- Hardcover: 285 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow & Co; First Edition edition (February 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0688103146
- ISBN-13: 978-0688103149
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.3 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 612 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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From Publishers Weekly
The fast-lane style that made Horse Latitudes overnight reading propels Ferrigno's new caper with equal speed. After public reaction to his newspaper column prompts a killer to be set free--with deadly results--Quinn (his only name) quits and joins the stylish gossip magazine SLAP , described as "attack journalism with a manicure. " Quinn and sexy photojournalist phenomenon Jen Takamura are covering a "Musclemen for Jesus" rally when he gets a frantic message from Andy, a buddy who hustles stolen high - tech hardware. Andy is on the run after witnessing the shooting of one of his customers, a sexual athlete who produced the TV show Straight Talk , hosted by the Oprah-ish Sissy Mizelle. Quinn gives the police Andy's story and a description of the killer, but they find Andy shot with the same gun, an apparent suicide, and close the case. Random clues make Quinn curious about Sissy and her singing-cowboy husband, John Stratton; when he and Jen get near Sissy's secret, the killer closes in. The characters--especially "Mr. Hollywood," a former colleague who gives Quinn all the Tinseltown dirt, and a villainous ex-pro football player who is addicted to the Home Shopping Network--are as offbeat as Carl Hiaasen's wounded zanies, and the ending is a perfect fadeout. BOMC and QPB alternates; author tour.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
The suspense begins when Quinn's friend Andy is found dead after revealing to Quinn that he has observed a murder. The victim is a TV producer who was trying to blackmail a well-known talk-show host. Quinn is a reporter working for a celebrity magazine, and soon he and photographer friend Jen find that they have become the hunted, as the murderer tries to eliminate all witnesses. Along the way, author Ferrigno ( Horse Latitudes , LJ 2/1/90) creates some very interesting characters, including a former actor turned politician and an aging Hollywood radio commentator. With a strong plot and plenty of action, Ferrigno has fashioned an enjoyable novel. Recommended for general fiction collections.
- Marion F. Gallivan, Villa Maria Campus, Gannon Univ., Erie, Pa.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Marion F. Gallivan, Villa Maria Campus, Gannon Univ., Erie, Pa.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: The Cheshire Moon (Paperback)
Written with all the realism, originality and character development of a soap opera. Fortunately, also with the suspense of a decent thriller. But the mystery is sustained only by vague hints of X-rays that are hardly connected to the action, the romance develops with utter predictability and the ending can hardly be called original or surprising. Final score: full marks on the suck-o-scale.
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2.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Hip, glamor and sleaze,
By Lynn Harnett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cheshire Moon (Hardcover)
Brimming with Southern California hip, glamor and sleaze, Ferrigno's second novel (after "Horse Lattitudes") features burnt-out journalist and divorced father, Quinn, now working for SLAP magazine, the latest in tabloid slick.Quinn's old friend Andy, dealer in stolen gadgetry, stumbles on a murdered TV producer - and is in turn murdered. But Andy's apparent suicide allows police to close the case and Quinn is on his own. Well, almost. His sidekick, Jen Takamura, a sultry, mid-twenties, Japanese American photographer with green eyes, a fearless disposition and a corvette, sticks with him as they paw through the rubbish of Hollywood secrets, pursuing whispers of motive into the cushy enclaves of talk-show superstar Sissy Mizzell and her venerable husband, a Lorne Greene type with aspirations to be governor. The narrative segues from Quinn to the increasingly deranged murderer so the reader already knows who and almost why. This does not detract from the page-turner pace but it does require Ferrigno to come up with a bang-up twisty ending. He does not. And female readers may find themselves giggling over the exotic Jen who could not exist outside the rarified air of male fantasy. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Suspense, a bit weak overall,
By T. Steinborn "Dr. T" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Cheshire Moon (Paperback)
This was my introduction to Ferrigno's books, and I expect that his later efforts will get better. He dragged out a minimal mystery with a lot of good characterization. He was able to sustain the suspense - not of whodunnit, but rather of whydunnit. I read through it quickly, which means it was written well enough to sustain my interest.
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not good,
By D. Wijngaarden - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Cheshire Moon (Paperback)
Written with all the realism, originality and character development of a soap opera. Fortunately, also with the suspense of a decent thriller. But the mystery is sustained only by vague hints of X-rays that are hardly connected to the action, the romance develops with utter predictability and the ending can hardly be called original or surprising. Final score: full marks on the suck-o-scale.
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