Making A Killing at Cormorant Books

Making A Killing

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Synopsis

When we left him at the end of Soon to Be a Motion Picture, struggling screenwriter Mitchell Draper was happy to have escaped with his life from his last assignment. But that doesn't stop him from digging into a 20-year-old murder-suicide as meat for a new screenplay that might net him $800,000 from a sexy movie producer who seems just as interested in Mitchell as in his story. Once again, novelist Warren Dunford has created a hilariously satirical study of celebrity culture that pokes good-natured fun both at the insiders and those on the outside desperate to get in.

Reviews

"Immensely satisfying ... a smart and self-aware parody of gothic murder mysteries. The biggest surprise is the book's gradual slide from hilarious homage to an honest-to-goodness locked-door mystery. Few will guess the outcome of the clever twists that tantalize until the final pages." — Publishers Weekly

"No mystery to the novel's appeal ... Dunford has crafted a frothy mystery that focuses first on suspense and characters." — Ottawa Sun

"Snappy dialogue and irreverent perspective ... What strengthens the novel is the underlying concern the friends have for each other's well-being." — Victoria Times-Colonist

"An unabashed page-turner, Making A Killing gleefully turns hoary genre clichés on their ears with refreshing and engaging results." — Boston Bay Windows

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