The Shallows, Matt Goldman
The Shallows, Matt Goldman
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The Shallows

Author: Matt Goldman

Narrator: MacLeod Andrews

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2019


Synopsis

Bestselling author author and Emmy Award-winning writer Matt Goldman brings back Minneapolis private detective Nils Shapiro in another thrilling, stand-alone adventure.A prominent lawyer is found dead, tied to his own dock by a fishing stringer through his jaw, and everyone wants private detective Nils Shapiro to protect them from suspicion: The unfaithful widow. Her artist boyfriend. The lawyer’s firm. A polarizing congressional candidate. A rudderless suburban police department. Even the FBI.Nils and his investigative partners illuminate a sticky web of secrets and deceit that draws national attention. But finding the web doesn’t prevent Nils from getting caught in it. Just when his safety is most in peril, his personal life takes an unexpected twist, facing its own snarl of surprise and deception.In The Shallows, Goldman delves into the threat of dark history repeating itself while delivering another page-turner with his signature pace, humor, and richly drawn characters.

About Matt Goldman

Matt Goldman is a New York Times bestselling author, a playwright, and an Emmy Award–winning television writer for Seinfeld, Ellen, and other shows. He brings his signature storytelling abilities and light touch to the Nils Shapiro series. Goldman’s debut, Gone to Dust, has been nominated for the Shamus and Nero Awards and was a Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List selection. He lives in Minnesota.

About MacLeod Andrews

MacLeod Andrews is an actor, voice actor, and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator who earned the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2018. He has starred in a number of independent short and feature films and is a member of the Rising Phoenix Repertory Company in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Aristotle on August 03, 2019

Shallow "Tell me something, Nils Aren't you tired tryin' to fill that void? Or do you need more? Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore?" Nils is not sure how to fill the void in his personal life. He needs to go deep and move away from the shallow area in his relationships with the women in his life. He......more

Goodreads review by Carol on November 10, 2020

There are a lot of people in this story which usually is a turn off for me…but in this case it is fairly easy to keep track of them. The story consists of murders… bomb scares…and kidnapping…however it's all in a day's work for Minneapolis PI Nils Shapiro. While he juggles multiple clients he also h......more

Goodreads review by Laura on June 19, 2019

Kind of disappointed in this one after the second in this series was so good. But I probably will continue this series if there are more to come.......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on July 27, 2020

Another great read from Matt Goldman following Minneapolis PI Nils Shapiro. I liked every word of it. This one includes both personal and professional trials and victories when many clients compete to hire Nils and his firm. All members of his firm play roles in solving a web of crimes and murders.......more

Goodreads review by Jane on February 08, 2020

I am thoroughly enjoying reading about the Jewish Private Investigator, Nils Shapiro, and the cases he gets involved with in Minnesota. This one is centered around a murder at LAKE Minnetonka and has politicians and conspiracy theories.......more


Quotes

“A twisty, unfailingly entertaining trapdoor of a novel.” Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author

“Fans of classic hard-boiled crime novels of the 1930s and 1940s will appreciate Nils’s intelligence and likable coworkers, who star in a novel that is timely, not old-fashioned, and featuring a riveting story.” Library Journal (starred review)

“In bestseller Goldman’s superior third mystery featuring Minneapolis PI Nils Shapiro…Goldman seasons the complicated puzzle with healthy doses of dry wit and meaningful secondary stories for his characters.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)