Synopsis

The Murder Show is a pulse-racing novel about secrets, old friends, and how the past never leaves us by New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award winning author Matt Goldman!

Showrunner Ethan Harris had a hit with The Murder Show, a television crime drama that features a private detective who solves cases the police can’t. But after his pitch for the fourth season is rejected by the network, he returns home to Minnesota looking for inspiration.

His timing is fortunate — his former classmate Ro Greeman is now a local police officer, and she’s uncovered new information about the devastating hit and run that killed their mutual friend Ricky the summer after high school. She asks Ethan to help her investigate and thinks that if he portrays the killing on The Murder Show, the publicity may bring Ricky’s killer to justice.

Ethan is skeptical that Ricky’s death was anything but a horrible accident, but with the clock running out on his career, he’s willing to try anything. It doesn’t take long for them to realize they’ve dug up more than they bargained for. Someone is dead set on stopping Ethan and Ro from looking too closely into Ricky’s death — even if keeping them quiet means killing again…

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Review

This is quite an interesting read, and I wasn’t sure who the “bad guy” was until near the end.

Ethan and Ro were friends in high school, but haven’t seen each other in about twenty years. Ethan is visiting his parents during a writers strike and is sucked into finding out what happened to their classmate Ricky during their high school years. Ro has done some digging and found similar cases and might have unearthed a pattern. Now, to get someone to take her seriously before they all end up dead.

I enjoyed the interplay between the characters. Will they get together (Ro and Ethan), or will they move on to others? And will almost dying bring them closer together? There are clues scattered throughout the book, and while I had my suspicions about one character, I did not see the depth of the crime and how far it extended until it was revealed.

The book is action-packed, and sometimes they escape by the skin of their teeth. I suspected a few other characters, but when those characters are killed, you know they couldn’t be involved. However, they were acting very suspicious.

The book ends with most everything wrapped up, but there are a few open questions regarding the characters’ personal lives. What is in store for them? Will they meet back up at a later time?

Overall, we enjoyed this and gave it 4 paws up.

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Matt Goldman is a playwright and Emmy Award-winning television writer for Seinfeld, Ellen, and other shows. He brings his signature storytelling abilities and light touch to his Nils Shapiro series, which begins with Gone to Dust. He lives in Minnesota with his wife, pets, and whichever children happen to be around.

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