Dead Docket

Katherine Adams Mystery #2

by Mitchell Graham

Katherine Adams and John Delaney have settled into a happy, long distance relationship after the murderous events that threw them together in Majestic Descending. He's a streetwise ex-NYPD detective turned lawyer. She's a hotshot Atlanta lawyer who loves New York but thinks that the Southern Peach is quite a bit of all right. The romance is in full bloom but the miles put a dent in their relationship.When his father's police partner's daughter is killed in a horrific accident in Atlanta, John goes to settle her affairs and get some much needed time with his sweetie. What he discovers about the young woman's current past is anything but sweet…and the facts surrounding her death suggest that it was anything but accidental. John enlists Katherine to help him discover what really happened.Doing so puts Katherine in the path of a killer who will stop at nothing to protect his own past.

400 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 21, 2009

About the author

Mitchell Gross is an American writer and convicted con man, writing under the pen name Mitchell Graham. Gross has written two fantasy series and several mystery novels.

Preceding the publication of those novels, Graham ran a fictional writing contest called the "Delmont-Ross Writing Contest". The Writer Beware website run by the SFWA investigated that contest, and . Gross has made similar claims of a history as a world-class fencer and a movie project with Steven Spielberg for which no evidence can be found.

Gross was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison in 2012 for defrauding two women and one couple of more than $6.5 million.

Series:
* The Fifth Ring
* Katherine Adams Mystery

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was good, but almost too intense. One night when I was reading it I told Andrew it was getting too scary and I was afraid I was going to have nightmares.

[Joel W9NXM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and suspenseful. Several parts of the text appear that they were not edited by proofreaders?? Pretty unusual.

[ItBetterBeGood · Rating 5 out of 5]

I heard about this author from friends who know that this book is the sequel to "Majestic Descending" and is currently in production to become one of two Bruce Willis movies, the first coming out in July 2011, so I had to read it. I was up all night reading Majestic, then within five minutes, I literally put on my shoes to drive to the book store to purchase "Dead Docket". I finished it the next day. That's how good these two books are. I really cannot remember being so happy about time spent with a modern day mystery in quite some time. Thank you, Mitchell Graham!

The plots and characters in both of these books are AWESOME! You really will be stunned by the endings and this author is hopefully going to be translated into terrific new movie thrillers -- everything a writer, director and actor could possible hope for is in these books, so I hope they don't mess it up.

Regardless, it is always a joy to find a fresh new voice that isn't the usual formula so many of the big name writers keep churning out in what seem to be a never ending pipeline of the same old, same old. Finally a work of original ideas that rolls along really fast and smooth. Graham puts the twist and turn back into this genre and I loved every minute of it.

Both are must reads which you don't have to read in order, but if you read one you will want to read the other. Either way, you'll thank me if you aren't too tired after staying up all night -- twice! I'd start on a Saturday morning...

[Mike Zinn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm seen some rather negative reviews of this book - but I thought it was just fine. It's light reading, not great literature. Mitchell Graham surely isn't Lee Child. But this was still a very nice quick read. It kept me interested and totally glued to it for the last 100 pages - and the earlier pages weren't bad at all either. I really enjoyed the characters and would probably read another book from this author without hesitation.

[Marti · Rating 3 out of 5]

John Delaney and Katherine Adams are an interesting couple. He used to be an NYPD detective and is now a lawyer, while she is a brainy Atlanta attorney. They volunteer to settle the affairs of the daughter of a family friend. This story is quite complicated, with a number of other persons playing a role before it is over.

[Linn · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book was badly written, edited and proofread

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set in NY and Atlanta - mystery.

[Angela Kitchen · Rating 4 out of 5]

good suspense, good writing.