Suspense (Stanley Hastings Series #13)

by Parnell Hall

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936441112
Publisher:	Parnell Hall
Publication date:	09/30/2010
Series:	Stanley Hastings Series , #13
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	282,223
File size:	285 KB

About the Author

Parnell Hall is the author of the Puzzle Lady crossword puzzle mysteries, the Stanley Hastings private eye novels, and the Steve Winslow courtroom dramas. Parnell is an actor, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, former private eye, and past president of the Private Eye Writers of America. His books have been nominated for Edgar, Lefty, and Shamus awards.

Editorial Reviews

"Hall'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."

Marilyn Stasio

"Hall has a slyly delightful time skewering the publishing field and best sellers...Hall probably had as much fun injecting little mystery "traditions" as the reader will have discovering them."

Oline H. Cogdill

"Amusing, tongue in cheek ... The milieu with all its vagaries proves a ready target for Hall's well-aimed barbs as he ... offers a delightfully accurate account of a bookstore signing.... Hall proves as adept at creating on-page suspense as he is at lampooning it."

Publishers Weekly

"First-class fun from start to finish."

David Pitt