The Murder Show

A Novel

By: Matt Goldman

Narrated by: Dan Bittner

The Murder Show is a pulse-racing novel about secrets, old friends, and how the past never leaves us by New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award winning author Matt Goldman!

Showrunner Ethan Harris had a hit with The Murder Show, a television crime drama that features a private detective who solves cases the police can’t. But after his pitch for the fourth season is rejected by the network, he returns home to Minnesota looking for inspiration.

His timing is fortunate — his former classmate Ro Greeman is now a local police officer, and she's uncovered new information about the devastating hit and run that killed their mutual friend Ricky the summer after high school. She asks Ethan to help her investigate and thinks that if he portrays the killing on The Murder Show, the publicity may bring Ricky's killer to justice.

Ethan is skeptical that Ricky's death was anything but a horrible accident, but with the clock running out on his career, he's willing to try anything. It doesn't take long for them to realize they've dug up more than they bargained for. Someone is dead set on stopping Ethan and Ro from looking too closely into Ricky’s death — even if keeping them quiet means killing again...

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Forge.

Critic reviews

<p>Praise for Matt Goldman<br><br>"First-class...The often amusing dialogue flows naturally, the emotional undercurrents ring true, and the mystery itself offers a full complement of suspects and motives. This novel about love, loss, and family ties isn’t to be missed." —<i>Publishers Weekly, </i>starred review, on <i>Carolina Moonset</i><br><br>“Goldman has an unerring ear for snappy dialogue and a poet’s eye for the beauty of nature. This is a compelling story of how the past is never truly the past, and how we make sense of the gifts that are offered us in every present moment. I loved this book.”—William Kent Krueger on <i>Carolina Moonset</i><br><br>“A writer to watch.” —Harlan Coben<br><br>“A perfect blend of light touch and dark story.” —Lee Child on <i>Gone to Dust</i></p>

A Great Story with Interesting Characters

The Murder Shoe has such a carefully crafted plot with many surprising turns. The lead characters are well developed and unique individuals.

NILS NOT NILES

Why would a narrator change the name of arguably the main character in this series (not in this book)? His name is not Niles it's Nils. You should probably stick to the annunciation provided by the author. Matt Goldman has said Nils Shapiro in tons of interviews, never once NILES. I know Nils isn't a large character in this book, but it's still part of the Nils series.

Good story, starts slow but worth it!

Slow start but it does pick up within a reasonable amount of time. I stuck with it because Matt Goldman is a great storyteller and I wasn’t disappointed. I’ve enjoyed every book of his and I have them all in my library. The narrator was good. I do recommend this book.

I didn't love it...

Somehow all the books that do not feature Nils prominently disappoint me. As did this one.

Lack of attention to pronunciation

What the hell is up with the mispronunciation of the name “Nils”? The narrator keeps saying “Niles”! It’s so irritating! I’m guessing the author doesn’t want to or get to have a say in how things get recorded for the audiobooks. This isn’t the first book where that’s the case. It’s like nails on a chalkboard when the narrator mispronounces places in Minnesota for this of us who live here. Not sure if the publisher, the author or producer is the blame, but shame on them. Maybe all of them.