Mainely Power, Matt Cost
Mainely Power, Matt Cost
79 Rating(s)
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Mainely Power
A Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery

Author: Matt Cost

Narrator: Shawn Compton

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/27/2021


Synopsis

Was Harold Dumphy killed to cover up something at the nuclear power plant where he was the head of security?This is what Harold’s widow asks Goff Langdon, private detective, to find out. Langdon is a laid back, slacker detective, happy with his work, friends, and way of life in the town of Brunswick, Maine. To compliment his income in small town Maine’s scarce private detective market, Langdon also owns and operates a mystery bookstore named after his trusted companion, Coffee Dog.Does Langdon stand a chance against corrupt cops, crooked politicians, greedy millionaires, radical environmentalists, and a deadly assassin named Shakespeare?With the help of Bart, the bear of a cop; Jimmy 4 by Four, the hippie lawyer; the immigrants Jewell and Richam; and his true desire and employee, Chabal—Langdon sets out to do just that. And then he is framed for not one, but two murders, and events become very complicated.Follow Langdon and his band of friends as they attempt to untangle the web of intrigue and return Brunswick to “the way life should be.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leslie on October 19, 2020

A Thriller with Humor and a Heart Goff Langdon, in Matt Cost’s novel, Mainely Power, is a likeable but flawed hero. A private detective in Brunswick, Maine with an office in his Coffee Dog Bookstore (named after his dog) he’s hurting because his wife has run off with another man, taking their three-y......more

Goodreads review by Amazeballs on November 29, 2020

Mainely Power is a good read. I read a little bit of every genre of books but I generally read a lot of romance books. This one was a read that was a break from my normal romance reads. I was pulled into this one right from the beginning. Goff Langdon is a private detective. He's a little gruff but......more

Goodreads review by Glen on January 28, 2021

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. Rural Pi in Maine, who is something of an ass, goes up against a nuclear power plant.......more

Goodreads review by Heena on September 19, 2020

Mainely Power by Matt Cost is a very laid-back personal investigator mystery that takes the readers on a ride that starts slow but build up as it progresses. I love reading cosy mysteries because they are a lot better than hard-boiled detective series in a way that they have everything a mystery buff......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on October 05, 2020

If you’re a member of Generation X, nuclear power plants are sort of creepy enough on their own. We remember the stories in our youth of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, with movies like “The China Syndrome” and “Silkwood.” We also remember stories like Erin Brockovich’s, which further reinforced ou......more