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"I wanted to give this 4 stars. I really did. I hardly ever give 5 stars. But this book won me over: Hard. Just, trust me. Read this book!" -NetGalley Reviewer
"Klein takes us deeply into the psyches of Raymond and Jesse. I didn't feel like I was reading about them; I felt like I was experiencing them." -David Rabin, award-winning author of In Danger of Judgment
"A slick, mesmeric read And the Dead Shall Live has all the hallmarks of a genre classic and is an unreservedly recommended Golden Quill read."-Book Viral Reviews
"David Shawn Klein's sophomore thriller has readers rooting for an underdog duo on an epic quest for redemption-like Howard Hughes teaming with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo to fight injustice!" -Cam Torrens, author of False Summit
"And the Dead Shall Live by David Shawn Klein is a killer thriller. This is one author to watch, and I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a thriller they can truly immerse themselves in." -Readers' Favorite
"An absorbing tale of damaged souls struggling to heal as they track down evil." -Kirkus Reviews
"This wildly imaginative psychological thriller is David Shawn Klein's best book yet." -BestThrillers.com
My short story, "Monster Case," about a high school senior who tries to solve the mystery of a suicide, appears in the December issue of Mystery Magazine.
Nicholas Litchfield, editor of the Lowestoft Chronicle, reviews And the Dead Shall Live, below.
Recently, David Shawn Klein’s second novel, And the Dead Shall Live, was published by Black Rose Writing. It’s another standalone story of comparable quality to his 2021 debut, The Money. With its intricate plotting and weighty character backstory, this is perhaps the superior of the two.
Not to give too much of the story away, but the plot goes something like this: Philip Raymond, a once-famous novelist and political consultant who now suffers from agoraphobia, is persuaded by Kit, a grieving mother, to investigate the suspicious death of her daughter. Raymond’s scrupulous research uncovers a connection to Lee Fletcher, a billionaire recluse. Intrigued by Fletcher and spurred on by the thought that this investigation might culminate in a successful book, Raymond hires twenty-something researcher Jesse Carter to try to infiltrate Fletcher’s organization, aware that she might also become the next victim.
Klein maintains a careful hand on the expansive story, pulling Raymond into the narrative at precisely the right moments and revealing fascinating details about his protagonist’s murky past. Expertly told, with well-drawn characters and nail-biting moments, And the Dead Shall Live is an especially engaging thriller. I hope the wait won’t be too long to get hold of the author’s next novel.