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7 Days: A Dee Rommel Mystery
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After reading and loving 9 Days and 8 Days, I was ready to step back into Dee Rommel’s world in 7 Days, the fourth installment in Jule Selbo’s punchy, fast-paced mystery series. As expected, Selbo delivers another smart, suspenseful story that’s equal parts action, heart, and razor-sharp dialogue.
This time around, Dee is juggling much more than your average PI case. The story opens with a chaotic, if random, diner brawl that ends with a strange woman named Gilli Wanz stealing Dee’s bag. But this isn’t a one-night inconvenience—it’s the first spark in a high-stakes, deeply personal investigation. From the start, Selbo weaves threads that tug at Dee’s PI instincts and personal life. Gilli and her partner, Nail Parcell, are odd enough to raise eyebrows, but it’s not until Dee realizes her mother might be the target of a cyberstalker that things really start to escalate.
One of the most compelling aspects of 7 Days<e/M> is the way Selbo grounds the action in emotional stakes. Dee’s relationship with her mother—who’s always been strong, composed, and tightly wound—is tested when she becomes the victim of online harassment. Dee’s investigation leads her to Liam Grimshell, a disgruntled CRCB employee with a serious chip on his shoulder and a toxic sense of entitlement. The scenes where Dee uses her sleuthing skills to get under his skin are classic Rommel—bold, witty, and no-nonsense.
Selbo also doesn’t shy away from Dee’s complexity. She’s still recovering from past trauma, still adjusting to life with a prosthetic leg, and still keeping people like Donato—the complicated detective she has very complicated feelings for—at arm’s length. Their late-night walk through Portland’s Eastern Promenade, where he breaks the news that Billy Payer (yes, that Billy Payer) wants a prison transfer, adds yet another emotional gut-punch. Even as Dee pushes forward with her investigation, she’s forced to deal with the ghosts she thought she’d left behind.
What I loved most about 7 Days is how Selbo balances the mystery with character growth. We get a deeper look at Dee’s emotional landscape, internal walls, and unshakable sense of justice. Whether she’s confronting cyberbullies, dodging icy sidewalks, or outsmarting dangerous manipulators, she remains the fierce, flawed, and unforgettable heroine we’ve come to root for.
In short, 7 Days is another winner. It’s thrilling, layered, and unputdownable—everything I’ve come to expect from this series and then some.
Dee Rommel is back and better than ever—bold, brilliant, and always two steps ahead.
| Author | Jule Selbo |
|---|---|
| Star Count | 5/5 |
| Format | Trade |
| Page Count | 350 pages |
| Publisher | Pandamoon Publishing |
| Publish Date | 20-Mar-2025 |
| ISBN | 9781950627769 |
| Bookshop.org | Buy this Book |
| Issue | May 2025 |
| Category | Mystery, Crime, Thriller |
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