Shelley Singer

In this mystery, we start with a bunch of people causing a racket by building an ark. Their leader, the new Noah, has disappeared, but the last thing he said was ‘speed up the flood is coming sooner’. Jake Samson takes on the case and follows clues while entertaining his visiting father and stepmother who have an interesting take on his work, his love life, and his neighbor.

Singer gives us a full view of Oakland California and paints a warm picture of Jake’s friends and show more acquaintances.

I recommend this to anyone who likes a mystery that comes wrapped in interesting, if odd, characters and a lot of suspects. show less

The story, taking place in Marin County, caught my interest. It’s fun to read a book that describes an area you are somewhat familiar with. I enjoyed the story. The characters were definitely colorful, synonymous with the locale. I would read other books by this author.

Samson is asked to investigate the death of a business man when a son's friend is arrested for the murder. Moral of the story is never to run screaming when you find the body of a man you used to know and had an argument with and then lie to the police about it.

Jake Samson, ex-cop, living a laid back life is ask to investigate the death of a professor's wife.
An easy read but not difficult to determine the killer.