By: James Comey
Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
ISBN: 9781696615372
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Publication Date: 05/21/2024
Format: Audiobook
My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC)
Former FBI director James Comey takes listeners into the world of high finance and corporate espionage in this riveting thriller.
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.
My Review
James Comey, former FBI director and author, returns with his popular Nora Carleton series Central Park with #2, WESTPORT, where he continues the saga with a world of high finance, corporate espionage, and murder in his latest crime thriller.
About...
A woman is found dead in a canoe on Seymour Rock on the Saugatuck River and the Long Island Sound. Did the woman know too much that cost her life?
It has been two years since Nora Carleton left her job at the US Attorney's Office to become lead counsel at Saugatuck Associates, the world's largest hedge fund, and a relocation to Westport, Connecticut, fifty miles north of New York City. She wanted to get out of the city with her eight-year-old daughter, Sophie.
Nora Carleton, with her expert investigative skills, was recruited by CFO Helen Carmichael as their legal counsel. Helen suspects someone inside Saugatuck is using the company's secrets, putting the company at risk.
When she is murdered, Nora is sure Helen got too close to the truth, but what she does not suspect is that she will be the prime suspect and calls her old colleagues from the US Attorney's office for help. Did someone set her up to take the fall? Who is the insider? What was the motive for the murder? In a race against time, they must find the real murderer. Secrets can be deadly.
The audiobook...
The audiobook was riveting and narrated by the fabulously talented Cassandra Campbell, a perfect voice for Nora, and delivered an outstanding performance!
My thoughts...
WESTPORT is an engaging and suspenseful crime thriller, and of course, the author knows his way around these topics and settings for a gripping whodunit mystery.
Fast-paced, strong characters, well-plotted, and intriguing, packed with tension and suspense. I enjoyed Benny, Teresa (her mother), and Nora's characters. The author's experience in this genre truly shines as he builds complex layers of riveting twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat! Both novels can be read as a standalone. I look forward to seeing what comes next from Comey.
Recs...
For fans of David Baldacci, Harlan Coben, Robert Dugoni, and Michael Connelly.
Thanks to Highbridge Audio and NetGalley for a gifted, advanced listening copy for an honest review.
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My Rating: 4 Stars
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
Praise
"This is a really good mystery―expertly told and filled with the sort of detail only an insider could provide, including intrigue at the world’s largest hedge fund. Once I picked it up, I was hooked."
― Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire
"Entertaining . . . [A] crowd-pleasing blend of financial thriller and Agatha Christie-esque whodunit. A third entry in the series would be welcome."
― Publishers Weekly
"Intricately constructed with plenty of surprises . . . A sterling follow-up to Comey’s smashing debut."
― Booklist
"Brimming with been-there-done-that authority, it’s clear James Comey knows this world like the back of his hand. And he delivers it with the addictive style of an expert storyteller."
― Michael Connelly on Central Park West
About the Author
Since graduating from the College of William and Mary in 1982 and the University of Chicago Law School in 1985, James Comey has been a prosecutor, defense lawyer, general counsel, teacher, writer, and leader. He most recently served in government as Director of the FBI. His best-selling book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership” was published in 2018 and made into a 2020 television limited-series. His second book, “Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust,” also a New York Times best-seller, was published in 2021.
“Westport,” the second book in a New York-based crime novel trilogy drawn from his career, will be published in May 2024, following on the 2023 release of the critically acclaimed “Central Park West.”
Jim (as he is known to family and friends) and his wife, Patrice, live in Virginia and are the parents of five and grandparents (so far) of four. WEBSITE
