Bad, Bad Seymour Brown

By Susan Isaacs

'Both witty and gripping, this is ultra-sleek storytelling, with two delightful investigators' Daily Mail

When Corie Geller asked her parents to move from their apartment into the suburban McMansion she shares with her husband and teenage daughter, she assumed they'd fit right in with the placid life she'd opted for when she left the FBI.

But then her retired NYPD detective father gets a call from academic April Brown - one of the victims of a case he was never able to solve. When April was five, she emerged unscathed from the arson that killed her parents. Now, two decades later, someone has made an attempt on her life. It takes only a nanosecond for Corie and her dad to launch a full-fledged investigation.

If they don't move fast, whoever attacked April is sure to strike again. But while her late father, Seymour Brown, was the go-to money launderer for the Russian mob, April Brown has no enemies. Well-liked by her students, admired by her colleagues, who would want her dead now? And who set that horrific fire, all those years ago?

The stakes have never been higher. Yet as Corie and her dad are realizing, they still live for the chase. Savvy and surprising, witty and gripping, Bad, Bad Seymour Brown is another standout hit from the beloved Susan Isaacs.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Grove Press UK
• Release date: Jul 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9781804710142

Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs is the bestselling author of eleven novels, two screenplays, and one work of nonfiction. She lives on Long Island.

Reviews for Bad, Bad Seymour Brown

[dokfintong · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the second Corrie Geller book. I have not read the first but this one is fine as a standalone.Someone is, for some inexplicable reason, coming after April Brown, the daughter of the late Seymour Brown who indeed was a bad bad guy.Seymour was an accountant and money launderer for the Russian mob. He and his wife were burned to death in a terrible house fire. April survived because an angel appeared outside her bedroom window and told her to crawl out. But it wasn't the mob who killed Seymour - they needed him alive because only he knew where he had stashed the loot.Well written and well paced. Susan Isaacs fans will enjoy this book very much as the grand opening of a new detective agency.I received a review copy of this book from Grove Atlantic through NetGalley.com.

[shetreadssoftly · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Bad, Bad Seymour Brown by Susan Isaacs is a highly recommended detective novel and the second novel in the Corrie Geller series.Corie Geller, former FBI agent, and her father Daniel (Dan) Schottland, retired NYPD detective are living a quiet life until April Brown, a film professor, calls Dan. April was five-years-old when her parents were killed and she survived. The twenty-year-old case was never solved, so when April tells Dan about an attempt on her life, both he and Corie immediately start investigating. The overriding question is who would want April dead? She is well-liked and has no enemies, so is the attempt on her life related to the fire that killed her parents years earlier? They know that April’s father, Seymour, laundered money for the Russian mob.The focus of the narrative is solving the mystery, but along the way there is plenty of clever dialogue intermixed with the action. Corie and her dad become PIs in this case, which may indicate future cases. There is humor in the plot and plenty of twists along the way. It does drag a bit and some editing might have been beneficial.The investigation may be the reason for the novel, but the real focus is on the characters. They are all portrayed as fully realized, likeable individuals and the father/daughter duo work well together. This is an entertaining, humorous novel which can certainly be read as a stand-alone. 3.5 rounded up.Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Grove/Atlantic via NetGalley.

[jetangen4571 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

cold-case, depression, family, investigations, multigenerational, organized-crime, PTSD, read, relationships, relatives, retired-cop, retired-FBI, survivors, threats, suspense*****I've never read a book by Susan Isaacs that I didn't enjoy, and this one certainly didn't disappoint.April Brown was only five when her house went afire by arson killing her mother, and her father who laundered money for organized crime. Now, as a tenure tracked professor, she is frightened by a deliberate attempt to run her down. So, she contacts the one cop she remembers from that time.That would be the retired father of former FBI agent Corie Geller. That case had never been solved, but Corrie and her dad get into the cold case and let the local cops look at the current threat. Let the investigation begin! Very good read.I requested and received an EARC from Grove Atlantic via NetGalley. Thank you!