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Honestly Dearest, You're Dead (2009)

by Jack Fredrickson(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0312380925 (ISBN13: 9780312380922)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Minotaur Books

series

Dek Ekstrom Mystery

review 1: Dek Elstrom is a PI who's down on his luck and barely scraping by, reduced to living in an old turret that he's slowly rehabbing in Rivertown, Illinois. It's the middle of winter; he has no heat; he has practically no money, and he's also recently divorced.From out of nowhere, and attorney in the tiny town of Rambling, Michigan calls Dek and tells him that a woman named Louise Thomas has named Dek executor of her will. Dek has never heard of the woman, but there's a $700.00 fee for handling the matter, which the lawyer insists will be a piece of cake.Dek can use the seven hundred bucks and so heads off to Rambling to discover, of course, that the situation is a lot more complicated than the lawyer has suggested. Dek arrives at the woman's house, only to discover that she h... moread apparently been murdered, a fact that the lawyer has conveniently neglected to mention. Also, there is no body.Things get increasingly curious and before long, Elstrom finds himself deeply involved in a very puzzling mystery. He feels an obligation to clean up the mess he has found out of loyalty to the deceased woman, even though he is sure he never knew her. Or did he?This is an entertaining book, even if it does require more than the usual suspension of disbelief. Dek Elstrom can occasionally be a touch irritating, but you have to admire a guy who is so devoted to finishing a job that's a lot more dangerous and involved than he bargained for.
review 2: Down-and-out documents inspector Dek Elstrom gets a mysterious commission to settle the estate of a woman he doesn't know. How the reclusive woman, living in Michigan, ever heard of an Illinois investigator is one mystery; how the woman was murdered and why no-one seems to be investigating are two more. As layer after layer of deceit is peeled back, Elstrom is brought back to the most painful episode of his all-too-painful life, taking a fair amount of physical punishment as he confronts a wintry landscape, a corrupt society, thugs and the real truth about what happened all those years ago...This is well-written and would appeal to those who enjoy noir atmosphere, it's just not for me. less

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