Ian Michaels, a high tech executive in Silicon Valley, has
had a couple of unfortunate days. The first day he has an
intruder in his house, and the second day he finds a dead
body on his bed. The body belongs to his maid, Gwendolyn
Goldberg. Although he claims that he has never met his
maid face to face, her family and friends seem to think
they were a couple. It soon becomes apparent that Ian is
the number one suspect in Gwen's murder so his top
priorities become clearing his name and finding the true
murderer. Who can he trust? Paul Berk, his boss and
closest friend? Or Rowena, Gwen's older sister? Or even
Officer Fletcher, the police officer who is trying to
befriend him?
Ian begins an investigation of his own by talking to the
people who were closest to Gwen Goldberg: an old roommate,
a rabbi, and an ex-boyfriend. He is following in the
footsteps of the police investigation. He finds out some
information, but most of it can be used to further seal
the case on him. He begins to wonder what secrets Gwen
was hiding from her friends and family, and who would go
to such great lengths to pin him with her murder. Will he
be able to find out the truth before it is too late?
It took me awhile to become interested in DOT.DEAD. There
was nothing wrong with the story line, but it was slow
reading. I believe the problem was in acclimating myself
to a first person point of view, and only being able to
see things from Ian's eyes. As I read further into the
book, I wanted to know what happened next. DOT.DEAD
certainly has a few twists, and it keeps you anticipating
the next bit of information. Keith Raffel has done an
excellent job on his debut mystery.
When Ian Michaels, a Silicon Valley hotshot, discovers a
young, beautiful woman stabbed to death in his house, it
takes him a moment to realize that the still-warm corpse is
his maid. Far from the gray-haired, cookie-baking
grandmother he imagined her to be, Gwendolyn was a stranger
to Ian, but her family, old boyfriend, and the Palo Alto
police seem to think they were a couple. And despite his
best efforts to prove otherwise, the evidence against Ian is
growing. It looks like someone is framing Ian for murder,
but who?
An executive at a tech firm, Ian is anxious to prove his
innocence to his boss and mentor Paul Berk, a Silicon Valley
legend. As the investigation heats up so does Ian's interest
in Gwendolyn's sister, but can she be trusted?
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