The Great Divide Author:T. Davis Bunn When attorney Marcus Glenwood resigns from a prestigious corporate law firm to retreat to a small town in North Carolina and rebuild his life after a devastating personal tragedy, he suddenly finds himself in the biggest and most emotionally difficult case of his career. — Fragile and spiritually wounded, Glenwood is introduced to Alma and Austin... more » Hall, whose daughter Gloria has disappeared in China while investigating the slave-like practices of New Horizons, the world's largest manufacturer of sports shoes and athletic gear. Persuaded by Alma's pleading, and their obvious distress, Marcus accepts the case.
No one, including Marcus himself, can believe how quickly his investigation untangles a web of deceit that stretches from Washington , D.C., to Europe and Asia and back to his own North Carolina backyard. With the power to obstruct, manipulate, intimidate, injure, and eliminate, the giant multinational sports company New Horizons has never lost a case. But they underestimate Marcus Glenwood.
Step by cautious step Glenwood moves forward to uncover the horrifying 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.