Risk

RiskAn honest lawyer, a Czech hand model, and a box of mysterious Christmas ornaments each plays a part in Colin Harrison's compelling new intrigue George Young never thought of himself as a detective, but that's pretty much his vocation an attorney at a top insurance firm, it's his job to pin down suspicious claims. But Mrs. Corbett, the rich, eccentric wife of the firm's founder, has it in mind to put George's skills to a peculiar assignment. With only

An honest lawyer, a Czech hand model, and a box of mysterious Christmas ornaments--each plays a part in Colin Harrison's compelling new intrigue


George Young never thought of himself as a detective, but that's pretty much his vocation--an attorney at a top insurance firm, it's his job to pin down suspicious claims. But Mrs. Corbett, the rich, eccentric wife of the firm's founder, has it in mind to put George's skills to a peculiar assignment. With only a few months left to live, her one desire is to know the true circumstance of her son Roger's violent death. George's investigation leads him to Roger's mistress, a cagey Czech hand model named Eliska, who can cast a seductive spell simply by removing her gloves.

Did Eliska's motives for latching on to Roger get him killed? Or did some of her shadowy and dangerous little friends take care of the job? And why were there boxes and boxes of Christmas ornaments in the dead man's apartment? George will have to take a few chances of his own if he wants to get to the bottom of Roger's death for Mrs. Corbett.

Set against a volatile and vividly drawn Manhattan, Risk is prime Colin Harrison.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 09/29/2009
ISBN: 9780312428938
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.80w x 0.57d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/03/2009 pg. 32
Library Journal 08/15/2009 pg. 56
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2009
Booklist 09/01/2009 pg. 46
New York Times Book Review 10/18/2009 pg. 13
New York Times Book Review 10/25/2009 pg. 22