Philip Jolowicz — Walls Of Silence

Bantam 2002 Paperback, 463pp. ""Walls of Silence" is a wild rollercoaster ride from the drama of its opening pages to its breathless and shocking conclusion. It marks the stunning debut of an important new thriller writer for the twenty-first century. From his office on Wall Street, Fin Border's future looks good. A young attorney, he's bound for partnership in a British law firm set to merge with its massively powerful US cousin in the Rockefeller Center. As far as he's concerned, his life is all about the future, not the past. But an ambiguous invitation from JJ Carlson, friend, client and one of Wall Street's players, proves just how fragile Fin's existence really is. After five short minutes, Fin is staring at a scene of carnage on the FDR Drive and the wreckage of his own career and life in New York. Only Carol Amen, senior in-house counsel with JJ's former employer, seems to offer any chance of survival. But even the deal she proposes is a journey that he had long hoped never to take. Heavy; Uncorrected Proof. Some foxing; stamped 'Reading Copy' on first page.", (ISBN: 9780593048191). Good.