"The past and present collide for Det. Jonathan Stride as he questions his personal and professional life"
Goodbye To The Dead
By: Brian Freeman
Genres: Mystery Police Procedural
Posted: March 7, 2016
Eight years ago, Cindy Stride died of cancer, and Jonathan's life has never been the same. Though he's in a relationship with fellow detective Serena Dial, he's never been able to move past Cindy and fully commit to Serena. While investigating a murder Serena witnessed outside a bar, Serena comes across a gun linked to the recent murder of a woman with ties to an Estonian crime group. The shocking revelation is that the gun was also used to kill Jay Ferris nine years ago. Does this mean Jonathan Stride was wrong, and Janine is innocent? Or is there some other explanation for this unusual connection? It will take a deeply thorough and far-reaching investigation to uncover the shocking truth behind the origin of the gun and who used it to murder Janine's husband.
Master storyteller Brian Freeman knocks it out of the park with his latest Jonathan Stride crime thriller, GOODBYE TO THE DEAD. I found it to be hugely addictive with each unexpected twist and turn in the investigation, as well as Stride's complicated personal relationships. Though he has plenty of character flaws, Stride is an honorable man and an intense detective. From Freeman's atmospheric descriptions, Duluth takes on a life of its own. I was almost shivering from the North Shore cold. As in all the other Stride novels I have read, secondary characters add even more authenticity to the powerful plotline. This compelling police crime thriller should be on everyone's must-read list.
Book Summary
Detective Jonathan Stride's first wife, Cindy, died of cancer eight years ago, but her ghost hangs over Stride's relationship with current lover, and fellow detective, Serena Dial. When Serena witnesses a brutal murder outside a Duluth bar, she stumbles onto a case with roots that go all the way back to the last year of Cindy Stride's life.
At the time, Cindy and Stride were on opposite sides of a domestic murder investigation. Gorgeous, brilliant Janine Snow--a surgeon transplanted to Duluth from Texas--was the prime suspect in the shooting death of her husband. Cindy believed her friend Janine was innocent, but Stride thought all the evidence pointed to the surgeon--even though the gun was never found. Despite Cindy's attempts to help Janine, the case led to a high-profile murder trial in which Janine was convicted and sent to prison.
During the current investigation, Serena finds a gun used in the murder of a woman connected to an organized crime syndicate--a gun that turns out to be the same weapon used to kill Janine Snow's husband. Two unrelated cases years apart suddenly have a mysterious connection. As Stride investigates the possibility that human traffickers are targeting women in the Duluth port, he begins to question whether he made a terrible mistake eight years ago by putting an innocent woman in prison. And whether he will ever be able to make peace with the memory of his beloved wife and give his heart to Serena.
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by: Brian Freeman
Quercus
March 1, 2016
On Sale: March 8, 2016
Featuring: Jonathan Stride; Serena Dial
448 pages
ISBN: 1623659116
EAN: 9781623659110
Kindle: B011J4H1O8
Hardcover / e-Book