Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:

Things haven’t been going well for Charlie Miner. His work as a private investigator involves him with an endless roster of shady characters. His ex-wife is borderline crazy. And he hasn’t been getting to spend anywhere near enough time with his teenage daughter Mindy, the one person in his life who truly matters to him.

When he wakes up on a slab in the morgue with a hole in his head, though, things get even worse.

Just before the shooting, Charlie was investigating a case involving fraud, gold, religious zealots, and a gorgeous woman who seemed to be at the center of everything. Even with a fatal bullet wound, Charlie can connect the dots from the case to his attack. And when his daughter is abducted by someone involved, the stakes get exponentially higher. Charlie needs to find Mindy before the criminals do the same thing to her that they did to him.

After that, maybe he’ll try to figure out how he’s walking around dead.

Irreverent, circuitous, and surprisingly touching, Down Solo introduces a crisp new voice to suspense fiction.

Izdevniecība/Publisher: The Story Plant

Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?

E-grāmatas kopija no autora apmaiņā pret recenziju

Vērtējums/Rating: 3.75/5

Mana recenzija/My review

Neparasts veids kā pasniegt mistērijas un drusku krimināla rakstura stāstu, jo galvenais varonis Čārlijs lielāko daļu drīzāk būtu pieskaitāms pie staigājošiem miroņiem nekā dzīvajiem. Tas dod iespēju dažubrīd izmantot pāris joku un humoru, bet ne līdz tādam brīdim, ka nāktos sakoncentrēties, lai varētu turpināt lasīt.

Čārlijam(privātdetektīvs) ir ne vien jāsaprot, kurš viņam palīdzēja nokļūt morgā, bet arī jāatrisina līdz galam pēdējā lieta, kas savā starpā vienotas. Iesaistītas lielas summas, kas ne vienmēr visiem ļauj domāt skaidri un liek rīkoties pat neapdomīgi.

Spriedzīte un apgriezieni drusku palielinās, kad Čārlija meita Mindija tiek nolaupīta, bet ne uz pārāk ilgu laiku.

Sižetiski vienā nozīmīgā brīdī varēja sajust reliģisku piesitienu, kā arī vēl šis tas, kas drusku samazināja vērtējumu. Bet ideja kā tāda par galveno varoni man patika ļoti.

                                                                                                                                                

Extraordinary way how to present a mystery and a bit crime story in which the main character Charlie Miner is more (walking) dead than alive. That allows a place for humor and few jokes but not that funny that you would need to stop and concentrate to continue reading.

Charlie is PI and besides finding out who he has to thank for waking up in morgue, he also needs to solve the last case which are related. There are big sums involved so not everyone can think clear and makes some rash decisions.

The tensions rises a little when Charlie’s daughter Mindy gets kidnapped but that doesn’t last for much too long.

There is one moment where I could smell a religious touch and few more things that lowered the rating. But the idea about Charlie I liked a lot.

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