- Paperback: 300 pages
- Publisher: Cormorant Books (Jan 18 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 189695166X
- ISBN-13: 978-1896951669
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #895,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A fast-paced page turner." -- Booklist
"Immensely satisfying...smart and self-aware" -- 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
"The ending...is a brilliantly elaborate shocker that no reader could ever guess." -- Books in Canada
"Immensely satisfying...smart and self-aware" -- 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
"The ending...is a brilliantly elaborate shocker that no reader could ever guess." -- Books in Canada
Book Description
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Page Turner from Toronto's Toast of the Town,
By "amandaottawa" (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Making A Killing (Paperback)
This story is the 2nd in Dunford's Mitchell Draper murder mystery series. It continues the on-going saga of our gay screen writing friend, Mitchell and his pals Ramir and Inga. Faced with writer's block, Mitchell discovers an unsolved murder in Rosedale, Toronto that would make the perfect story. Talk about being involved in your work! Our screen writer must once again turn sleuth and solve the mystery. Dunford is funny, witty and better than all those conventional murder mystery authors put together. Read this and you'll never be able to stand the boringly obvious plotlines of a Grafton or a George again!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A contemporary urban romp--great fun,
By booksforabuck "BooksForABuck" (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: MAKING A KILLING. (Paperback)
Mitchell Draper has lost his job working for a children's television series and is looking at a career in the children's ghetto of scriptwriting. With a month before his next job starts, he decides to write the perfect blockbuster screenplay. The only problem is, he doesn't have a story. Visiting his friend Ramir's guru doesn't give him any ideas but it does unleash a strange vision. That vision eventually leads him to investigate a decades-old murder-suicide--or was it a double-murder. MAKING A KILLING explores the gay and artistic communities of Toronto, Canada. Mitchell is a great character, filled with angst about his future, yet concerned about his friends as well. The concept of a movie script driving the mystery forward works, motivating Mtchell to continue his investigation despite the increasing threats he faces. Talented author Warren Dunford combines a light, humorous touch with a real sense of the urban 30-something artistic community and enough mystery to keep the story interesting. While you may guess the killer's identity, the Dunford does a great job rolling out the clues and both foreshadowing and obscuring the full story behind the twin deaths. I found myself laughing and reading segments to my wife--something that doesn't happen enough.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully entertaining and hilarious mystery,
This review is from: MAKING A KILLING. (Paperback)
In this wildly entertaining sequel to "Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture", we catch up with Mitch Draper, a struggling (and gay) screenwriter in Toronto, as he investigates a bizarre high-society murder-suicide case from the 1970s as potential research for a script. His friends Ramir and Ingrid each have their own tumultuous lives, and Mitch's investigation into long-buried secrets stirs up more than he bargained for, and ultimately affects the lives of himself and his friends. And could Mitch have finally found love with the gorgeous movie company executive from Los Angeles, or is the handsome stranger hiding something as well? Dunford's second book is superbly written, thoroughly engrossing, and filled with hilarity, twists, and hijinks. Combining sex, celebrities, violence, and a touch of the supernatural, "Making A Killing" is the perfect mix.
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