Gone to Dust (Nils Shapiro, #1)

by Matt Goldman

Investigating a murder complicated by the killer's strategic approaches to confounding all possible DNA evidence, private detective Nils Shapiro is forced by FBI interference to secretly uncover the potentially shattering identity of a mysterious woman.

• ISBN10: 0765391287
• ISBN13: 9780765391285
• Publish Date: 15 August 2017 (first published 1 June 2017)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 27 June 2022
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Forge
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

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I finished up my 2018 reading with another thriller/mystery, this one by debut author Matt Goldman, and my second of the year set in the Minneapolis area. Nils Shapiro is a private investigator with friends on the police force who is occasionally called in to consult. And this one has everyone stumped -- a woman is found dead in her bed, but the entire room (and most of the house) is covered with dust. Why, and how?

I found Nils fun to read. He's still hung up on his ex-wife, and maybe a little quick to get involved with people tangled up in his case. The mystery was really good too -- I really didn't guess what had happened until it was nearly revealed to me, yet it made perfect since once I knew. I enjoy that. I'll definitely read more books in this series.