My Detective, Jeffrey Fleishman
My Detective, Jeffrey Fleishman
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My Detective

Author: Jeffrey Fleishman

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller, Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2019

Synopsis

Los Angeles is booming. Money is pouring in. Buildings are going up. But someone is killing architects.Detective Sam Carver journeys through sins scattered across the City of Angels, where hipsters, homeless, immigrants, producers, politicians, movie stars, and cops collide in mysterious ways. Every move Carver makes is anticipated by the killer, Dylan Cross. She has hacked his computer and knows his diaries and secrets. She sees in him a kindred and damaged spirit, a man who can understand her crimes, heal her scars, and love her. Dylan is reclaiming herself from a past of brutal injustices inflicted by a world of misogyny and power. Detective Carver is dealing with his own troubled history: an elusive and violent father.My Detective is a story of obsession set against vengeance and prayers of forgiveness in a city that is as cruel as it is fantastical. It captures modern Los Angeles in real time, an eerie glide through the imagination, where winds gust high above the San Gabriel Mountains and neighborhoods stretch toward the ocean like the flash and tremor of a dream. The novel speaks to our sense of beauty in a new century and the demons we rouse when we dare to create a new metropolis.

About Jeffrey Fleishman

Jeffrey Fleishman is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and longtime foreign correspondent. He has had postings in Rome, Berlin, and Cairo and has covered wars in Iraq, Libya, and Kosovo. He returned to America in 2014 and is Foreign editor of the Los Angeles Times. He has written four other novels, My Detective and Last Dance (the first two Sam Carver books), Shadow Man, and Promised Virgins: A Novel of Jihad.

About Emily Woo Zeller

Emily Woo Zeller is an Audie and Earphones Award–winning narrator, voice-over artist, actor, dancer, and choreographer. AudioFile magazine named her one of the Best Voices of 2013. Her voice-over career includes work in animated film and television in Southeast Asia.

About Richard Ferrone

Read by Richard Ferrone, Stephen Bel Davies, Prentice Onayemi, Scott Aiello, Michael David Axtell, Jessica B. Harris, and Amanda Leigh Cobb

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on February 18, 2019

I received a free advance copy of this from NetGalley for review. I know the dating scene can be tough, but if you’ve resorted to murder as part of your plan to hook up with your dream guy then maybe you should give Tinder another try. Sam Carver is a LAPD homicide detective working the case of a prom......more

Goodreads review by Linda on April 16, 2019

3.5 STARS This is a crime story .. or maybe, it's a love story. It's the story of two people who are flawed, each with a history that they don't readily share with anyone. Dylan Cross is an architect ... she's also a killer. She's killing those that have hurt her in the past. Detective Sam Carver is t......more

Goodreads review by Bandit on October 24, 2018

My Detective is essentially a story of obsession and revenge. Told in a very concise modern noir style. Although it features murders, there’s no mystery here, this isn’t about who, this is all about why. But it does have plenty of thrills and suspense. I actually haven’t read noir in a while and it......more

Goodreads review by Scott on April 21, 2019

Leagues ahead of the regular cop and killer crime stories This is a lyrically written crime story of detective Sam Carver and female architect/ killer Dylan Cross. It is told in alternating perspectives, that of the cop and that of the killer. So after the first couple of chapters we know a fair bit a......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on February 23, 2020

This is a jewel of a nourish detective story--lyrical prose and skilled characterizations. It made LA come alive for me; I've never been there. Wonderful commentary on society, social issues, music, art, humanity, etc.......more

Quotes

“An intense and pitch-perfect novel of suspense, obsession, and vengeance, My Detective is a riveting read.” Midwest Book Review

“From the first page My Detective moves as smooth as a bullet train through the shadowy world of night. Its hypnotic prose and scintillating characters guarantee that once you’re on board you’ll be riding this one to the end.” Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dark Sacred Night

“A lyrical crime debut that offers a haunting tête-à-tête between killer and cop … and a chilling reminder that cruelty never dies.” Brian Freeman, bestselling author of Alter Ego

“A serial killer stalks the homicide detective pursuing her in this convincing crime novel from Fleishman…Fleishman’s ability to get into the minds of Dylan and Carver, who has some skeletons in his past, enhances this fresh take on a familiar genre.” Publishers Weekly

“The writing is intermittently gorgeous: ‘a city of ghosts, bright as paper lanterns.’ The detective chats about Mozart, Bernini, and The Great Gatsby. The final confrontation between cop and killer isn’t just written, it’s orchestrated.” Booklist

“[An] engrossing…intelligent thriller…Fleishman weaves an intriguing look at the current renaissance of downtown Los Angeles as well as the male-dominated world of architecture and the misogyny it can breed.” AudioFile

Awards

  • AudioFile Earphones Award
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