Don't Ever Get Old
A Mystery
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4.1 • 35 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
When Buck Schatz, senior citizen and retired Memphis cop, learns that an old adversary may have escaped Germany with a fortune in stolen gold, Buck decides to hunt down the fugitive and claim the loot. But a lot of people want a piece of the stolen treasure, and Buck's investigation quickly attracts unfriendly attention from a very motley (and murderous) crew in Daniel Friedman's Don't Ever Get Old, nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Friedman's excellent debut introduces a highly unusual hero, 87-year-old, politically incorrect Buck Schatz, a former member of the Memphis PD, who's become a living legend. Schatz's memory is less and less reliable, and his physical decline is making his world "a gradually shrinking circle." That circle becomes a good deal larger after he agrees to a request to visit Jim Wallace, a soldier he served with in WWII who's on his deathbed. Wallace reveals that Heinrich Ziegler, the SS officer who ran the POW camp where both Schatz and Wallace were imprisoned, survived the war. On top of that shocker, Wallace reveals that he facilitated the Nazi's escape in exchange for a gold bar. Schatz's furious reaction accelerates Wallace's demise and sets off a frantic search for Ziegler and the treasure he still possesses. Friedman makes his limited lead plausible, and bolsters the story line with wickedly funny dialogue.
Customer Reviews
A strange book
A strange book but very entertaining and funny ... Also a little sad.
Don't Ever Get Old
Reading the review and seeing it as a nomination for an Edgar, the anticipation was great. the story let me down-Especially the convience of killing off the "bad guy"....
Don't ever grow old
This is a wonderful read. I hope the author writes more like this. I could not put the book down. It is wonderful story.