No Way Home

Following his thrilling debut, Black Maps, this is Peter Spiegelman's second novel featuring PI John March.

Spiegelman maintains an edgy suspense... another entertaining thriller

Stunning skill... Spiegelman makes his setting explode with rare light and excitment

There are plenty of artful twists and turns in this tale -- as well as sudden intrusions of violence

Spiegelman's slick style and use of his inside knowledge provide a thriller that easily puts him in the running as a worthy rival to Grisham's crown

Peter Spiegelman is a twenty-year veteran of the financial services and software industries. He retired in 2001 to devote himself to writing, producing his debut novel, Black Maps. He lives in Connecticut.

After the slaying of his wife, New York private investigator John March made an uneasy peace with grief and guilt. But his truce came at a price: a life of solitude and rigid self-discipline. It was a hard bargain, but one he was willing to make - until he met Jane Lu. 
 
Brilliant and beautiful, Jane offered March a chance at a larger life. But with that hope came a terrible reminder of how fragile happiness can be - Jane was swept up, and nearly swept away, in the violent currents of one of March's jobs. 
 
March decided to stay clear of danger from then on, but soon afterwards what seems a cut and dried missing persons case becomes something more deadly There is more than one person looking for the missing man - someone who doesn't want March getting too close,and who will put March, and all he holds dear, in the cross-hairs again.

Peter Spiegelman

Does the phrase 'financial thriller' sound like an oxymoron? Take a look at Black Maps and change your mind

a serious talent that rewards interest now with better around the corner.

Shamus-winner Spiegelman's intricate, intelligent second thriller to feature all-too-human New York PI John March (after 2003's Black Maps ) explores skulduggery in the world of high finance. Spiegelman makes all the details ring true, and his fine prose ... makes the search extremely compelling.

Years after the personal tragedy that scarred his life, Private Investigator John March lives a twilight existence in Manhattan. He is tough and ruthlessly efficient in his professional life, yet introspective and vulnerable when it comes to his relationships with women. And he struggles daily to maintain a tenuous armed truce with his memories. March's latest case threatens to shatter that brittle peace: his client is a banker who is being blackmailed, and the man's beautiful wife is in the firing line. March's prime suspect is Gerard Nassouli, a monstrous manipulator who vanished years ago. Is Nassouli still a fugitive, or has the law-or one of his many enemies-finally caught up with him? Did he die, or was the vanishing act just one more devilish ploy? Whoever is behind the blackmail is not afraid of killing and March is going to risk everything, including a fragile new happiness as he plunges into a feverish world of greed, corruption and murder.

Peter Spiegelman

Praise for Black Maps

'virtually perfect on every level'

Does the phrase 'financial thriller' sound like an oxymoron? Take a look at Black Maps and change your mind

a serious talent that rewards interest now with better around the corner.

'virtually perfect on every level'

Does the phrase 'financial thriller' sound like an oxymoron? Take a look at Black Maps and change your mind

a serious talent that rewards interest now with better around the corner.

'virtually perfect on every level'

Does the phrase 'financial thriller' sound like an oxymoron? Take a look at Black Maps and change your mind

a serious talent that rewards interest now with better around the corner.

Books by Peter Spiegelman

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