Watch Me Die by Lee Goldberg

He's bored and wants a little more excitement in his life.  Sitting in a security shack and watching cars and cameras isn't cutting it.  So a chance to play private investigator sounds intriguing...


Mr. Goldberg sent me a copy of this for review (thank you).  It was previously published as The Man With the Iron On Badge, but it has been republished under this title and with a new cover.


One thing Mr.Goldberg seems to do in his stories is take quiet, unassuming men into abnormal situations.  The experiences always change the men into something else; sometimes bad, sometimes good but they change.  This author imagines situations that would never occur to me. I'm always anxious to see just what he's come up with for the new story.  And I haven't been disappointed yet.


This begins innocently enough:  A resident of the complex he provides security for asks him to follow his wife during his off hours and find out where she goes and what she's doing.  Harvey is no ball of fire, but he'd love to emulate Travis McGee and get a boat and the babes that McGee does.  So he decides this is his perfect opportunity to get started in the field.  Of course, he buy real cheap supplies from the money the husband has given him and doesn't know what he's doing, but how hard can it be?


Harvey is actually headed down a road to horror, but he doesn't understand this yet.  The horror started years ago and is still tangible and the people involved all have ties to each other.  And Harvey walks into the middle of it with no knowledge about the cause, danger or consequences.


This is a fast paced story with all kinds of secrets that finally come to light as Harvey continues his investigation.  Mr. Goldberg grabs your attention and drags you down the black hole to the solution of the case.  It also has a very ironic ending.  


Why not get yourself a copy and see if you could have imagined this ending?  I sure couldn't...


Happy reading.