Great Gatsby Murder Case

David Finkle

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Book cover for Great Gatsby Murder Case

Great Gatsby Murder Case

Great Gatsby Murder Case

David Finkle

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Description

On a beautiful spring day in New York City, writer Daniel Freund receives two surprises. First he finds a long sought after 1953 edition of The Great Gatsby free for the taking on the steps of a building right down the block. The other occurs when he brings home his treasure, begins to read it and sees the words lift off the page and start rearranging themselves. After a few moments he realizes he is being sent a message that there has been a murder. Prompted by The Great Gatsby itself, Freund begins an investigation. Guarding the brownstone's premises is notorious nosy neighbor Ms. Estelle Belfer, who is only too happy to share the details: a death in a locked room a few years back, deemed an open-and-shut suicide by the police. Freund eventually wrangles his way into the non-crime scene and finds there is a lot more to the story. Now, wildly curious and determined to find out what really happened (and coming home to a book becoming more noisy, insistent, and emotional), he delves deeper and deeper into the case.


Critical Reviews

"Finkle offers a whimsical take on the locked-room mystery in this entertaining supernatural whodunit... It's a gleeful good time." -Publisher's Weekly

"Finkle is that rare writer who achieves great effects without seeming to try." -Roger Ebert

"Lovely writing, smart and insightful." -Avery Corman, author of Kramer Versus Kramer

"David Finkle is a New York based writer...who knows his setting well, describing the city and its denizens vividly. He strews bon mots through the narrative like a man feeding pigeons in the park, and deftly guides the reader through the increasingly complex thought processes.'" -Barbara Bamberger Scott, Chanticleer Book Reviews

"Finkle's droll and knowing prose snaps, crackles and pops with high and low brow." -John Lahr

"Author David Finkle has written a masterpiece that digs deep into the feelings, emotions, and quirks of human beings.'" -Kristi Elizabeth, San Francisco Book Review

"Finkle's writing can be enjoyably playful, even within the constraints of his chosen genre." -Foreword Reviews

"Finkle's prose is lean and energetic, and he thankfully wastes little time attempting to establish a sense of verisimilitude." -Kirkus Reviews

Publishing Information

Publisher: Plum Bay Publishing, LLC
Pub date: 2024-11-15
Length: 246 pages

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