{"id":9254,"date":"2022-08-30T22:28:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T02:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=9254"},"modified":"2022-08-30T22:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T02:28:38","slug":"book-review-the-next-time-i-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-the-next-time-i-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Next Time I Die by Jason Starr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Next_Time_I_Die_Starr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Next_Time_I_Die_Starr-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Next Time I Die by Jason Starr\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Next_Time_I_Die_Starr-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Next_Time_I_Die_Starr.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Next Time I Die <\/em>by Jason Starr. ( <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/3144\/9781789099515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bookshop<\/strong>.<strong>org<\/strong><\/a>. |\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3AAd7iH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Amazon.com )<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hard Case Crime, 2022<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>978-1789099515<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Available: Paperback, Kindle edition<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I received an unfinished ARC of this from Hard Case Crime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Steven Blitz is the defense lawyer for serial killer Jeffrey Hammond, a high profile case. He is working on the case at home when out of seemingly nowhere his mentally Ill wife demands a divorce, says she&#8217;s in love with a woman, and locks him out in a snowstorm. He is driving through the snow when the car skids and he is nearly in an accident. He stops for gas and intervenes in a domestic dispute that ends with him getting stabbed and bleeding out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or is that really what happened? He wakes up in the hospital with a concussion to a loving wife, and a daughter and dog he never owned, wealthy, a survivor of brain cancer, and with a good life&#8230; but he is not a good person. The world has changed and nobody believes him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Steven is a bizarrely unreliable narrator and I was glued to the pages trying to figure out what crazy turn the story would take next, and if it could be believed.\u00a0<em>The Next Time I Die\u00a0<\/em>has been optioned for a movie, and if it&#8217;s made, it will be interesting to see how it turns out. Recommended.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by Kirsten Kowalewski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Next Time I Die by Jason Starr. ( Bookshop.org. |\u00a0 Amazon.com ) Hard Case Crime, 2022 ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0978-1789099515 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition &nbsp; &nbsp; I received an unfinished ARC of this from Hard Case Crime. &nbsp; Steven Blitz is the defense lawyer for serial killer Jeffrey Hammond, a high profile case. 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