The Perfect Ten - by John Iredale (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"The Perfect Ten" is a story rooted in a dark secret shared by three high school friends who witness something so sinister that it sparks a pledge of lifelong silence. They meet up again at their 25th high school reunion, where the seed of a second secret is sown. Two of the three are dealing with dire circumstances; one whose wife has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and one whose wife has spent him spiraling into an abyss of debt. Desperate for solutions to their problems, they implore the third friend, whose family has mafia connections, to assist them with their venture into the underworld of counterfeit. A fourth friend, a classmate (an unremarkable and unmemorable girl in high school who matured into a stunning beauty) serendipitously joins the trio. The story is fast paced, multi-faceted and spans the coal mines of Pennsylvania, the fashion and finance districts of Manhattan, the U.S. Treasury Department, a grandidierite mine in Canada, a manufacturing plant in Hong Kong, and beyond. The characters are genuine and likeable, and you will find yourself compelled to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next.