- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Delta (Nov 7 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385319266
- ISBN-13: 978-0385319263
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 2.1 x 20.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #860,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The fourth Todd Mills mystery offers the intriguing premise of dual investigations: one into the murder of a 17-year-old gay runaway, and the other into the sexual past and proclivities of Tim Chase, a movie star who has successfully sued a tabloid that claimed he was gay. Without pressuring his police officer boyfriend, Steve Rawlins, for more information than he can safely give, Minneapolis television reporter Todd Mills must try to uncover details about the boy's murder. At the same time, he is granted an exclusive interview with the glamorous Tim Chase, who immediately makes a pass at Todd in the guise of "research" for his next film. Is Todd's boyfriend hiding something important from him, something about Steve's own connection to the dead boy? And what about Tim Chase? Is he gay? And if so, how far would he go to protect his secret? Not especially fast-paced or complex, but absorbing and skillfully written, Innuendo will keep the reader guessing until its sexy, surprising final scenes. --Regina Marler
From Publishers Weekly
When one of Hollywood's hottest properties, the hunky Tim Chase, rolls into the Twin Cities for a shoot, TV news reporter Todd Mills (Outburst, etc.) finds himself in the midst of a big story. Chase has been hounded by rumors that he is gay, despite his fairy tale marriage to female superstar Gwen Owens. Mills, one of broadcasting's few openly gay reporters, is a natural to interview him. But before Mills meets Chase, Mills's lover, homicide detective Steve Rawlins, tells the reporter that 17-year-old Andrew Lyman has just been found with his throat slit. The news hits hard because Mills and Rawlins had met Andrew just a few months ago while volunteering at a gay and lesbian youth center. What Mills doesn't yet know, but soon finds out, is that Rawlins and Andrew may have been more than just friends. As the relationship between Rawlins and Mills cools off, the reporter's encounters with Chase heat up, especially when Chase invites Mills for an off-the-record interview that ends up being as much foreplay as work. Rawlins, meanwhile, investigates the killing; the hunt accelerates after Rawlins stumbles on Mills and Chase in a hot embrace, and the cop accuses the actor of being involved in the murder. Zimmerman offers sensitive depictions of the difficulties of gay adolescents, but balances them with tantalizing Hollywood glitz. Smartly paced and emotionally resonant, the novel winds up with a stunning, steamy denouement that will keep readers on the edges of their beds. Author tour. (Nov.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
brillient, easily one of the best books he's written,
By A Customer
This review is from: Innuendo (Paperback)
this book is easily one of the best book he's ever written if not the best and though the facts may be inaccuarte this book is absolutly captavating, definit alnighter (after all your after a brillient read not the a-z of tv reporting) couldn't put the book down much to my mums enduring amusment, i would encourage everyone to read this book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than following the news of Tom & Nicole!,
By David M. Hoemann "Joe Scoop" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Innuendo: A Todd Mills Mystery (Hardcover)
I simply couldn't read this book fast enough! It was pure fun and kept me guessing from page to page. And oh so current ... involves a plot with an arranged Hollywood marriage involving America's biggest box office stud and his lovely actress wife. Much more interesting than today's National Enquirer headlines and ten times more fun to read. (And the TV reporter and his hunky detective partner are the stuff dreams are made of!) Read it today!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Never let the facts stand in the way of a good story!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Innuendo (Paperback)
I have read nearly all of Zimmerman's books. I am a TV Anchor/reporter, who happens to be gay. I can't put any of Zimmerman's books down! They are a fantastic read! I recommend you not read this book in bed when you know you have to get up early. At the end of each chapter you are always saying, "oh, I'll just read one more chapter, and then I'll go to sleep." Please. Pretty soon it'll be time to get up. The book IS that good!My biggest complaint is that Zimmerman is inaccurate when it comes to how things work in the TV business. I've done it all... from floor directing... to producing... to what I'm currently doing, Anchoring in Market 5, San Francisco for the last 12 years. TV news veterans will quickly see that Zimmerman tried to understand the TV business, but didn't completly get it. Especially when it comes to tv terminology. For example, never in my life, nor in the lives of my fellow journalists (who also can't put the book down) has any reporter done a VOSOT in 20 seconds, as was the case in INNUENDO. Not that it's impossible, just ridiculous. (You tv folks will know what I mean) There are a few other cases, but you get my drift. But if you're not a TV News person like myself, you will find this book and all his others facinating reads! Don't NOT buy the book. Just don't believe every word he has to say about the TV business. Listen to me rant and rave. I'm a TV reporter for God's sake. Who believes us anyway.
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