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Detour to Murder (Jimmy O'Brien Mystery #4)
In 1945, the semi-nude body of a woman is found in a two-bit Hollywood motel, a telephone cord wrapped around her throat; face frozen in a grimace of horror. The stolen car of a murdered motorist is parked in the motel parking lot, the owner lying broken and dead on the side of an Arizona highway. Al Roberts confesses and has spent the last 29 years in prison. Now, nearly...more
ebook, 304 pages
Published
October 12th 2010
by ZOVA Books
(first published January 1st 2010)
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If you like noir mystery, or if you don't know if you like noir mystery, you must read Detour to Murder, by Jeff Sherratt. Heck, if you just like mysteries, read this book.
The book picks up where the movie Detour, a film noir classic, leaves off. In the movie, a man named Al Roberts follows the woman he loves to Hollywood after she jilts him to seek a movie career. Two people die along the way, and Roberts is ultimately arrested for murder.
When the novel begins, Roberts has been incarcerated for...more
The book picks up where the movie Detour, a film noir classic, leaves off. In the movie, a man named Al Roberts follows the woman he loves to Hollywood after she jilts him to seek a movie career. Two people die along the way, and Roberts is ultimately arrested for murder.
When the novel begins, Roberts has been incarcerated for...more
After meeting Jeff Sherratt and discovering that this story takes place in my hometown, I became enthralled with the prospect of not only the story, but if he really captured the city itself. Well.....I have read every one of his books, and I can't wait for another one. I find myself pacing around the city and the outlying ones too) in my mind, as if I was really there.
This is something many writers have forgotten how to do, and that's to get their readers actually involved in the story. My hat...more
This is something many writers have forgotten how to do, and that's to get their readers actually involved in the story. My hat...more
DETOUR TO MURDER is smoothly written and incredibly intriguing. I'm hooked on the Jimmy O'Brien series, and fell deeper in love with his cast of characters, particularly Rita and Sol. The feel of the time period is authentic, beautifully rooted in time and place. The story has enough twists and turns to keep you up at night, and Sherratt's talent weaving the tangled web is superb. I especially liked the empathy he evoked for the misunderstood accused prisoner, Al. Kudos, Mr. Sherratt! Now, on to...more
This was a real fun book to work on. Author Jeff Sherratt changes gears with this new "film noir mystery" series. He's managed to take the plot from a very famous noir film from 1945 (Detour) and weave it into his own mystery set 30 later. Basically, watch the film then read the book which can be considered almost a sequel with a new protagonist. A protagonist that Jeff Sherratt readers love!
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I am about half way through the book and I find myself wishing that I had more time to keep on reading it. I love it so far.
I have finished the book and it was a good one. I like the fact that it takes place here in Los Angeles. It kept me in suspense and I could not put it down.
I have finished the book and it was a good one. I like the fact that it takes place here in Los Angeles. It kept me in suspense and I could not put it down.
Kindle edition. It was OK. Not great or memorable, but not insipid either. Murder in the Hollywood movie era, person framed for a crime he didn't commit. I got bored several times, seemed long. But OK.
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Jeff Sherratt is the author of the acclaimed Jimmy O'Brien mystery series. His newest book, DETOUR TO MURDER (2010), is published by ZOVA Books and is the first in the Jimmy O'Brien film noir mystery series.
Jimmy O'Brien's latest exploits are chronicled in EXPECTATION TO MURDER (2010), an exclusive e-book released on July 5, 2010.
Soon after its release, his first novel, THE BRIMSTONE MURDERS (2008...more
More about Jeff Sherratt...
Jimmy O'Brien's latest exploits are chronicled in EXPECTATION TO MURDER (2010), an exclusive e-book released on July 5, 2010.
Soon after its release, his first novel, THE BRIMSTONE MURDERS (2008...more
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