The Great Divide Author:T. Davis Bunn The Great Divide captures all the intrigue and drama of a great legal thriller. — When attorney Marcus Glenwood resigns from his prestigious corporate law firm to retreat to the small town of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and rebuild his life after a devastating personal tragedy, he has no idea that the biggest, most emotionally difficult... more » case of his entire career is about to fall into his backyard.
It is a fragile and spiritually wounded Glenwood who first meets his distraught clients, Alma and Austin Hall. Their daughter, Gloria, has disappeared in China while investigating the slavelike labor practices of a factory owned by the international giant New Horizons, the world's largest manufacturer of sports shoes and athletic gear. Moved and persuaded by Alma's pleading, Marcus agrees to take their case.
No one, including Marcus himself, can believe how quickly his investigation untangles a web of greed and deceit stretching from Washington, D.C., to Europe and Asia. With their power to manipulate, intimidate, injure, and eliminate any who dare interfere with their business, New Horizons has never lost a case. But they underestimate Marcus Glenwood. Step by step, he moves forward to uncover the truth about New Horizons, Gloria Hall, and ultimately himself.« less
Other legal thrillers have kept me on the edge of my seat. None have given me hope and ripped it away and then renewed it again, as this one did. Although wrapped around a legal framework, this book covers the more extensive territory of loss and justice. This is about what is right, what is important, and what price must be paid to see justice done. The losses suffered by some of the characters are deep and irrevocable. It is clear from the beginning that legal victory is too shallow to compensate for that loss.
The title phrase "The Great Divide" could be interpreted many ways in this book, each of them significant. The one most meaningful for me was the point of turning from despair of loss to hope for the future. And even hope has a price.