Laguna by Michael Putegnat

Started: 8/8/06
Finished: 8/9/06
Year: 2006
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Grade: B
Reason for reading: review for Myshelf
Blurb (from back cover): "What happened to Octavio Paredes?
"Thunder rumbles over the Laguna Madre on the Texas Gulf coast, echoing through the hallways of Congress and the canyons of Wall Street, shaking the foundation of a century old ranching dynasty.
"John Magne, a powerful fourth-generation ranching patriarch, is faced with a financial crisis. He must transform an environmentally delicate coastal bay, the Laguna Madre, into a natural gas field or lose everything. Descended from a long line of masters of influence and manipulation, he deftly executes a plan that reaches deep into Washington and state house politics and New York investment banking.
"Against Magne's overwhelming political power, stands one unwilling and unwitting ex-government worker, with a deep aversion to conflict and a record of running from it...and five women, each on different missions, all converging on a shocking conclusion.
"Laguna is a mystery set in our times, where lies, power and greed are the new religion and love is an accident. It is a world where truth is irrelevent, redemption impossible, and murder is just business. Or are they?"
Opinion: I've been reading War and Peace and needed to get some review books read so picked this one up to break up War and Peace. A little choppy but great action throughout the book. For a complete review, visit MyShelf.com next month.