Reviews for Death Is Forever/a Change of Clients

The average rating for Death Is Forever/a Change of Clients based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-12-21 00:00:00 Wolfgang Wallmeier First book in this series, Delilah West is a Private Investigator. Her husband, Jack, used to be her partner until he was murdered 6 months ago. The killer was never found. Still grief-stricken, she’s obsessing with finding the man who killed her husband. When she gets a lead, she goes for it.. only to wake up in a dirty, dingy hotel room with a dead man. It takes a few minutes, but she identifies him as the murderer. Cops come to an early conclusion that this was a revenge killing … and Delilah is the # 1 suspect. Now on the run, not only from the cops, but from whoever hired a hit man, she doesn’t know who she can trust. This book is like a throw-back to the early days of mystery books ….. smoke-filled rooms, cops who may or may not be the good guys… phone booths on every corner with not a mention of a pager or cell phone. I really liked the backstory of Delilah and Jack. I came away knowing who Delilah is and why she is the way she is. The mystery is solid and the book well-written. There are several other books in this particular series … I plan on reading them all. Many thanks to Brash Books for the digital copy.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-18 00:00:00 Michael Evans Captivating Main Character What you need to know about this book is that it was originally published around 1981. Heroine Delilah West was one of the first of the modern female private investigators. Ms. O'Callaghan wrote 13 novels and a short story collection. She was nominated for both the Anthony and Bram Stoker awards. Private Eye Writers of America honored her with their lifetime achievement award, The Eye, for her contribution to the field for her novels and short fiction featuring Delilah West. I say all this as a way of telling you not to judge her stories by contemporary standards. We're all so knowledgeable now about criminal investigation. That wasn't true in 1981 when her ground-breaking novel was published. Death is Forever is still a captivating story so read it for the deft characterization, gritty action, and rising tension.