

The Devil and the Detective
Author: John Goldbach
Narrator: L.J. Ganser
Unabridged: 3 hr 49 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 06/06/2014
Author: John Goldbach
Narrator: L.J. Ganser
Unabridged: 3 hr 49 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 06/06/2014
I can't recall when I was so much in two minds about a book. We start off in territory somewhere that's between Raymond Chandler and Ed McBain in terms of both content and writing style. Bob James, a somewhat ineffective Montreal PI, is called in by the beautiful -- and probably bad -- Elaine, widow......more
Three and a half stars, anyway. Weird little detective story -- revolves around the idea that the detective knows basically nothing, and most of the book is his trying to cope with the fact that he knows nothing. Not only does he not have any real information, he has misinformation, he is lied to, a......more