Gold Coast Blues by Marc Krulewitch

337 Pages
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group – Alibi, Alibi
Release Date: September 22, 2015

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Private Investigator

Jules Landau is a private investigator in Chicago. He is approached by Eddie, an ex-con from New Jersey to find a missing woman. He heard that his girlfriend, Tanya, had moved to Chicago and was working in an upscale wine bar. Jules agrees to take the case since Eddie is offering a large pile of cash. While investigating, Jules gets dragged into a missing stolen wine case. He is tricked, lied to, and beat up. He feels the two cases are connected but does not know how. He gets unwanted help from Amy, a psychic.

The story is all over the place. Jules seems lost and unaware of the situation. Honestly, I did not feel anything towards these characters. They were not developed and felt flat. It was written in the first-person point of view.

Really enjoyed, would definitely recommend. Loved the setting and characters. Already purchased for my mother.
Writing style flowed nicely.

I am reading everything I can find by this author now. The book was well paced and I enjoyed the protagonist very much. Will be looking forward to more in this series.

I AM SO EMBARRASSED ... JUST NOW FINDING THIS ONE ON MY KINDLE/AMAZON. WAS NEVER READ SO NO REVIEW COMING AT THIS LATE DATE. MY SINCERE APOLOGIES. BOOK HAS BEEN ARCHIVED.

I thought I would enjoy reading this book since it was about a private investigator. Unfortunately, the more I read, the less I liked it. It was very slow to progress through the story. Also, the PI seems less than qualified to do his job. He was never sure if the lead he was following was the one he should be following.

He was hired to find a woman. He kept getting beat up and never really staying on track about finding the woman. The story talked about a dirty cop, a set up for making fake wine and several women that he was thinking about having a romantic relationship with. I know these things were about how they all tired together but there was so many that it was hard to keep who was who and what was what straight.

The book keeps going in circles, never really solving any one issue and never making the PI sound like he was even a little bit qualified to be a PI.