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THE FIRST THREE, POWERHOUSE NOVELS IN JACK LYNCH’S EDGAR AWARD-NOMINATED AND TWO-TIME SHAMUS AWARD-NOMINATED BRAGG SERIES…NOW IN ONE VOLUME!
Private investigator Peter Bragg learns that "The Dead Never Forget" when he’s hired by a retired mobster to find out who is threatening his eleven-year-old daughter.
Bragg’s relentless search for "The Missing and the Dead" pits him against a brilliant serial killer obsessed with the expressions of death on his victim’s faces. This novel was an Edgar Award Finalist.
Bragg becomes the hunter and the hunted as killers descend on the city to find thirty-two "Pieces of Death" — gem-encrusted chess pieces smuggled out of China that are worth a staggering fortune.This novel was a Shamus Award Finalist
Private investigator Peter Bragg learns that "The Dead Never Forget" when he’s hired by a retired mobster to find out who is threatening his eleven-year-old daughter.
Bragg’s relentless search for "The Missing and the Dead" pits him against a brilliant serial killer obsessed with the expressions of death on his victim’s faces. This novel was an Edgar Award Finalist.
Bragg becomes the hunter and the hunted as killers descend on the city to find thirty-two "Pieces of Death" — gem-encrusted chess pieces smuggled out of China that are worth a staggering fortune.This novel was a Shamus Award Finalist
638 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 27, 2014
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November 22, 2017
I received this book to give an honest review.
We are giving three different stories and each one Bragg will find himself either in the eyes of a woman or trouble with a client's situation. Sometimes both!
Even though this book is a series with the same P.I. the women that are in each book are not seen or heard from again, which is a bit weird because normally at least one woman comes back in some way.
I really loved how with each story we have a great ending and I enjoy how Bragg closes his cases. There is no short of action or adventure with Bragg and that to me makes a darn good P.I. book. I didn't feel like it dragged in any way I felt that it was a steady plot!
I will be reading more in this series to find out what trouble Bragg will find himself into next.
We are giving three different stories and each one Bragg will find himself either in the eyes of a woman or trouble with a client's situation. Sometimes both!
Even though this book is a series with the same P.I. the women that are in each book are not seen or heard from again, which is a bit weird because normally at least one woman comes back in some way.
I really loved how with each story we have a great ending and I enjoy how Bragg closes his cases. There is no short of action or adventure with Bragg and that to me makes a darn good P.I. book. I didn't feel like it dragged in any way I felt that it was a steady plot!
I will be reading more in this series to find out what trouble Bragg will find himself into next.
August 31, 2018
Good read!
If your flight is delayed, or if rain scrubbed your plans, or worse, your date stood you up, Jack Lynch can help fill the unanticipated void.
If your flight is delayed, or if rain scrubbed your plans, or worse, your date stood you up, Jack Lynch can help fill the unanticipated void.
October 14, 2019
This series has been a joy to read. I really enjoyed all three stories.
January 25, 2021
Light, enjoyable reading
It’s always nice to read a well written novel, when there”s an interesting plot and good grammar. This fits the bill.
It’s always nice to read a well written novel, when there”s an interesting plot and good grammar. This fits the bill.
December 13, 2022
Interesting concept beat to death
September 7, 2015
I received a copy of this book via the publishers Brash Books, in return for an honest review. Can I just say that I cannot thank them enough for bringing these amazing books of the late Jack Lynch to my attention, I have to say that his books are amazing, well-written, and the characters so believable.
This particular book has 3 of Lynch's amazing stories. His Bragg private investigator character gets himself involved in various cases and each one is excellent. I cannot pick a favourite out of these because each story is terrific, I could read the author's works over and over and over and never get tired of them.
I have chosen Die for Me to write about because it was his last novel.
I like Peter Bragg, he is a very likeable guy, but not without some issues. He was a reporter, who decided to become a private detective, his work is his life, he loves to get involved in a juicy case (the habit of being a reporter I guess).
On his last day at the newspaper years previously, he saved a woman who was trying to commit suicide. Now all these years later she contacts him, claiming she is a psychic and believes she is going to die at the hands of a serial killer. Of course, she wants to hire Bragg to help her. Bragg is unsure whether or not he actually believes what she says, whether he believes what psychics say, but he believes he should try to find the bodies she claimed to see in her vision. Based on the information she provides him, he recognises it as being Jack London State Park, and before long the bodies start being dug up.
Bodies are found with identification on them, cash, cards, personal items, serial killers usually have a specific type they go after, but from the bodies found there did not appear to be any particular type, young, old, male, female, crooks, there was a real mixture of corpses. Regardless of likeness to type, it is definite that there is a serial killer, now to find the link is going to be hard. So the hunt begins with the help of a female detective, to find the deranged killer. Can the psychic help him? you have to read to find out.
Terrific thriller, full of twists and turns, this was an excellent story, it kept me gripped all the way through. I am sad to think that Peter Bragg will not be around anymore, but Jack Lynch's memory lives on forever in his amazing characters.
You can find the other reviews for Jack Lynch's books that I have read here http://lilianflesher.blogspot.co.uk/
This particular book has 3 of Lynch's amazing stories. His Bragg private investigator character gets himself involved in various cases and each one is excellent. I cannot pick a favourite out of these because each story is terrific, I could read the author's works over and over and over and never get tired of them.
I have chosen Die for Me to write about because it was his last novel.
I like Peter Bragg, he is a very likeable guy, but not without some issues. He was a reporter, who decided to become a private detective, his work is his life, he loves to get involved in a juicy case (the habit of being a reporter I guess).
On his last day at the newspaper years previously, he saved a woman who was trying to commit suicide. Now all these years later she contacts him, claiming she is a psychic and believes she is going to die at the hands of a serial killer. Of course, she wants to hire Bragg to help her. Bragg is unsure whether or not he actually believes what she says, whether he believes what psychics say, but he believes he should try to find the bodies she claimed to see in her vision. Based on the information she provides him, he recognises it as being Jack London State Park, and before long the bodies start being dug up.
Bodies are found with identification on them, cash, cards, personal items, serial killers usually have a specific type they go after, but from the bodies found there did not appear to be any particular type, young, old, male, female, crooks, there was a real mixture of corpses. Regardless of likeness to type, it is definite that there is a serial killer, now to find the link is going to be hard. So the hunt begins with the help of a female detective, to find the deranged killer. Can the psychic help him? you have to read to find out.
Terrific thriller, full of twists and turns, this was an excellent story, it kept me gripped all the way through. I am sad to think that Peter Bragg will not be around anymore, but Jack Lynch's memory lives on forever in his amazing characters.
You can find the other reviews for Jack Lynch's books that I have read here http://lilianflesher.blogspot.co.uk/
January 23, 2021
I enjoyed this book - Peter Bragg is relentless, tough and righteous. He never gives up. This one was fast-paced and hard to put down. I rate it 4.8 stars.
June 8, 2016
The Unknown Made Known
Three mystery crime stories all having the same private investigator working in San Francisco for the most part. Interesting cases well told, and the protagonist is realistic, the locales are believably described. . Quick reads and difficult to put down unfinished.
Three mystery crime stories all having the same private investigator working in San Francisco for the most part. Interesting cases well told, and the protagonist is realistic, the locales are believably described. . Quick reads and difficult to put down unfinished.
August 28, 2016
Excellent gumshoe
Good plot, straight talking hard man playing the detective and excellent descriptions of the scenery and surroundings. Just the thing to curl up with on a winters day.
Good plot, straight talking hard man playing the detective and excellent descriptions of the scenery and surroundings. Just the thing to curl up with on a winters day.
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