Watch Me Die

Security Guard Harvey Mapes spends most of his time with his nose in detective books or watching detective series on TV. He daydreams of being a detective, and is suddenly given the opportunity to turn that dream into reality, or maybe just into a nightmare. Interesting enough story-line, but for th......more

Harvey Mapes is a security guard of a high-end residential complex. The most interesting part of his work is when a coyote sneaks up with a dead pet and stares at him. All the excitement is from the numerous detective books that he reads. He often fantasizes about becoming a famous PI like the famou......more

Author Lee Goldberg has what most Mystery/Thriller writes lack; a literary sense of humor. Private security guard Harvey Mapes works the graveyard shift on the gate of an exclusive Los Angeles suburb reading detective novels. Since he's up on all the TV and fiction detective series, he feels entirel......more

The best thing about reading Lee Goldberg is how he manages to inject pure silliness into otherwise un-funny situations, and pulls it off with aplomb. My first forays with the author were reading his Ian Ludlow series, which were hilarious and entertaining. Watch Me Die wasn’t quite as funny, but we......more

I loved this book. It's got a great premise whereby the "hero," such as he is, seems pretty damn close to a real person — a slovenly, underachieving, regular Joe who almost accidentally turns into a halfway-decent detective by the end. We're not talking about a superhero. We're talking about a guy w......more