Suspense (Stanley Hastings Mystery Book 13)

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Suspense (Stanley Hastings Mystery Book 13)

Stanley Hastings, bodyguard? Come on, he doesn't even carry a gun. But a best-selling suspense writer's wife who is getting threatening phone calls hires Stanley to make them stop. Bad move. The fact the calls continue is the least of her worries.

â€œHallâ€™s deadpan style of satire makes mincemeat out of the pretentious author and his entourage of cynical agents, editors, and publicists, each of whom keeps telling Stanley (in hilariously abusive dialogue) what a lousy novel his case would make. Rising above their contempt, the sad-sack detective plods along after his clients, dodging razors and bombs, and picking up enough hot dish on the publishing trade to write a very funny book of his own.â€
â€”Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

â€œFirst-class fun from start to finish.â€
â€”Booklist

â€œWhen it comes to humor, Parnell Hall continues to help set the standard.â€
-San Jose Mercury News

â€œAmusing, tongue in cheek â€¦ The milieu with all its vagaries proves a ready target for Hallâ€™s well-aimed barbs as he â€¦ offers a delightfully accurate account of a bookstore signing.â€¦ Hall proves as adept at creating on-page suspense as he is at lampooning it.â€
â€”Publishers Weekly

â€œHall tells a good tale, creates a cast of colorful, slightly eccentric characters, and gives them some of the best dialogue in the genre.â€
â€”Kirkus

â€œHall has a slyly delightful time skewering the publishing field and best sellersâ€¦Hall probably had as much fun injecting little mystery â€œtraditionsâ€ as the reader will have discovering them.â€
â€”Oline H. Cogdill, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

Country	USA
Author	Parnell Hall
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781936441105
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Parnell Hall
Manufacturer	Parnell Hall
NumberOfPages	302
PublicationDate	2010-09-29
Publisher	Parnell Hall
ReleaseDate	2010-09-29
Studio	Parnell Hall

Suspense (Stanley Hastings Mystery Book 13)

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