Dot Dead

by Keith Raffel

Book Overview

When Ian Michaels, a Silicon Valley hotshot, discovers a young, beautiful woman stabbed to death in his house, it takes him a moment to realize that the still-warm corpse is his maid. Far from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073870833X
• ISBN13: 9780738708331
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Midnight Ink
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Unputdown-able

This title caught my eye at the local library and I'm so glad I picked it up. I finished it in 2 days in the middle of a busy week. I do hope Raffel writes again and often.

An Intellectual Romp

No gun battles? No bizarre death scenes? No serial killers? Oh My! No recipes either. So what kind of a mystery can Dot.Dead be without those standard formulas? Answer: A very good mystery - a mystery written and carried out through intellect and believable actions. It all starts when Ian Michaels, a hotshot Silicon Valley executive, is excused from jury duty and arrives home unexpectedly only to be clobbered from behind. That's bad enough, but when his beautiful cleaning lady is found dead in his home the next day, Ian's life as he knows it is set upon a slippery slope only he can make right. Kudos to Keith Raffel for such an entertaining, interesting, and well-crafted novel. I look forward to reading more from him.

Really Kept My Interest

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Having grown up in Palo Alto, I recognized so many places mentioned in it. It also brought back memories of my younger years when they were mentioning the "Palo Alto Times", a local newspaper, which sadly, no longer exists. I have passed this book along to my son and daughter. It was recommended to my by my mother, who had just read it, but passed it along to my sister. I was interested in it because of the local, but soon became engrossed in the storyline. I would recommend it to any fan of mystery novels, no matter where they grew up.

As if Silicon Valley Doesn't Have Enough Intrigue

As a mystery buff, the story plot alone would have been a fun read, but add to that the silicon valley setting and the story takes on even more character for those of us who have fought the start-up wars in the high tech space. Great first effort for Keith Raffel, I hope he continues down the writing path.

This one grabbed (and held!) my attention

I don't usually post reviews of fiction, especially mysteries. But this one caught my eye. You see, author Keith Raffel founded the SaaS CRM provider, UpShot. I was a big fan of UpShot, giving them one of our Willy awards, and was disappointed when they were later sold to Siebel. So now this Renaissance man has turned his attention to the writer's craft. This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. Totally believable. Well paced - good chapter lengths. I spent some time in Silicon Valley and this book brought back quite a few memories, not all of them pleasant. Anyone in high-tech will love this book. The rest of you probably will too! Check it out now!