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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication date
August 10, 2010
Pages
465
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385531061
ISBN-10
0385531060
Dimensions
1.75 by 6.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.60 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$26.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: From the author of the Edgar Awardânominated legal thriller A Cure for Night, an ambitious and compulsively readable novel set in the cutthroat world of New York real estate.
A concrete floor three hundred feet up in the Aurora Tower condo development in SoHo has collapsed, hurling three workers to their deaths. The developer, Roth Properties (owned by the famously abrasive Simon Roth), faces a vast tangle of legal problems, including allegations of mob connections. Rothâs longtime lawyers, the elite midtown law firm of Blake and Wolcott, is assigned the task of cleaning up the mess. Much of the work lands on the plate of smart, cynical, and seaÂsoned associate Duncan Riley; as a result, he falls into the powÂerful orbit of Leah Roth, the beautiful daughter of Simon Roth and the designated inheritor of his real estate empire.
Meanwhile, Riley pursues a seemingly small pro bono case in which he attempts to forestall the eviction of Rafael Nazario and his grandmother from public housing in the wake of a pot bust. One night Rafael is picked up and charged with the murÂder of the private security cop who caught him, a murder that took place in another controversial âmixed incomeâ housing development being built by . . . Roth Properties. Duncan Riley is now walking the knife edge of legal ethics and personal morality.
Blind Manâs Alley is a suspenseful and kaleidoscopic journey through a world where the only rule is self- preservation. The New York Times Book Review said of A Cure for Night that â[Peacock] heads toward Scott Turow country . . . heâs got a good chance to make partner.â This taut, topical, and socially alert thriller delivers on that promise.
A concrete floor three hundred feet up in the Aurora Tower condo development in SoHo has collapsed, hurling three workers to their deaths. The developer, Roth Properties (owned by the famously abrasive Simon Roth), faces a vast tangle of legal problems, including allegations of mob connections. Rothâs longtime lawyers, the elite midtown law firm of Blake and Wolcott, is assigned the task of cleaning up the mess. Much of the work lands on the plate of smart, cynical, and seaÂsoned associate Duncan Riley; as a result, he falls into the powÂerful orbit of Leah Roth, the beautiful daughter of Simon Roth and the designated inheritor of his real estate empire.
Meanwhile, Riley pursues a seemingly small pro bono case in which he attempts to forestall the eviction of Rafael Nazario and his grandmother from public housing in the wake of a pot bust. One night Rafael is picked up and charged with the murÂder of the private security cop who caught him, a murder that took place in another controversial âmixed incomeâ housing development being built by . . . Roth Properties. Duncan Riley is now walking the knife edge of legal ethics and personal morality.
Blind Manâs Alley is a suspenseful and kaleidoscopic journey through a world where the only rule is self- preservation. The New York Times Book Review said of A Cure for Night that â[Peacock] heads toward Scott Turow country . . . heâs got a good chance to make partner.â This taut, topical, and socially alert thriller delivers on that promise.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Doubleday (August 10, 2010)
9780385531061 | details & prices | 465 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.75 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $26.95
About: From the author of the Edgar Awardânominated legal thriller A Cure for Night, an ambitious and compulsively readable novel set in the cutthroat world of New York real estate.
About: From the author of the Edgar Awardânominated legal thriller A Cure for Night, an ambitious and compulsively readable novel set in the cutthroat world of New York real estate.
Paperback
from Vintage Books (June 28, 2011)
9780767932455 | details & prices | 524 pages | 4.75 × 7.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.76 lbs | List price $12.00
About: Duncan Riley, a rising legal star, is defending his firmâs major client, Roth Properties, after a fatal accident on a downtown construction site.
About: Duncan Riley, a rising legal star, is defending his firmâs major client, Roth Properties, after a fatal accident on a downtown construction site.
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