In the process of clearing her name, they find that Helen made enemies too numerous to count and may have been less of a friend to Nora than she appeared. Comey's done a fine job of polishing his dialogue and smoothing out Central Park West's other miscues, delivering a sufficiently crowd-pleasing blend of financial thriller and Agatha Christie-esque whodunit. A third entry in the series would be welcome.
