Who could have killed sean's girlfriend? Was it really the serial killer and if so why?

Keith Steinbaum in You Say Goodbye weaves a great storyline that captivates you from the beginning.

The characters are well written and believable.

Overall, the story was intriguing and had me anxiously awaiting the ending.

"You Say Goodbye" Is one hell of a rollercoaster. I was completely engrossed. The story and the plot are so realistic and intelligently crafted.. If you want a different kind of suspense/novel this book is a must-read. It is well written and keeps you guessing.

You Say Goodbye
by Keith Steinbaum (Goodreads Author)

ebook
Published February 6th 2019 by Black Opal Books


Goodreads synopsis:
After a temperamental meltdown on stage, Sean Hightower, a regretful and resentful “one-hit wonder” rock musician seeking a comeback, returns to his girlfriend’s condo wanting solace from the woman he loves. But after letting himself in, he discovers her naked body on the bed, murdered from a bullet to the head. When the police detective arrives and sees the two taped pieces of paper on the wall with the word, “hello,” on one and “goodbye,” on the other, he realizes that the renowned serial killer, The Beatles Song Murderer, has struck again. In the days that follow, he reaches another conclusion—the Beatles Song Murderer is probably somebody Sean knows. Now the detective needs Sean’s help to find the killer.


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5 Stars

I am not sure what I was expecting based on the cover of this book: classic detective fiction, maybe? But what I found was an angry former musician, one-hit-wonder, playing for peanuts in a dive bar, working at his dad’s dealership and through it all finding himself and his passion again after the death of his girlfriend.

I felt like I was peeking into this real guy’s life and watching as he figured out how to navigate all the challenges that kept coming up and trying to throw him off course. At first he just wanted to get his new song heard and have it catapult him back into the music career of his dreams.

I felt bad for this guy. His life was crap. He wanted to die at one point and he discovered how the friendship he opened himself up to made his life better than any rock star career.

In the midst of it all, the detective in his girlfriend’s murder case kept coming to him for assistance. Not sure this would happen in real life but it made for good distraction for Sean while he figured it all out.

Great book. Sweet ending. Read this. Loved it.

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.

Well, the joke’s on me for thinking this one would be any good. In all fairness, it wasn’t terrible, more like consistently barely average. If you’re expecting a serial killer thriller, you’ll be disappointed. There is a murder here, but the center stage (appropriately so) belongs to a washed up musician who at 50 finally decides to enter something resembling adulthood following a straight out of Lifetime movie emotional reawakening. The author’s first book apparently made some waves on the indie circuit, so maybe this is a case of sophomore slump. Or maybe the indie standards were pretty relaxed that year. But either way, this lackluster thriller doesn’t offer many or any, really, thrills and not much to recommend itself in other ways. It’s very much like it’s cover, not quite a pro job. The editing is perfectly competent, so that’s already sets it above average for this sort of thing, but the writing brings it down. It’s flat, bland, characterizations lack dimensionality and the dialogue is leaden with clunky expositions, because that seems to be the only way the author provides backstories. The lyrics to Sean’s songs (since we can’t hear the music through the pages) are a good indication as to why his career failed. Oh well, he can always sell cars, all he needs is a steadily working conscience and a love of a good woman. Trite generic story trite generic writing. Mild suspense. Nothing much, but at least it reads quickly. Thanks Netgalley.