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Funeral for a Friend

(Jonathan Stride #10)

Brian Freeman (Goodreads Author)

4.16 · Rating details · 3,947 ratings · 244 reviews

You re safe, Stride. I found the body at the Deeps. I buried him.

Jonathan Stride s best friend, Steve Garske, makes a shocking deathbed confession: he protected Stride by covering up a murder. Hours later, the police dig up Steve s yard and find a body with a bullet hole in its skull.

Stride is pretty sure he knows who it is. Seven years ago, an out-of-town reporter disappe ...more

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Sep 30, 2020 Tim rated it did not like it

I looked forward to this story after, "Alter Ego." Instead, this goes off the rails and crashes. 1 of 10 stars ...more

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Feb 03, 2021 Jean rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Water falling.

Jonathan Stride was dreaming. A nightmare, really. He’d been having a recurring nightmare for nights on end. In reality, his best friend, Steve Garske, was dying of cancer. Stride’s subconscious was trying to tell him something.
When he sees his friend for the last time, he hears something very strange: “Don’t worry. I found the body after you left, and I took care of it. I buried him.”

Being a police lieutenant, Stride does the right thing and has his friend Drip. Drip. Drip.

Water falling.

Jonathan Stride was dreaming. A nightmare, really. He’d been having a recurring nightmare for nights on end. In reality, his best friend, Steve Garske, was dying of cancer. Stride’s subconscious was trying to tell him something.
When he sees his friend for the last time, he hears something very strange: “Don’t worry. I found the body after you left, and I took care of it. I buried him.”

Being a police lieutenant, Stride does the right thing and has his friend’s yard dug up after the funeral. Sure enough, there’s a body. This turns out to open a Pandora’s box – a 30-year-old unsolved murder, the fact that Stride had lied to his partner Maggie Bie about what happened when he met with the murder victim. A politician is thrust into the spotlight by accusations of a of rape that occurred at that same time. Then comes another twist – his second wife enters the picture, and despite the unpleasantness of their relationship, Stride knows he must find the truth about everything that happened. He is suspended, of course, so he and his wife Serena, also a cop, investigate on their own. Complicating matters is the 18-year-old who lives with them, Cat Mateo, a young woman with a troubled past who simply cannot steer clear of danger.

As usual, Freeman’s writing captures the scenery and spirit of Duluth with Lake Superior and all her moods, lake effect storms, nearby streams and woodlands, and downtown nightlife. Having grown up in nearby Cloquet, it’s always fun to revisit Duluth through Stride’s eyes. And nobody writes twists and turns quite like Brian Freeman. Just when I started thinking quite early on that this plot was too predictable – WHAM! Something happened that I did not expect. That happened several times until – well, until all the other theories were disproven, and eventually there was no one left to blame except _______.

I would strongly suggest reading the Stride books in order. I have read them in order, and I still forgot that Serena was his third wife, not his second! It’s important to know where Cat came from and what she’s been through. It helps me tolerate her a little better, although I do think it’s about time for her to finally get her act together, mature, and move on. There are signals of potential changes for other characters, and I’m curious to see what happens next.

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Oct 20, 2020 Brenda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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If you’re a fan of Brian Freeman’s Jonathan Stride series, I think you’ll really enjoy this book. Much of it is based on an event in Stride’s past. I was puzzled when Andrea was introduced as Stride’s second wife. I don’t recall her at all. I thought Serena was his second. The alternate story line involved Cat. I have a hard time relating to Cat. I wish she’d learn from her bad decisions. She’s 18 now, but with her history, she should know better.

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May 13, 2020 Linda Strong rated it it was amazing

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Jonathan Stride’s best friend, Steve Garske, makes a shocking deathbed confession: he protected Stride by covering up a murder. Hours later, the police dig up Steve’s yard and find a body with a bullet hole in its skull. The victim ... a reporter looking for the woman who made an anonymous claim of rape against a well-known politician.

Stride was the last known person to see this man ... but he's lied to protect someone. Stride is off the case and he is a prime suspect in the man's murder. His pa ...more

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Sep 30, 2020 Ed rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Jonathon Stride is back in stride with a cold case murder mystery in Duluth, MN. All the familiar characters are involved in this complex police procedural riddled with murder, rape, politics, blackmail and sex. Like the preceding books in this ongoing series, the very appealing characters power a fast paced story with surprising twists and turns.

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May 06, 2022 Amos rated it really liked it

Loved catching up with this clan!! Solid character growth and a confounding murder from the past made this chapter in the series one of its best. Duluth or bust!

4 Stars in Stride

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Aug 01, 2020 Ken Fredette rated it it was amazing

I left Duluth when I graduated from UMD in 1969 and then spent 4 years in the U.S. Coast Guard. I really loved Duluth and I wanted to read Funeral for a Friend

Funeral for a Friend (Jonathan Stride #10) by Brian Freeman

to see if he would put any of the places I knew growing up in the book. Brian Freeman did just that starting with the Deeps (his term) off Seven Bridges Road. Made it seem bigger than I remember. Park Point and I have many memories with the Northern Lights and fires, ever walk to the end the easy way through the forest, and then by t ...more

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Sep 13, 2020 Micky Cox rated it it was amazing

Outstanding new episode for the Jonathon Stride series! The narrator definitely helps bring an already very strong plot and characters to life by enhancing the characters personalities with the unique voices he gives them as well as enhancing the emotions of the moment. If you haven't read/listened to the Stride series, you are seriously missing out. Drama, murder, mystery, love, hate, action and so much more rolled into a very cohesive and entertaining plot to keep you listening for hours! ...more

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Jul 11, 2020 Mick Dubois rated it it was amazing

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Lake Superior, Duluth.
The last thing that dying dr. Steve says to his life-long best friend police-chief Jonathan Stride is that he buried the body that (he thinks that) Jonathan killed and that nobody knows about it. Stride knows that he didn’t kill anybody but he has a good idea about the identity of the victim. In his garden, they find the body of Ned Baer, a journalist who disappeared 7 years earlier. Stride was the last man, to see him alive. The journalist came to town to find the woman th Lake Superior, Duluth.
The last thing that dying dr. Steve says to his life-long best friend police-chief Jonathan Stride is that he buried the body that (he thinks that) Jonathan killed and that nobody knows about it. Stride knows that he didn’t kill anybody but he has a good idea about the identity of the victim. In his garden, they find the body of Ned Baer, a journalist who disappeared 7 years earlier. Stride was the last man, to see him alive. The journalist came to town to find the woman that anonymously accused politician Devin Card of raping her when she was 17, a woman that did not want to be found. We learn early in the book that this woman is Andrea, Stride’s ex-wife. Did she kill the journalist herself, did Ned kill him to protect her anonymity, or did the politician kill him to get rid of the whole story? As Stride is a suspect in this case because he lied back then about certain aspects and refuses to talk now apart from swearing that he’s innocent, he’s suspended for the time of the inquest. His old enemy Dan Erickson leads the investigation and he would love nothing better than finding Stride guilty.
There’s also a second case that clouds the family life of the Stride family even more. Cat, the runaway teenager that lives with Jonathan and Serena, receives weird notes and photos of herself that prove that she’s being stalked. Things get from bad to worse and she’s allocated a police bodyguard.

The story starts out really slow and as the suspense builds up, it gains momentum and cannot be stopped anymore. You fall from 1 surprise into the next. There are so many twists and turns that I can’t put a number on them. And when you think that you’ve solved the case, there’s yet another new element that changes the picture again.
It’s a shame that I haven’t found this series earlier on. This is number 10 already and there are several references to things that happened in the past and even though this story depends hugely on this past, it’s perfectly possible to read and enjoy this book without having read the others. I advise you to read them in order as I think it will increase your pleasure.
The story alternates constantly between both storylines and even though both cases have nothing to do with each other apart from both involving the Stride extended family, somehow Freeman manages to bring them together in the end.
I thank Blackstone Publishing and Netgalley for providing me with a free ARC; this is my unbiased and honest review of it. ...more

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Nov 11, 2020 Jeanette rated it it was ok

This book has got to be up for most overrated. A prize with 100's to 1000's of possible entries for 2020 alone, here on Goodreads. A poster just says "neurotic". That's an accurate description. These are cops and responsible adults? No more of these for me.

And why, oh why- would you put up with that attitude and enable an 18 year old brat as if she was doing you a favor by living off of you? Blind leading the blind. Who seem to believe they are eagle eyes on top of it. ...more

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Sep 16, 2020 Mary rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, advance-readers-copy, netgalley

This is the most recent offering in the Jonathan Stride series which is set in Duluth, MN. Freeman does a great job of capturing the setting and characters. I found the ending a bit convoluted, but this was a quick enjoyable read.

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Sep 22, 2020 Gary Regan rated it liked it

I think I have read all of Brain Freeman’s books in the Jonathan Stride series as well as some of his other novels. I have really enjoyed the Stride series set in Duluth I have to admit that I was not overly enthralled with this book as it just didn’t seem as good as the others in the series. I have reached the point where I am tired of reading about the exploits of their quasi adopted daughter Cat. She has become more of a hinderance than an asset from my point of view. That being said, Freeman ...more

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Apr 05, 2021 L Cherry rated it it was amazing

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I love Jonathan Stride! I love Serena! I love Maggie!
This has been one of my all time favorite detective mystery series. The characters are all so full of layers and complications that it feels like they are real. I have listened to this series on audible and I have enjoyed everything about it. The narrator is so consistent with the voices that you have no doubt who is who. I have listened to this series out of order and it has not mattered at all. I have one or two left in the series that I mis ...more

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Apr 20, 2021 Laur rated it it was amazing

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Brian Freeman has quickly rose to the top as one of my very favorite authors! His books are multilayered, full of mystery, with suspense, wit, grit, and humor. They feature realistic emotion inside a sometimes complicated career or relationship. “Funeral For A Friend”, checks all the boxes. Had me hooked from the first to the last page. This is one of Freeman’s best!

Although the book touches on previous novels, Freeman does a great job weaving in the necessary details so that the reader doesn’t ...more

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Jan 10, 2021 Linda rated it really liked it

Compelling drama with a great sweeping setting on Lake Superior. I am starting to like this Stride guy, though I wish he had a different name (too similar to Strider or Cormoran Strike. Come on).
I have read one of the earlier ones in this series and I might go back and fill in the gaps. I like that these can easily be read as standalones though.

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Sep 21, 2020 TheMysteryMO rated it it was amazing

My favorite all-time book is IMMORAL which is book #1 in the Jonathan Stride series. This book might be my 2nd favorite book in the series because it’s a suspenseful page turner of layered mystery and swirling emotion. This book has a series of characters that bring a mystic mystique and lead the reader to an unexpected threshold by the end.

Best read of 2020 for me!

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Oct 18, 2020 Bookreporter.com Mystery & Thriller rated it it was amazing

Brian Freeman and his most popular character, Jonathan Stride, are celebrating their 15th anniversary together. FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, the 10th installment in the series, is perhaps the most moving and heartfelt of all of his stories.

It begins with Stride waking up next to his wife, Serena, after suffering another recurring nightmare in which he is dead. He believes that he is having these terrible dreams because his longtime best friend, Steve Garske, is not far away from finally succumbing to c Brian Freeman and his most popular character, Jonathan Stride, are celebrating their 15th anniversary together. FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, the 10th installment in the series, is perhaps the most moving and heartfelt of all of his stories.

It begins with Stride waking up next to his wife, Serena, after suffering another recurring nightmare in which he is dead. He believes that he is having these terrible dreams because his longtime best friend, Steve Garske, is not far away from finally succumbing to cancer. Stride has always been a closed-off police officer, while Steve is a life-loving family doctor. They will have their most meaningful and confusing conversation when Steve tells Stride not to worry anymore about the Deeps because he buried the body.

While this revelation initially will not mean much to the reader, it really hits home with Stride, who is hearing things he has not thought of in years. Steve passes away, but throughout the funeral, Stride cannot help but try to make sense of his deathbed confession. The Deeps is a dangerous part of the local riverway in Duluth, MN, which people often dare each other to jump in and face. Many have lost that challenge. Seven years earlier, an out-of-town reporter named Ned Baer disappeared and foul play was feared. The last place he was seen was the Deeps, and one of the last people who allegedly saw him was Stride.

This story consumes FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND because it ties in everyone involved in the plot, past and present. Baer had threatened to come forward with a story he came upon that would harm several residents in Duluth, some of whom are now quite powerful. It revolves around a house party attended by Stride's now ex-wife, Andrea Forseth, where she was supposedly raped. Local whispering had always held that the most popular boy at school, Devin Card, was to blame for this heinous act. In the present day, Devin is running for State Attorney General and cannot have past allegations like this resurface to sink his campaign. His friend and campaign manager, Peter Stanhope, will do anything to squash this accusation.

Stride is also in the spotlight, and not in a good way. When Baer’s body is dug up on Steve’s property, Stride becomes the primary suspect in the murder and is temporarily put on suspension from the force as the matter is investigated further. His partner, Maggie Bei, now must work on the case with Dan Erickson, her ex-lover who is not a fan of Stride. While they proceed with their investigation, Stride and his wife begin to conduct their own. The only issue is that Serena, herself a member of the Duluth P.D., is not completely sure of her husband's innocence.

Andrea will be forced to relive the most horrible night of her life, over and over again. At the same time, Devin must face allegations that nearly crushed his family years earlier when he first ran for office. Baer was far from likable, but was the story that he was about to release the truth? If so, was its contents worth killing him over? As Baer's final days are retraced, things are slowly put back together, and every road the investigations go down appears to end without a definite answer. It seems too easy for Stride or Devin to have been behind Baer's death, but sometimes the simplest solution is the correct one.

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND is by far Brian Freeman’s most emotional novel, and to say that the ending is a wild one would be a gross understatement. Jonathan Stride is one of the more complex and therefore likable characters in crime fiction, and this latest entry in the series is a clear standout.

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Sep 25, 2020 Albert Riehle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is another great entry into what has become one of my favorite series. I read this book in two sittings and honestly didn't want to put it down at any point in time.

Freeman has not only created a great hero in his protagonist Jonathan Stride, but he's filled his world with a fun, interesting cast that readers of the series will come to enjoy as much as they do Stride. And they are all on display in this book and their stories and actions all weave together seamlessly. My biggest complaint i ...more

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Dec 03, 2020 Rick rated it it was amazing

I love the Jonathan Stride series. It's what brought me to the magic of Brian Freeman's thrillers and it's this series that make any Freeman book an automatic buy. Funeral for a Friend, like every other Stride books, tells a wonderful story, peopled with flawed yet sympathetic people (I don't even think of them as characters anymore; more like old friends), a mesmerizing sense of place (before reading the Stride books, I never would have been so eager to someday see Duluth, MN), and, of course, ...more

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Jan 18, 2021 Tiger rated it really liked it

Very good entry in the Jonathan Stride series. Stride's best friend makes a death bed confession that sets in motion a whole series of events that keeps the reader guessing until the very end. Good characters-both the series regulars and the newbies- and a solid mystery made this a very enjoyable read. ...more

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Sep 21, 2020 Syeda Sumayya Tariq rated it liked it

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It all starts with the confession of a dying man to his lifelong friend, “Don’t worry you’re safe. I found the body, and buried it.” The only trouble is, the friend is a police officer, and he did not commit the murder.

This book is part of a series but can be read as a standalone too. I think it was a great plot, with multiple characters, each with a very distinct personality and a voice of their own, and their background stories, which all eventually merge towards the end of the story. I liked ...more

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Sep 24, 2020 Darcy rated it liked it · review of another edition

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This was an interesting book, it really made a lot of characters take a look at their lives and have them wondering if they are happy. Not something most people contemplate often.

Stride is at a cross roads in his life, he was before, but the actions in this book make it so much clearer. I liked that with what was happening in this book he was forced to go back to a time in his life that wasn't really happy, with his ex-wife. I feel that by the time things ended he has settled that better in his ...more

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Sep 04, 2020 Naomi rated it it was amazing

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Book: Funeral for a Friend (Jonathan Stride #10)

Author: Brian Freeman

Release date (if applicable): September 22, 2020

Synopsis: Stride’s friend is dying. He has one last secret to tell Stride before he goes. The body of a reporter who was tormenting Stride’s former wife is buried in his yard with a bullet in his head. Who killed him and why are all eyes on Jonathan Stride? While Stride is trying to clear his name, his ward, Cat finds herself with a stalker wh Read my review: https://bit.ly/3bvobAV

Book: Funeral for a Friend (Jonathan Stride #10)

Author: Brian Freeman

Release date (if applicable): September 22, 2020

Synopsis: Stride’s friend is dying. He has one last secret to tell Stride before he goes. The body of a reporter who was tormenting Stride’s former wife is buried in his yard with a bullet in his head. Who killed him and why are all eyes on Jonathan Stride? While Stride is trying to clear his name, his ward, Cat finds herself with a stalker who wants her dead.

My rating: Oh so 5 Stars!

My opinion: So, while 2020 has been a stressful year, I have had numerous great things happen. One of those has been the release of a Jonathan Stride novel two years in the making. Brian Freeman is tops on my list for favorite living American mystery writers and one of the top authors I recommend, so when I saw a Jonathan Stride novel in the works, I became giddy. Brian writes stories and characters that suck the reader in almost immediately. Funeral for a Friend was no exception. I found myself having to make myself stop reading it to make time to continue with other books I am currently reading.

Source: Netgalley for review

Would I recommend? Hell yes! Brian Freeman is my number one recommended living American mystery writer and for good reason. I love reviewing his books because every time I do, I get to introduce new readers to a GREAT mystery writer. Mr. Freeman is fantastic about throwing in great twists and turns that throw readers off until the very end. Funeral for a Friend was no different.

Stand Alone or Part of a Series: Funeral for a Friend is number 10 in the Stride series. Now, authors and publishers hate when I do this, but, particularly with this series, give yourself an extra treat and read the series prior to reading this book. Brian Freeman is one of the most character driven authors I read and he remained true to process in this book. This book has a lot of reference to his past books, so a reader may find themselves lost. Can this book be read as a standalone? Sure, but why not give yourself that little extra treat and meet a great new series?!?!

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Sep 29, 2020 Steve rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

OK, we're in the middle of a pandemic, nothing is happening as planned and then this book drops onto my Kindle on release day. I didn't start it because I wanted to keep it for a while and not rush through it - as I said nothing is going as planned at the moment - I started it as soon as I had finished the current book I was reading. Intending to take my time and make it last - nothing is going as planned - I'm finished and already waiting for the next one.
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May 20, 2020 Linda rated it it was amazing

All right readers! Another winner in the Jonathan Stride series! Mark the month of September, 2020 for the release of this explosive thriller with more twists and turns than a West Virginia mountain road. I have a feeling you will not want to put this one down until the end and boy what an ending it is! I have to tell you I did not see this one coming. This series just keeps getting better and better. Hurry up with the next one, Mr. Freeman!

Highly recommended!

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Oct 19, 2020 Mike rated it liked it

Well, this is my 10th Jonathan Stride and the first nine were all 4-star or better but this one...not so much. Somewhere between two and three star, I reckon. Oh, I finished it, mostly because I know all the characters from the first nine books, but the story(ies) just didn't grab me. Maybe too much Cat (Stride's teenage ward), very little Maggie and Serena and less Stride. Everybody's allowed a swing and a miss, though, so I'll be lined up for #11 if there is one. ...more

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Dec 23, 2020 Roger rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The Jonathan Stride tales are the oldest of Brian Freeman’s series and, in large part because of a familiarity built over ten books, these novels have become the most comfortable and eagerly awaited of all Freeman’s books, at least for me. We know Stride’s extensive backstory without a lot of explanation required and his circle of friends, colleagues, and adversaries has been around long enough to become welcome acquaintances (even some of the less savory characters).

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Sep 27, 2020 Zaveria Taylor rated it it was amazing

This is one of those series I've been reading since the beginning, which has led me to reading all of Freeman's novels, and the latest installment is just as good as the first.

Freeman is an amazing storyteller and always is very good with his twists in his mysteries. This one finds the usual cast of players, but as he so often does, past characters are reintroduced into the story and become center stage, this time being his ex-wife Andrea from the original novel and his good friend Steve who mad This is one of those series I've been reading since the beginning, which has led me to reading all of Freeman's novels, and the latest installment is just as good as the first.

Freeman is an amazing storyteller and always is very good with his twists in his mysteries. This one finds the usual cast of players, but as he so often does, past characters are reintroduced into the story and become center stage, this time being his ex-wife Andrea from the original novel and his good friend Steve who made an appearance in the flashback novel of Goodbye to the Dead when he was diagnosing Stride's first wife Cindy with terminal cancer during flashback scenes. Also, Dan Erickson who was prominent in earlier books including the first reappears.

In this installment, Steve is the friend who is dying unfortunately at the beginning of the book, and we finally get to understand why Andrea was so emotionally detached and fragile as she was in the first book due to a deathbed confession he makes. So 15 years later, you finally get answers to some of those unanswered questions that you might have forgotten from that novel over the years.

Meanwhile, Cat makes another appearance in the novel, and as has been the case in all of his books to this point, another mystery is weaved around another character as the central mystery of the book plays out, this being her. This is something Freeman always does and does well of layering two mysteries in one, and often they come to a head and collide by the end. These two mysteries weren't so interconnected, but they still were related.

Minor quibbles are the sexual attraction seemingly of every woman to Stride, (view spoiler)

Otherwise though, the novel is excellent as always and leaves you wanting to know what's next or what old characters are going to be reintroduced as central characters next time. It took two years to get this latest one, but I hope we're not waiting until 2022 for another one, especially knowing that Freeman is so busy these days with so many projects. ...more

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Nov 20, 2020 Ken Heard rated it it was amazing

It's a good idea to read Brian Freeman's series in order because this, the 10th of the Stride novels, has several characters whose past is important to really get the meaning and impact of the action.

Every time I read one of Freeman's novels, I think it's the best one I've read. Then the next one comes out. Funeral For a Friend is an amazing read with complex plotlines, characters and action. There's a lot of Duluth in the book, too. I grew up in that area and enjoy seeing scenes like the canal, ...more

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Apr 16, 2022 James F. rated it really liked it

Jonathan Stride s best friend, Steve Garske, makes a shocking deathbed confession: he protected Stride by covering up a murder. Hours later, the police dig up Steve s yard and find a body with a bullet hole in its skull.

Stride is pretty sure he knows who it is. Seven years ago, an out-of-town reporter disappeared while investigating anonymous allegations of rape against a prominent politician.

Stride is obviously hiding things. He was the last person to see the reporter alive.

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Brian Freeman is a New York Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers, including the Jonathan Stride and Frost Easton series. His books have been sold in 46 countries and 22 languages. He is widely acclaimed for his "you are there" settings and his complex, engaging characters and twist-filled plots. Brian was also selected as the official author to continue Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne ...more