West Heart Kill -- Dann McDorman, Hardcover

LOOKING FOR AN ANYTHING-BUT-ORDINARY WHODUNIT? - Welcome to the West Heart country club. Where the drinks are neat but behind closed doors . . . things can get messy. Where upright citizens are deemed downright boring. Where the only missing piece of the puzzle is you, dear reader.

A unique and irresistible murder mystery set at a remote hunting lodge where everyone is a suspect, including the erratic detective on the scene--a remarkable debut that gleefully upends the rules of the genre.

"A thoroughly original suspense novel that hops across elements of the genre--a diabolical locked-room mystery interspersed with a fascinating primer on the form--while always being tremendous fun to read."--Chris Pavone, best-selling author of Two Nights in Lisbon

An isolated hunt club. A raging storm. Three corpses, discovered within four days. A cast of monied, scheming, unfaithful characters.

When private detective Adam McAnnis joins an old college friend for the Bicentennial weekend at the exclusive West Heart club in upstate New York, he finds himself among a set of not-entirely-friendly strangers. Then the body of one of the members is found at the lake's edge; hours later, a major storm hits. By the time power is restored on Sunday, two more people will be dead . . .

Author: Dann McDorman
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 10/24/2023
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780593537572

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2023 pg. 2
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2023
Booklist 09/01/2023 pg. 49
Publishers Weekly 09/18/2023

About the Author
DANN McDORMAN is an Emmy-nominated TV news producer, who has also worked as a newspaper reporter, book reviewer, and cabinet maker. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.