SILVER FALCHION, DERRINGER, THRILLER, MACAVITY, and SHAMUS AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
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RICHARD HELMS
GREAT WHITE
DERRINGER AND SHAMUS AWARD-WINNING SAN FRANCISCO SLEUTH EAMON GOLD RETURNS IN A THRILLING NEW ADVENTURE!
San Francisco private investigator Eamon Gold (Brittle Karma; Doctor Hate) juggles two dangerous assignments in this new tale by multiple award-winning author Richard Helms.
A year ago, upscale loanshark Sam Brownlee hired Eamon Gold to locate his missing wife. Now, Brownlee is on trial for her murder, and renowned defense attorney Wilson Varnadore hires Gold to find any evidence that might exonerate him.
Varnadore also wants Gold to look into the matter of Libby Cordelia Hackney, a brash young PI who has been arrested for the murder of her client, a radio station owner.
In the course of his investigation, Gold encounters privileged housewives, dangerous Armenian gangsters, one disgruntled cop who holds a longstanding grudge against him and another who distrusts him, white supremacist drug dealers, identity forgers, and more murder than any private eye should face—if that private eye isn’t named Eamon Gold.
Great White, the 27th novel by Silver Falchion, Derringer, Thriller, Macavity, and Shamus Award-winning author Richard Helms, will be available on all online bookseller sites on June 1, 2026!
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR GREAT WHITE
by RICHARD HELMS
"EDITORS' PICK! A two-time Shamus Award winner, Helms makes the rhythms of close investigative work fascinating, and creates narrative tension from uncertainty and misdirection rather than sudden plot twists. He revels in the nuances of well-constructed, character-driven detective fiction: the waiting, the small deductions, the careful reading of what is said—and what isn’t. Immersed in the process of incremental discovery, Gold winnows out kernels of truth from piles of excess information, and is gradually entangled in a web of deception, hidden debts, suspect motives, and long-held resentments. Eamon Gold finds himself swimming with sharks in Great White, and Helms brings his survival instinct to the forefront.
Takeaway: Classic, compelling gumshoe mystery with rich investigative ingenuity."
--Publishers Weekly Booklife
"Trouble reliably finds an aging but clever private eye in Helms’ witty mystery novel... This entertaining fifth entry in Helms’ series features an older and mostly wiser Eamon, who’s pondering his legacy. (His protégé, Sonny, is quite content with his role as a security director at a Hawaiian resort.) In former cop Libby, Eamon and his paramour, Heidi, see a very rough diamond needing some polish. Helms takes an intriguing approach to the narrative, starting in the present, then flashing back to a year earlier, then proceeding slowly back to the present. Given all the affairs, keeping track of everyone’s motives can be difficult, but it’s energizing to try to solve the mysteries along with Eamon.
An engrossing thriller built around a strong central character... VERDICT: Get It!"
--Kirkus Reviews
