The Big Hello and the Long Goodbye

By Peter, Gessner

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591332001
• ISBN13: 9781591332008
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Hilliard & Harris Publishers
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A stylish and interesting read.

All the issues that are currency in the best detective fiction are here......... obsession with the truth, a strong sense of place, the poignancy of the detective's choice of his mission over the chance for love. In addition, there is the timeliness of the two stories this book deals with -- the pain of immigrant life, and the sleezy convergence of industry, greed and family secrets. It's all here, with style and surprises. Have fun!!

The art of mystery is in the style

The first novel in a proposed series set in San Francisco, "The Big Hello and the Long Goodbye" features a fifty-something private detective who takes on two seemingly unrelated cases - the horrific 'Honor Killing' of a sister by her brother within a Palestinian American family and a missing persons case involving a Ted Kacynski-type eccentric math professor who's gone missing and may be a danger to himself and others. Written by a real San Francisco Private Eye who combines street smarts with a sympathetic yet critical take on people living on the margins of the City by the Bay. Timely and well crafted, this is a gripping and carefully-observed novel in the grand tradition of another San Francisco author and one-time private detective, Dashiell Hammett.

Great read!

This book really rings true, probably because the author is a real live private eye so he knows his stuff. Interesting story, well-written. A must-read.