{"id":5404,"date":"2026-07-09T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=5404"},"modified":"2026-10-30T06:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:55:48","slug":"split-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=5404","title":{"rendered":"Split Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eve Ronin&#8217;s week goes from bad to worse in Goldberg&#8217;s latest. A new sheriff has blackmail material on the LA detective, forcing her to embrace the social-media spotlight that comes with being the only cop with her own fictional TV show. The actress behind that show, Erin Casey, has ridden the role of Ronin to a career revival, and she&#8217;s arranged to shadow her real-life counterpart for a dose of authenticity. The moment Casey climbs into the car, everything unravels: a famous actress turns up dead from an apparent overdose, a previously unknown half-sister surfaces with mob connections and a body in tow, and Ronin finds herself quietly working to save her partner&#8217;s job while dodging threats from criminals and colleagues alike. Goldberg has a gift for blending humor with gritty violence and suspense, and his characters feel real enough that readers can&#8217;t help rooting for them. Genre fans will also appreciate the nods to Goldberg&#8217;s other projects and winks to fellow authors scattered throughout. <strong>The ending leaves Ronin&#8217;s world thoroughly upended, and the wait for the next installment will not be an easy one.<\/strong>\u2014<em>Jeff Ayers<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eve Ronin&#8217;s week goes from bad to worse in Goldberg&#8217;s latest. A new sheriff has blackmail material on the LA detective, forcing her to embrace the social-media spotlight that comes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55,65,51,56],"class_list":["post-5404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article-article","tag-mystery-detective","tag-police-procedural","tag-thrillers","tag-women-sleuths"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/formidable\/4\/Screen-400x400.jpeg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/formidable\/4\/Screen-400x600.jpeg","author_info":{"display_name":"Chris Kahn","author_link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?author=5"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6073,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5404\/revisions\/6073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}