Kiss It Goodbye

Harding #3

by John Wessel

For a perfectly executed mystery a reader need go no further," "People" magazine said of John Wessel's first novel. Now readers can revel in the highly anticipated third novel from Wessel -- a heart-racing story of secrets and suspense featuring hard-luck ex-PI Harding and his stunning and fearless girlfriend, Alison, who are about to confront their past... When Alison's former lover is found murdered in a small lake town near Chicago, she and Harding shrug it off as an incidental tragedy. But the discovery of a suspect -- the runaway fiance of Alison's best friend, Beth -- drunk and disoriented, in the very town where the body was found, seems more than coincidental. Harding can't shake the suspicion that Alison may know more than she's letting on. Harding's own brushes with the law have left him without a legitimate private investigator's license, but his fear that Alison may be in danger just as quickly ensures he's back in the game, implementing his unauthorized services -- a scenario that proves dangerous at best, impossible at worst.

As the body count rises and the cadavers get closer and closer to home, the noose around Alison's past draws tight, and the stakes grow intensely personal for Harding. Even as he unearths a past for Alison he'd rather not see unburied, he knows he must beat back his jealousy and suspicions about his longtime lover in order to find a ruthless killer -- before the killer finds Alison.

Genres: Mystery

336 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

John Wessel is the author of THIS FAR, NO FURTHER and PRETTY BALLERINA. He lives with his wife in a suburb of Chicago.

Reviews

[Brian Meye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very intriguing read about a murder trying to be solved by a PI ( no official license ) who did time and by his long time girlfriend who past comes into question and involves many suspects from her past who to trust and who’s lying or telling the truth, very good twist at the end that may surprise you highly recommend

[Kevin Catarino · Rating 1 out of 5]

God, this book sucks. I shouldn't complain because someone gave it to me but holy jumpin jesus on a pogo stick, this book sucks. "A novel"? More like a short story written by a third grader. How did this book get published? What is the fan base for this kind of drivel? Basically, the plot is some 50 year old alcoholic PI stereotype from the 40s somehow still exists in the 90s, and has an Amazonian girlfriend of about 25 years old. Sounds more like the dirty fantasies of the author than the premise of a murder mystery. I like buff chicks too, but there isn't any good porn in here. Anyway, old college friends of the amazon start getting killed and they investigate. Whoopiedeedoo! It might be a hell of a lot more interesting if the author's writing style was even remotely complex or artistic, but no, basically it reads like a tour guide to Chicago. I cannot fully describe how lame this book is. Avoid it like the plague. I am only reading it again because I found it in a box of books and right now my reading appetite is voracious.

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

What happened to this author? I loved this series.

[Cari Fisher · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh