Mainely Power (Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery) by Matt Cost-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 18, 2020

Was Harold Dumphy killed to cover up something at the nuclear power plant he was the head of security at?

This is what the widow asks Goff Langdon, private detective, to find out.

Langdon is a laid back, slacker detective, happy with his work, friends, and way of life in the town of Brunswick, Maine. To compliment his income in small town Maine’s scarce private detective market, Langdon also owns and operates a mystery bookstore named after his trusted companion, Coffee Dog.

Does Langdon stand a chance against corrupt cops, crooked politicians, greedy millionaires, radical environmentalists, and a deadly assassin named Shakespeare?

With the help of Bart, the bear of a cop, Jimmy 4 by Four the hippie lawyer, the immigrants Jewell and Richam, and his desire and employee, Chabal—he sets out to do just that. And then he is framed for not one, but two murders, and events become very complicated.

Follow Langdon and his band of friends as they attempt to untangle the web of intrigue and return Brunswick to ‘the way life should be’

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REVIEW: MAINELY POWER is the first instalment in Matt Cost’s contemporary, adult, Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery  series focusing on part time private detective and mystery bookstore owner Goff Langdon, and the town of Brunswick, Maine.

Told from third person perspective MAINELY POWER follows twenty-eight year old part time private detective and mystery bookstore owner Goff Langdon in the aftermath of the murder of Harold Dumphy, the head of security at DownEast Power- the local nuclear power plant in Brunswick, Maine. Hired by Harold’s widow to uncover the truth about her husband’s supposed suicide, Goff Langdon will find himself a suspect in a series of murders as he and his group of intrepid investigators (Bart the cop, attorney 4 by Four, college student Peppermint Patti, Jewell and Richam, Chabal, Goff’s twin brothers Nick and Lord, and canine companion Coffee Dog) continue to step on some proverbial but powerful toes. Not all is well in the small town of Brunswick, Maine, and Goff is about to discover that corruption leads all the way to the top.

MAINELY POWER is a story of mystery, suspense, murder and mayhem; secrets, lies, and control; infidelity, clandestine affairs, blackmail and a hired assassin named Lawrence Shakespeare. Matt Cost pulls the reader into an animated and imaginative tale of corruption and power. MAINELY POWER starts slowly but quickly picks up as Goff Langdon assembles his team of wanna-be sleuths and private detectives.

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Reviewed by Sandy