Peter Pan Must Die (Dave Gurney, No. 4): A Novel

John Verdon

Jul 2014 · A Dave Gurney Novel Book 4 · Sold by Crown

About this ebook

In John Verdon’s most sensationally twisty novel yet, ingenious puzzle solver Dave Gurney brings his analytical brilliance to a shocking murder that couldn’t have been committed the way the police say it was.

The daunting task that confronts Gurney, once the NYPD’s top homicide cop: determining the guilt or innocence of a woman already convicted of shooting her charismatic politician husband -- who was felled by a rifle bullet to the brain while delivering the eulogy at his own mother’s funeral. 

Peeling back the layers, Gurney quickly finds himself waging a dangerous battle of wits with a thoroughly corrupt investigator, a disturbingly cordial mob boss, a gorgeous young temptress, and a bizarre assassin whose child-like appearance has earned him the nickname Peter Pan.

Startling twists and turns occur in rapid-fire sequence, and soon Gurney is locked inside one of the darkest cases of his career – one in which multiple murders are merely the deceptive surface under which rests a scaffolding of pure evil.  Beneath the tangle of poisonous lies, Gurney discovers that the truth is more shocking than anyone had imagined.
 
And the identity of the villain at the mystery’s center turns out to be the biggest shock of all.

Ratings and reviews

This was my first book of John Verdon. I like to read the crime/mystery/thriller novels and this book was satisfying. The story makes you to read another page to find out the rest of the ongoing event. Just it is good to mention that the final 20 pages of the book contains the result and before reaching to that point, the story, events and findings are explained a little bit slower than what you might expect. Although there are 2 chapters in the book that completely don't relate to the main story and are about preparing a place or shelter for the animals and you can easily ignore those chapters without any hesitation. I looked for special relevance between those chapters and the main story from start to the end but there was nothing. Some authors used to put the small stories inside the main story, but i like to see a small or even very small relevance or application of the sub-story at the end to the whole picture, but i did not managed to find a thing. Anyway the story was good and i will go for the second one in the series.

Fine writing... Bit of an implausible ending.

It's really nothing new for the series. If you like Verdon's other novels, then you may also enjoy this one.

About the author

JOHN VERDON is a former Manhattan advertising executive who lives with his wife in the mountains of upstate New York.  His first three Dave Gurney novels, Think of a Number, Shut Your Eyes Tight, and Let the Devil Sleep, are all international bestsellers.