- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (April 28 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312383657
- ISBN-13: 978-0312383657
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 399 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,573,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Narrated in a wise-old-guy tone that is matched by Lou's knack for getting under people's skin, this debut takes us on a roller-coaster ride of surprises. This winner of the Minotaur Books/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel competition is essential for fans of the genre."--Library Journal
"Gilman's debut keeps the tension strong while showing that Philadelphia isn't just about brotherly love."--Kirkus Reviews
“Gilman has a cop's eye for detail and a hardboiled humor that can't be faked. A palpable evil fills the pages of Father’s Day that is both terrifying and relentless. Gilman writes sharply. His Philadelphia is worth a visit.”—William Lashner, New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Bone
"The best fiction has this feeling that someone's just leaned close to whisper in our ear: 'I've something important to tell you.' Keith Gilman's debut novel has, and sustains, that quality from the first page. You know right away that you're in the hands of a natural and very fine storyteller. Authenticity, voice, the sense of lives beyond the page, all those things we crave as readers and for which we work so hard as writers, tossing the bones, hoping the magic will work--all are solidly, soundly in place."—James Sallis, author of Drive and the Lew Griffin series
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Keith Gilman’s provocative debut is a dark and atmospheric tale of an ex-cop from Philadelphia who must face old ghosts.
Louis Kline, PI, is asked to track down the missing teenage daughter of an old friend. In doing so, he uncovers truths about the alleged suicide of his friend, a fellow officer with the Philadelphia Police Department. They shared accusations that ended both their careers, and a love for the same woman. As Louis further investigates, he comes to understand the tortured life of the girl he’s trying to find, and some truths about himself.
Keith Gilman knows how cops think and he pulls back the curtain on a disturbing vision of a decaying urban world, haunted by shadows of deceit and death. Father’s Day, a novel of great psychological depth and stark visual imagery, is a terrifying exploration of what lies at the heart of our deepest fears.
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"Anonymity might be acceptable to God, but it never sat right with a cop.", April 28 2009
By Luan Gaines "luansos" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Father's Day: A Mystery (Hardcover)
Louis Klein has returned to the scene of his broken life in Philadelphia. A hard-nosed ex-cop, Klein is currently living in his dead mother's house- her murder still unsolved- attempting to honor a long ago commitment to his dead ex-partner, Sam Blackwell. Sam's widow, Sarah, who has a brief history with Lou as well, has begged him to locate her missing daughter, Carol Ann, a deeply troubled teenager. Appealing to Lou's knight-in-shining-armor instincts, however dulled by time, Sarah is not above using her feminine wiles to reveal only what she wants Klein to know about her daughter's recent activities. Married now to a powerful, dangerous man who controls most of the city's movers and shakers, Sarah is a woman who usually gets her way, even though she pays a high price for it. It is up to Klein to sift fact from fiction, to track Carol Ann through the detritus of a rebellious life and unsavory acquaintances.
Like the noir films of the 50s, Gilman's Philadelphia is riddled with crime, graft and corruption, his own path shadowed by a less-than-stellar career, a cop given to excessive force, a troubled marriage and a tenuous relationship with his only daughter, Maggie. Things get rough as soon as Lou begins asking questions and banging heads; people die; a distraught Sarah overdoses. But Klein hangs on like a dog with a bone, refusing to relinquish the little progress he has made. In taking on this case, Lou has opened old wounds to meet the obligation of the past, a process of self-flagellation and determination, revealing his own flaws along with the ugly secrets of Carol Ann, Sarah and Sam Blackwell. Filled with wise guys, weary cops and people stumbling under the burden of past mistakes, this is a humorless, dark tale, Carol Ann's prospects looking worse as the time passes.
Klein retreats to the past to recover his integrity and some small hope for the future, pragmatically cleansed of regrets. Gilman writes of this world with familiarity and compassion, big city America not yet robbed of all its promise, albeit severely damaged. Klein embraces the cop's life, that murky terrain of law and order where well-intentioned men face too much of humanity's depravity to remain unscathed. To walk around with Louis Klein is to understand this particular environment: each step closer to Carol Ann's fate puts Klein on a collision course with his own conscience, his survival in an indifferent world. Luan Gaines/2009.
5.0 out of 5 stars
AWESOME BOOK, May 27 2009
By Harvey J. Pike II - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Father's Day: A Mystery (Hardcover)
I love murder mystry books and this was a wonderful well written book. It had some wonderful twists and turns. Good book thanks Keith
4.0 out of 5 stars
terrific investigative Noir, May 8 2009
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Father's Day: A Mystery (Hardcover)
Louis Klein and Sam Blackwell were partners on the Philadelphia Police Department. Knowing how dangerous their jobs were, they not just had each other's back, they vowed to take care of each others dependents if something happened to one of them. Sam ultimately committed suicide while Louis left the force.
Sam's widow Sarah begs Louis to help her. Her teenage daughter, Carol Ann has disappeared somewhere on the streets of Philadelphia. Mindful of his vow to Sam and having a free spirited daughter of his own, Louis begins the search for Carol Ann, but soon finds out some sleazy information about the Blackwell family.
Though some of the crime scenes detract from an otherwise terrific investigative Noir as they have been overused in books and movies, FATHER'S DAY will hook readers once Klein works the mean streets of the City of Brotherly Love. Klein makes the tale work as he is propelled to find Sam's daughter as much from their joint vows as from the nightmarish thought that this could be his late partner searching for his offspring. Fans will agrees FATHER'S DAY is a worthy winner of the Minotaur Books/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel award.
Harriet Klausner
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