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The Dark Tide
by Andrew Gross
Chilling financial
suspense with emotional depth
For Charlie and Karen Friedman, one
morning starts off like every other
morning except for the threat Charlie received, a threat he kept secret
from his family. One moment changes everything. When Charles takes his
car into the shop, he breaks his normal routine and takes the train
into his work. An explosion rips through the train station just as the
Metro-North train pulls into Grand Central Station. In the flash of a
moment, a nice domestic scene becomes a nightmare for Karen. Not only
does she have to have to deal with the uncertainty of her husband's
fate and comfort her children somehow, questions about her husband's
financial dealings intrude upon her grief, adding questions about the
man the man she loves and what secrets he has kept from her. Karen
never involved herself with her husband's work and financial dealings
before, but now she has no choice as others now pry into his past.
The day of the
explosion, a hit and run accident interrupts the
tranquil life of Ty Hauck, once head of the Violent Crimes Unit on the
Greenwich police force. Having worked the information office when the
Trade Towers were hit, Hauck knows all too well what to do and he
begins collecting names of those now missing. A call comes in and
suddenly he must investigate a possible murder. Hauck's examination of
the body turns up a couple of possible clues, including a Post-It note
with the name Charles Friedman in the dead man's trousers. Hauck's
investigation leads him to Karen. With his past experience of 9/11,
Hauck understands Karen's dilemmas with a sense of empathy that helps
her give expression to her grief. When a year later, Karen uncovers a
shocking clue about the events of Charlie's last day, she turns to
Hauck for help. Together and separately, Karen and Hauck follow this
new clue all the way to its end with investigations into all the hidden
details of her husband's financial world and into the lives of families
affected by his past dealings.
A fast-paced
thriller, THE DARK TIDE pulls
together seemingly unrelated
events into a complex suspenseful tale of international fraud. Andrew
Gross weaves together disparate threads in just the right measure as he
looks into the families and lives of all affected by shadowy figures
and seemingly isolated events. One decision here and another there by
men often with a noble ideal or purpose turns deadly when a decision
threatens to unravel a financial scheme. Relentless in his pursuit of
justice, Hauck follows the trail into every nook with a persistence and
intuition others cannot match. Only a man as determined as Hauck, only
an officer willing to bend and break some of the rules and procedures
himself in the pursuit of true justice can track down the ruthlessness
of the villains who know no limit to what they will do. Hauck's resolve
motivates him to pursue all the intricate connections to their shocking
end.
Andrew Gross's
brilliant characterization gives THE
DARK
TIDE an
emotional depth beyond a thriller with clever plot twists and turns as
the mystery unfolds. Hauck's past history makes him uniquely suited to
the case at hand. Hauck feels the pain of the victims and their
families in ways that touch them and enrich their lives in the midst of
their despair. Hauck's pursuit of villains is not just a job or a
puzzle to be solved. Hauck becomes a force beside Karen as she tries to
uncover all the secrets of her husband's life. By confiding in Hauck,
Karen starts to put her life back together again. Hauck stands by her,
not pushing her but allowing her to process the event and her loss as
he hunts down the clues. Andrew Gross gives just as much attention to
the plot details, the histories and the emotional depth of his
secondary characters such as the family of AJ Raymond, the hit and run
victim. THE DARK TIDE
provides an
unsettling glimpse into a corner of the
financial world where greed insinuates itself into characters,
overshadowing all else. Andrew Gross gives a chilling portrait of the
denial used to justify financial fraud and the consequences that one
moment, one decision, can have for the lives of his characters and the
lives surrounding theirs.
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From the
book jacket:
An explosion rips through New York
City's Grand Central Station one
morning, destroying the train Karen Friedman's husband, a successful
hedge fund manager, is riding in to work. Days later, with many bodies
still unidentifiable, Karen resigns herself to the awful truth: her
husband of eighteen years is dead.
On that
same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a young man
dead in Karen's hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut. Ty Hauck, a
detective, becomes emotionally caught up in the case and finds a clue
that shockingly connects the two seemingly unrelated events.
Months
later, two men show up at Karen's home digging into Charles's
business dealings. Hundreds of millions of dollars are missing -- and
the trail points squarely to Charles. With doubt suddenly cast on
everything she has ever known, Karen, with Hauck, steps into a widening
storm of hedge fund losses, international scams, and murder. And as the
investigations converge, these two strangers touched by tragedy are
pulled into a deepening relationship and unwittingly open the door to a
twisted
-- and deadly -- conspiracy.
With its
breakneck pacing, plentiful twists, compelling characters, and abundant
heart, The Dark Tide confirms Andrew Gross's place as a master
storyteller at the top of his game.
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