One of the best thrillers ever! If ever there was a book that needed to be a movie, this is it. The first chapter captured my attention with the lead in to the story that had me holding my breath. When I told my grandson about it, he couldn’t wait to hear the outcome. The many murders left me guessing, like the characters in the book, how were they connected and who did it. I had a hunch, but had to wait for it to play out. The ending could not have been better. This is my first book by this author and I can’t wait to read more.

Despite reading this out of order, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I found the characters and storyline to be well developed and intriguing. It was fast paced and kept me wanting to read more.

Thank you so much for the ARC, I’m so sorry it’s taken me this long to post the review.

Die for Me by Jack Lynch

9781941298398

223 Pages
Publisher: Brash Books
Release Date: August 4, 2015

Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Private Detective

This is the eighth and final book in the Peter Bragg series. Maribeth is a psychic. In the past, Peter saved Maribeth’s life when she was about to commit suicide. Now she is having visions of dead bodies and they are beginning to haunt her. She wants someone to find them and that someone is Peter Bragg. He hires a pilot and is accompanied by a forensic anthropologist – a bone detective to fly over areas to see if they recognize an area that could be a body dump. When they land and survey the area, they learn the property had been home to Jack London. What they find surprises all of them.

The story has a steady pace, and the characters are developed. It is written in the first-person point of view. The book is somewhat dated since it was written before cell phones and other modern technology, but I thoroughly enjoyed that fact. I was sad to learn of Jack Lynch’s passing and this would be the final Bragg mystery. If you like hard-boiled fiction with a witty private investigator, you will enjoy this book too.

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

A psychic Peter Bragg once saved from suicide has seen her future… death at the hands of a serial killer… and turns to Bragg to save her life again. As one corpse after another is unearthed in the woods of Jack London State Park, Bragg teams up with a Sheriff’s detective in a race against time, and perhaps fate, to hunt down a killer stalking the nightmare landscape of the psychic’s visions and the dark, deadly streets of San Francisco.

*3.5 stars*

For me, this was a good police procedural novel that never really climbed to the heights it could have.

On the positive side, Peter Bragg is an excellent character. Straight from the crime noir pages of the 50's, he is a private eye in San Francisco that brings to mind a lot of the famous P.I.'s through the years. Not a copy of any one in particular but, instead, a set of traits and characteristics that truly make him stand out as his own person.

Also, I do love books set in San Fran so this was a bit of a treat as well. Some great locales used throughout the story that helped connect me to what was going on.

The downer for me - and is every time I come across it - is the psychic/medium. It always stretches my sense of belief in a storyline, especially when it is a crime-solving psychic. This book was no different. Not going to speak badly of it - I just don't enjoy it.


Paul
ARH

Another enjoyable book by Jack Lynch. Would recommend to others. Great writing and plot!