A DEATH IN PILSEN
By: Robert Goldsborough
Publisher: Echelon Press
Genre: Mystery
Series: A Snap Malek Mystery, Book 3
ISBN-10: 1590805313
ISBN-13: 978-1590805312
Pages: Paper: 259
Price: Paper: $12.99US
Family is family, right?
Set in 1946, post-World War II, Steve “Snap” Malek is home from England, where he was a foreign correspondent, and back to his old beat, police reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Back were his cronies and editors are glad to have him, besides the regular hours work better for a newly married man.
Mr. Goldsborough is an exceptional writer. My favourite authors have been Louis L’Amour, Mickey Spillane, Rex Stout and Erle Stanley Gardner, to name just a few, as they all capture the atmosphere and characters. They do not place you outside the story nor do you feel you are watching it unfold (which is still a good read), in their stories all your senses are involved, almost literally. Mr. Goldsborough has accomplished these same strengths.
Mr. Goldsborough is a must for any mystery fan’s library.
“A Death In Pilsen” is a simple murder mystery. Charlie Malek is arrested for murdering his British-born war bride. Now it’s up to Snap to prove Charlie innocent.
A simple whodunit expertly written.
Mr. Goldsborough weaves his tale of murder as he shows us the dreams of the young women who were war brides. He brings the real April 1946 tragic Burlington Line passenger train wreck to life, while engaging us with the biography of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
And it was my pleasure to learn Mr. Goldsborough has written seven Nero Wolfe murder mysteries, bringing that series back to life.
Mr. Goldsborough is now a staple in my personal library.