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The Shallows by Matt Goldman

 


A widow hires Nils Shapiro to investigate her husband's savage murder, but she's not the only one to seek him out.  Everyone from the widow's boyfriend to a polarizing congressional candidate to the FBI wants to know what happened to Todd Rabinowitz.  As Nils unravels the convoluted case, the bodies pile up.  Someone doesn't want him to discover what happened to Todd , and won't stop until they silence Niles as well.

This is a good as a stand-alone but is part of the Nils Shapiro series by author Matt Goldman.  

Nils is a gumshoe detective, one day a widow walks into his office and puts him on the case to investigate her husbands death.  He isn't that sure if he even likes the woman but is intrigued enough to start working the case.  

Nils, with help from colleagues Annika and Ellegaard,and Minneapolis PD detective Gabriella Nunez they try and figure out the twist and turns of unique spider web of lies, tangles and spins.  Body count is getting higher as they work the case.

I like the authors character development of Nils, Gabriella, and his colleagues of Stone Investigations. I felt the old black and white mystery, or at least that is how I visioned it in my mind.

If you are looking for a solid mystery Matt Goldman's Nils Shapiro series is just what you would want to seek your teeth into.

I won this Advanced Copy through Goodreads giveaway and Forge. 

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