Dead West

The Nils Shapiro Series, Book 4

By: Matt Goldman

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

In the words of Lee Child on Gone to Dust, “I want more of Nils Shapiro.” New York Times best-selling and Emmy Award-winning author Matt Goldman happily obliges by bringing the Minneapolis private detective back for another thrilling stand-alone adventure in Dead West.

Nils Shapiro accepts what appears to be an easy, lucrative job: find out if Beverly Mayer’s grandson is foolishly throwing away his trust fund in Hollywood, especially now, in the wake of his fiancée’s tragic death. However, that easy job becomes much more complicated once Nils arrives in Los Angeles, a disorienting place where the sunshine hides dark secrets.

Nils quickly suspects that Ebben Mayer’s fiancée was murdered, and that Ebben himself may have been the target. As Nils moves into Ebben’s inner circle, he discovers that everyone in Ebben’s professional life - his agent, manager, a screenwriter, a producer - seems to have dubious motives at best.

With Nils' friend Jameson White, who has come to Los Angeles to deal with demons of his own, acting as Ebben’s bodyguard, Nils sets out to find a killer before it’s too late.

©2020 Matt Goldman (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

Needs a different performer

Enjoy the Nils Shapiro book series but Bronson Pinchot is not a good performer for the characters. I should have read the book instead of listened!!

Has this narrator ever heard people talk?

I have never been so distracted from an audiobook by the narrator before listening to this. It’s unfortunate too because the book was well written and engaging from what I can tell, enough for me to stick through the terrible narration for 8 hrs. Who the hell let this guy read for this book!? Did they only do it in one take? There were moments when the narrator would be doing a character one way then seemingly forget how they had sounded previously, as well as just god awful impersonations on women and African Americans (almost insulting). Not only that but the narrator go from barely audible to yelling in sections as well as clearly not understanding the context of certain conversations or urgency’s. Please never let this guy narrate again.

Great Story; Narration Abysmal

This is the best story/dialogue by far of Matt Goldman’s Nils Shapiro. Great dialogue. However, the narration is horrible. Bronson Pinchot has a very limited range of voices and strange pacing and inflection. Most of his characterizations are in the bass level and so low-pitched as to be unintelligible and/or difficult to hear. I was constantly turning up the volume to try to hear those voices. MacLeod Andrews, the narrator of the first three books in this series was excellent. Not sure why he wasn’t narrating this book. I hung in there and tolerated Pinchot’s efforts, but barely. I will definitely not buy another Audible book if he is the narrator. The story/plot made this book enjoyable, but not a home run thanks to Pinchot.

Will the real Nils Shapiro Please Stand?

I can’t even continue to read this book! I want MacCleod Andrews back!! Bronson Pinchot is horrible.

Great murder mystery series!!!

I’ve read all of the books in this series of murder mysteries Matt Goldman has published to date
Absolutely the best!! I hope there are more to come
His wit, sarcasm , interesting characters and plot lines, make each book pure joy to listen to

Mc cloud Andrews was the narrator for each book in this series up until Dead West. I was very disappointed in the narration of Dead West.