Jrand wrote a lovelier than lovely review of Some Days Are Murder:
Well Bruce Kimmel has done it again with his mystery novel "Some Days Are Murder". Former author's agent turned PI - Harry Stearns is our intrepid hero here. A former client has been murdered and his wife Helen wants Harry to find out whodunit. Traveling around the city of LA - and nobody knows LA geography better than Kimmel - Stearns goes behind the police in interviewing friends of the couple.
Everyone is a suspect and Kimmel's descriptions of them and their varied abodes are as enjoyable as anything else. Each of the characters is a one of a kind personality and are drawn so well in just a few sentences that you feel you know them as well as you know - your own friends. This is true although a few of them you would drop from your circle, probably.
Who killed Bill Forrester? Well it takes Harry about 18 days to figure it out. Each chapter is a day in his investigation and each day he gets a step closer to the killer - or does he? Even Miss Marple needs clues to solve a mystery and Harry doesn't seem to find any.
The chapter breaks are natural stopping points, unless you are like me and can't put the book down. It's like a film noir mixed with a 1950's PI television show like Mike Hammer or Peter Gunn.
If you like a good mystery story where YOU are part of the investigation team and want to put your own skills to work, you will love this book. I did NOT put a finger on the culprit - even though I was sure I had it figured out. It's a great book for fans of mysteries and/or fans of Kimmel's unique writing style. It's a step back in time - Harry drives a 1964 Pontiac Tempest - but it's as contemporary as can be.
And I haven't even mentioned Harry's secretary Bernice who is right out of the Gail Patrick-Eve Arden school of none-of-your business! Buy it, cheapskate, just click the button!
