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The 500

by Matthew Quirk
8 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 9½ hrs. Hachette Audio. 2012. ISBN 9781611132250. $29.98; 8 CDs. library ed.; digital download. F
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In Quirk's debut thriller, Mike Ford, a recent Harvard Law School graduate with a criminal past he is trying to overcome, is hired by the prestigious and corrupt Davies Group consulting firm, which is attracted by his youthful indiscretions. Mike witnesses two murders ordered by the firm and is faced with difficult moral decisions. Jay Snyder's excellent reading enhances the plot. His authentic-sounding foreign accents are easily understood.
VERDICT Recommended for thriller collections and patrons who enjoyed John Grisham's The Firm. ["With a brash but naïve hero fighting a powerful, shadowy organization, this is fairly standard thriller fare that, while not rising above the pack, should satisfy genre readers," read the review of the New York Times best-selling Reagan Arthur: Little, Brown hc, LJ Xpress Reviews, 6/1/12.—Ed.]
Reviewed by Ilka Gordon, Aaron Garber Lib., Cleveland , Nov 01, 2012
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