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Dead Matter
Dead Matter
Dead Matter
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Dead Matter

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The celebrated author Ravin Gould, his equally celebrated actress wife, the media, the locals, and as many tourists as can cram themselves into Conan Flagg's bookstore are all on hand for that electric moment when Cady MacGill, the sheriff's son-in-law, threatens to cut off a vital portion of Gould's anatomy with a chain saw.

Less than twenty-four hours later, Ravin Gould is dead, and Cady MacGill has been charged with his murder.

But bookstore owner and private investigator Conan Flagg doesn't read the situation that way. Not with an election for sheriff coming up. Not when a covey of hotshot New York publishing executives wings into town, lured to the quiet Oregon beach resort by word of the tell-all autobiographical novel that Gould had just finished writing. A novel worth millions, which has vanished without a trace . .
LanguageEnglish
PublisherUntreed Reads
Release dateMay 1, 2015
ISBN9781611877410
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    3/5
    An interesting story. It contains a lot of unpleasant characters - from the bombastic sheriff, to the womanizing author, to the hero who appears to be a sort of playboy PI (he runs a bookshop, mostly for the fun of it, apparently) - which usually turns me off. However, most of the characters managed to transcend their stereotypes and be interesting people as well (not all, but most). The mystery itself was rather neat, though some of the side effects (like poor Dan) were seriously nasty. And the nastiest piece of work was the victim, which is satisfying. It ends with a funny and beautifully fitting bit, where another nasty gets his comeuppance, and in general is nicely rounded off. I'm glad I read it, which is unusual for this type of story, and I think I'll keep an eye out for more by this author. Not wonderful, and I doubt I'll want to reread, but enjoyable for a read-once. This is, by the way, clearly in the middle of a series - I usually read from the beginning of series, but it seems not particularly necessary here.

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