Monday, 26 October 2026

Book Review: Almost Dead by James J Murray

 

Book Review

 


Basic Details:

Book Title: ALMOST DEAD: A Murder Mystery

Subtitle: A Detective Rosie Young/Vince Mendez Thriller Novel Book 1

Author: James J. Murray

Genre: Crime,Thriller & Mystery

Part of a series? Yes

Order in series: 1

Best read after earlier books in series? N/A

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28690346

 

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

When detectives Rosie Young and Vince Mendez attend a post-mortem, they find the body missing. Even more surprisingly, the mother of the victim reports her daughter is alive and well. What is happening?

What I liked about the book:

I enjoyed the book in its entirety.

What I didn’t like about the book:

There was nothing I didn’t like about the book.

My favourite bits in the book:

Where one of the victims helps to solve the case.

My least favourite bits in the book:

I enjoyed the entire book.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This is the first in a series, and I look forward to reading more.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This book is a crime and murder mystery story.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book to the following readers:

 

Children

No

Young Adult

Yes

Adult

Yes

 

If you like crime and detective stories, this book may be the book for you.

 

I look forward to reading more books by this author.

Book Description by Author:

Detectives Rosie Young and Vince Mendez chase an elusive villain when not one but two victims turn up alive less than twenty-four hours after their death. The body count continues to climb as the detectives investigate how two seemingly unrelated victims share an almost identical near-death experience but have no memory of the event. The trail of evidence leads to starting revelations of deceit, greed and an international conspiracy in this entertaining murder mystery.

About the Author:

James has experience in both pharmaceutical manufacturing and clinical patient management. Medications and their impact on a patient’s quality of life has been his expertise. His secret passion of murder and mayhem, however, is a whole other matter. An obsession with reading murder mysteries and thrillers left him longing to weave such tales of his own. Drawing on past clinical expertise as a pharmacist and an infatuation with the lethal effects of drugs, James creates short stories and novels that will have you looking over your shoulder and suspicious of anything in your medicine cabinet. He lives with his wife and an opinionated cat in the Great Northwest.

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