Okay, now Polly is getting suspicious of Bosk who is suspicious of Polly. Nice noir touches. Polly discovers from her lawyer that Irving (the crooked insurance broker) is aware that she pocketed a bundle from the hospital's botched delivery of her child, Joy. Polly thinks--why hasn't Irving come after me--and then realizes that maybe Bosk is Irving's agent. (She's right, of course.) Irving notices that although she said she was just going to Dover, she has put over 200 miles on his truck. Where was she? Is she playng him for a fool. Nice, old-fashioned plot.
Follows Sadie and Sam (Mazer) from childhood to mid-thirties when both are feeling old and a bit out of it in the gaming world. Characters are well-rounded, develop throughout the novel in interesting way. Plot is involved but sensible. Not a single, "Oh, come on!" moment. The book could have been faster paced. Odd, since the main topic is video games which are not for their speed of engagement and Gabrielle Zevin clearly knows her video games. Recommended by Michael Connelly in an interview. He also has Bosch pick up the book in his novel, Resurrection Walk, as Bosch tails a possible witness to a crime as she moves through a bookstore. Sadie and Sam do not get together at the end, which is good. Marx killed by homophobic nutcase who really wants to kill Sam, but Sam isn't there. Marx is father of Sadie's child.
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