Die Laughing is the 4th Amos Parisman PI mystery by Andy Weinberger. Released 3rd Oct 2023 by Turner Books, it's 256 pages and is available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout.

This is an engaging, sarcastic, very much character driven PI mystery set in Hollywood, The protagonist who lives and breathes through the first person narration, is a smart-alecky old school gumshoe whose reminiscences on the comedy of yesteryear give the whole a somewhat nostalgic vibe.

The plot develops slowly/deliberately, and the measured pace isn't always completely in agreement with the seriousness of what was happening. Additionally, despite the sarcasm, some of the dialogue is stilted and a bit flat. As always, however, the author is quite adept at constructing an engaging, well engineered plot and satisfying denouement.

Despite being the 4th book in the series, it works well enough as a standalone. The language is rough, but not overly so for a semi-hard-boiled PI mystery. MC Amos is pragmatic, indelibly Jewish, and dogged. There's a fair bit of Yiddish slang involved which is easy to understand in context and adds a lot of color to the read.

Four stars. Well wrought mystery, occasionally uneven dialogue, but overall very engaging and worthwhile.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

this is a story that revolves around a private detective who is tasked to make sure that his client, a well known stand-up comedian is not sent to jail after the mysterious murder of his partner. Now this story is meant to be a bit on the comical side (hence the title) but i felt that that comic relief was sadly missing. overall a decent book that is not too serious about itself and has all the general clichés that are needed in a mystery novel. A first for me by Andy Weinberger. Not sure if i will be picking up more from the author soon thought.

A new to me author and series. I thoroughly enjoyed it as I liked the MC and the story kept me hooked.
Well developed and entertaining.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

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I have lot of books unread on my Netgalley shelf and prioritizing any book for the next read is not an easy task, especially when the author is new to me. I picked this book just because of the title. So the Publisher scores a point on this on!
This book did not disappoint, on the contrary, I liked the detective mystery.
In the beginning, the narration in first person in the present tense irked me, but I got used to it later, because I was engrossed in the mystery of multiple murders.
The detective, Amos Parisman was an interesting character. I plan to read the other books by this author.

Disappointed to say that this wasn’t my favorite book! However, I think it is a good book—simply not for me. The mystery in itself was super intriguing; I loved the premise of a death in Hollywood with old comedic partners being the victim and suspect. Still, I will say this book was a step outside my comfort zone. I usually read narrators who are younger—and more often than not teenage girls. I found myself not relating to Amos in anyway, or even understanding how he thought the way he did. This is a large part of why it wasn’t my favorite book, as I couldn’t find myself within the narrator. Besides this, I think the book was great. I would recommend to anyone who loves a good, old styled mystery.