The Shallows

The Nils Shapiro Series, Book 3

By: Matt Goldman

Narrated by: Macleod Andrews

In the words of Lee Child on Gone to Dust, "I want more of Nils Shapiro." New York Times best-selling and Emmy Award-winning author Matt Goldman happily obliges by bringing the Minneapolis private detective back for another thrilling, stand-alone adventure in The Shallows.

Business is booming for private investigator Nils Shapiro and his partners.

Lawyer Todd Rabinowitz is found tied to the dock outside his Minnesota home with a fishing stinger through his jaw. His widow, Robin Rabinowitz, calls Nils to the crime scene and asks him to investigate her husband's savage murder. She's not the only one. Soon, Nils has more job offers than he can handle. Robin's boyfriend. Todd's partner at his law firm. One of Todd's clients, a polarizing Congressional candidate. The local police, in over their heads. The FBI.

Their motives are complicated at best, and as Nils unravels the convoluted case, the bodies pile up. Someone doesn't want him to discover what happened to Todd, and won't stop until they silence Nils as well.

©2019 Matt Goldman (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Not the best in the series

After the first 2 Nils Shapiro books I was sure I had found my new favorite detective series. The Shallows was something of a disappointment- not nearly as good as the first 2. The story was not particularly believable and Nils’ personal life goes in an unexpected direction- whether it’s good or bad for the series remains to be seen. What was really missing in this book was the humor I found so engaging in the first 2 books. The Shallows was not as witty or entertaining as I expected and was more of a run-of-the mill PI story. I liked the first 2 books enough to hold out hope for future Nils Shapiro stories but this one was just ordinary. Narrator does an excellent job with what he has to work with.

Nills is the Man !

Fantastic ! 3rd installment... cant wait for more ...keep them coming ! McCloud Andews brings the story to life !

Political sentiments are triggering but shouldn’t be

It’s interesting how accurate reviews are if can blend them all together. It’s a good page turner, quicker than the first 2 books for awhile but then the loose ends go on awhile in an anti climactic fashion.
It’s about a political campaign so of course there are characters with objectionable views. Goldman asserts in multiple ways that picking a side forces you to take the good with the bad in the people on your side. Try not to let that detract. (I suspect this same book 5-10 years ago would have triggered almost no one.)

Why Nils is still unhappy about loving and being loved by his Xwife is a continuing mystery as in the 2 prior books. And there are again supernumerary shallow characters.
Overall I liked it a lot. Important to me was absence of distracting technical errors. In many thrillers, there are dozens of “that couldn’t happen” moments and very few here.

I’m Hooked!

I can’t wait to read the next book in this series. I’m DEFINITELY HOOKED on Matt Goldman’s work!

Worth the time

I’m liking the series. It’s interesting, funny and not too dark. There are continued to be some editing issues but again it’s not significant.