Dead of Winter

by Michael Allegretto

A small-time bookie is blown up in his daughter's car after he appeals to private investigator Jake Lomax to help him discover the cause of her disappearance

Genres: Mystery

247 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1989

About the author

Michael Allegretto (b. 1944) is an American author of thrillers and mystery fiction best known for creating Colorado private detective Jacob Lomax. He made his debut in 1987 with Death on the Rocks, a story of murder, blackmail, and pornography that introduced Allegretto’s only series character: Jacob Lomax, an ex-cop who becomes a private detective after the brutal murder of his wife.

Reviews

[Christine Mathieu · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my second Jake Lomax book and I enjoyed it even more than # 1.
This was # 3, I'm now waiting for the second volume which I requested at the library.
Michael Allegretto wrote the Jacob Lomax series, before he wrote his two master pieces "Night of the Reunion" and "Shadow House", both stand-alone crime novels.
I can highly recommend his books.

[Harry Lane · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fairly standard PI novel. In its favor, good atmospherics of Denver and Colorado and an interesting refresher of early personal computing (copyright is 1989.) I didn't like the plotting; it was overly convoluted and the main character just didn't seem believable.