Big Black Hole

By Wilma Kahn

Book Overview

PI Gayle Fisher needs to leave town fast. While she debates how to accomplish that, a new client walks in and gives her the perfect route. The case seems a little iffy, but the client insists that his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189234341X
• ISBN13: 9781892343413
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Oak Tree Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Ride

Female P.I. Gayle Fisher needs a job but gets more than that with an investigation into a supposed suicide in the sleepy resort town of Shore Haven, Michigan. In the same vein as Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels and Alexander McCall Smith's "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" books, Wilma Kahn delivers a compelling read full of vivid images, sparkling dialogue, and continually escalating threats to Gayle's life.

A great read at the beach...or anywhere

Wilma Kahn takes the reader on a jaunty pursuit with Gayle Fisher,PI. Gayle is confident yet cautious, quirky yet professional. Her escapades with family, lover, co-workers and the many locals that haunt the shores, are as authentic as the sand laced through any visit to a Michigan beach. As Gayle navigates her way toward the truth about the Montague family, her wit and compassion create a character to be admired. The sassy PI will have readers both chuckling and looking over their shoulders.

You'll Enjoy this Book!

In Big Black Hole, author Wilma Kahn introduces Gayle Fisher, a young private detective who urgently needs a job. When she is asked to investigate an apparent suicide in nearby Shore Haven, she readily agrees. Upon arrival in the small lakeside community (where tourists are breathlessly desired yet barely tolerated), she accepts employment in the victim's household, and uncovers evidence that the death was not at all what it appeared to be. Though the people she encounters seem harmless enough, it soon becomes apparent that she is in grave danger. There is a secret that someone is desperate to keep. Big Black Hole offers engaging characters, an appealing setting, and a well-constructed plot which, after many twists and turns, builds to a dramatic and totally unexpected climax. I strongly recommend this book.

Big Black Hole

I just adored Big Black Hole. The author, Wilma J. Kahn, transports the reader to Lake Michigan for this half-farcial, half-serious novel about a young female P.I. Gayle Fisher. Not only does she electrocute her own cell-phone, but she also takes on a murder that the Shore Haven police want to sweep under the carpet. I wholeheartedly recommend this novel to anyone who loves detective fiction, good writing, and abundant wit.

A mystery you won't want to miss!

Big Black Hole, written by Wilma J. Kahn, initiates a playful detective series that promises to be as addictive as Lay's potato chips. Her detective is the single, attractive, and broke Gayle Fisher who has inherited her father's PI business. Rather than continue his specialty of photographing cheating spouses, Gayle takes on any job that comes her way. Right now, her biggest task is to discover who hanged flautist Eleanor Montague. This job takes Gayle to Shore Haven, the touristy beach community on Lake Michigan where Eleanor lived with her piano-obsessed husband, her caregiver sister-in-law, and her Alzheimer-afflicted father-in-law, the famous pianist Dennis Montague. The plot is fast paced and spiked with small subplots that lift the book off the ground on page one and keep it airborne until the astonishing end. Gayle tells her own story, and her voice adds a charming mix of heart and adroit wit to her risky adventures. Her descriptions are precise and, although Gayle admits to being a liar by profession, straightforward. Gayle might get her heart from her female relatives, the McKenzie clan, but that clever Fisher tongue is what sets her apart from her organist sister. It allows her to spar, in and out of bed, with super-sexy Lieutenant Leversee and to temper the dangers she faces with an ironic perspective. Kahn places the mystery in the pseudonymous towns of Collingwood and Shore Haven in southwest Michigan, and her sense of place is exquisite. I look forward to reading Gayle's next adventures trailing suspects around the city streets and shorelines of Michigan.