A review by thebeardedpoet
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman

3.0

The Minneapolis setting is central this mystery, as if the city were an essential character in the book. The cold winter weather also gets thorough attention. The detective Nils Shapiro knows his city and his climate, demonstrating several times that he has the ability to recognize out-of-towners who are unprepared for the harsh Minneapolis conditions. The murder investigated here is devious and extremely well planned. I won't spoil it by any details. The humor is also good throughout. While reading aloud to my wife, I had to edit out quite a bit of profanity though. I also edited out the multi-page sex scenes (the detective with various partners), of which there were three (I think?). I won't rush to read another in this series mainly due to that necessity for editing. My wife said she enjoyed the book, but of course, she got the edited version!