The Little Death

By Andrea Speed

Jake Falconer, a hard-boiled detective in Echo City, is struggling with his love of booze, a square ex (and a cop, no less) he can't get over, and a murdered partner. In sashays Sloane, an homme fatal whose twin brother has gone missing. The search leads them to a sex club used for blackmailing the city’s most powerful, and soon Jake finds himself hip deep in sex and danger—it’s a good thing he’s no stranger to slogging through either.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
• Release date: Oct 5, 2011
• ISBN: 9781613721667

Reviews for The Little Death

[serenayates · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This book is a pretty 'black' mystery/suspense story with a main character, Jake, who is drunk more often than not, and an extremey disillusioned PI. His detective partner has been murdered, his ex is a straight-laced cop who has very little tolerance for Jake's 'errant' behavior, and the story gets grittier from there. It works well as a character study of the epravity of human beings

For me persoally the mystery wasn't that fscinating and I had trouble caring about what happeend to the characters. They seemed to care very little themselves. The atmosphere and darkness is well captured and a touch of humor adds some occasional relief. I still can't say that I 'liked' the book, even though it is pretty well written.

If you're looking for a dark mystery with a gay detective/PI and don;t mind getting to see some of the grmier parts of the town, this book may appeal to you.