Split The Middle

by Michael Golvach

Michael Dooley, a drunken ex-con, has lost his wife, his child and everything he cares about. He thinks his life has hit rock bottom, but when he stumbles upon the scene of a horrific murder, he quickly realizes that the bottom is a lot farther down than he'd ever imagined.

Split between the lower-class urban wasteland of the village of Broker and the spit and polished elegance of the city of Brittwood, the location of the body brings bitter ex-partners Payden Beck and Bryan Verrill back together as joint detectives on the case. Their darkly storied past makes for an explosive investigation that quickly turns into a maelstrom of suspicion, double-crosses and a mad dash to close the case by whatever means necessary.

With the pressure building, the race to find the killer, or a suitable frame-up, threatens to shred the lives of everyone it touches; bringing back secrets long since buried.

From the very beginning, only one thing is ever certain:

Everyone has something to lose.


NOTE FOR AMERICAN READERS: This book is written in British English

Genres: Noir, Crime

190 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 21, 2009

About the author

Michael Golvach a freelance writer, living in Grayslake, Illinois. He is a child of a non-digital age, an award winning author of several books, screenplays, and many short stories.

Reviews

[Katherine May · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a new edition of Michael Golvach's first novel, and it is just as skillfully written as his newer books. It has the elements that readers have come to expect from him - despicable characters and sympathetic characters, crime and punishment. Underneath the runaway ambition, cruelty, and brutality that exist at nearly every turn in this novel, there is a love story which gives the reader hope that a better world can be found.
I would recommend this book not only to lovers of crime/murder mysteries, but also to anyone who enjoys fiction and a good story.

[Deb Le · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was given a free copy of this book by the publisher Under no obligation to leave a review. I found this to be a peculiar novel, with characters I couldn't seem to get a handle on. There were so many different aspects and attributes to each one, that they remained two dimensional to me. The idea was certainly interesting but I just couldn't get into it and struggled to go the whole way through it.

[Quanita · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is unusual in the fact that all the characters are severely flawed. Murderous rogue cops, drunks that don't want to be sober, and each one is somehow involved with the murdered woman in an alley. Every single one had a reason to kill her. I won't be a spoiler, but, the one least expected to do it did it. The murderer isn't on anyone's radar. I received this book from the author.