She wore Mourning

I would classify this novel as a psychological thriller since each of the fully fleshed-out believable characters, including the protagonist, suffer from mental disorders. The story is compelling and hard to put down. I listened to the audible version which is skillfully narrated by A.J.Shuck. I am......more

PI Investigates His Own Demons as Well as the Crime’s In She Wore Mourning, Private Investigator Zachary Goldman takes on a gut-wrenching case when he investigates the drowning death of a five-year-old boy. Ruled an accident by the police, the boy’s grandmother wants closure and hires Goldman for a s......more

In some ways, this was a good mystery, but it's too flawed to rate it any higher than three stars, which is being generous. For one, I usually love flawed heroes, but the PI in this book is just too flawed. He's pathetic and, often, too stupid to live. I liked him okay, but more, I simply felt sorry......more

Zachary Goldman got into being a PI because of his skill with a camera, a desire to make a difference in people’s lives, and to exonerate the innocent. Most days, though, he “destroys lives,” by proving infidelity and malfeasance. The grandmother of a five-year-old whose death has been ruled an acci......more

*spoilers* I stayed up late to read this novel. I didn’t have my phone so I didn’t realize it was after midnight. Obviously, I was engrossed enough to stay up to finish it. I had read Gem, Himself, Alone also by this author a day prior, and found it to be a bit of an odd story. I liked it but didn’t g......more