So you thought it was all fun and games having a breakout novel?
Come listen to Martini, on leave from his series about defense
attorney Paul Madriani (The Judge, 1996, etc.), spin this wild and
wooly tale of a pseudonym caper from hell. Life hasn't been kind to
Abby Chandlis. She's going nowhere in her Seattle law firm; her
second career as a novelist is stalled; her shiftless ex is behind
in his payments, leaving her dining on cat food. But Abby has an
ace in the hole: a new novel that could hit the bestseller list
with the force of a pile-driver. Could hit, if only Abby weren't so
unglamorous (she's pushing 40), so shopworn (those old novels turn
out to be worse than no help), so unpromotable. So Abby and her
roommate Theresa decide to find a front, some male model who'll
masquerade as "Gable Cooper" for a percentage of a take that
stretches higher than Jack's beanstalk. And even though the front
that Abby ends up with, soldier-of-fortune/failed novelist Jack
Jermaine, isn't exactly what she was looking for, the two storm
through a brightly malicious pipe dream of literary celebrity, as
Abby sticks like glue to her supposed client's side while
big-ticket agents, publishers, and producers fight over them like
so many jackals. But even before take-charge Jermaine spirits his
dazzled ghostwriter off to the Caribbean for some sun and sex,
clouds have gathered on the horizon. Theresa has died in a
suspicious accident that seems meant for Abby; Theresa's low-life
husband Joey follows apace; the Seattle police are looking for
Abby; so is a scandal-sheet reporter; and finally Abby wonders
whether her own legal claim to her chart-busting novel might be a
lot more slender than she thought - and might be based a little too
exclusively on the testimony of her late friend. Absolutely
irresistible balderdash - The Pelican Brief for everybody who isn't
John Grisham. (Kirkus Reviews)
Gable Cooper has penned a novel worth six million dollars. But he
doesn't exist. Abby Chandlis is lawyer-turned-novelist and the
creator of Gable Cooper. She is looking for a charismatic man to
pose as the author of her knock-dead thriller. When Jack Jermaine
enters her life, Abby is convinced that his charm and good looks
will clinch success for her novel, so they make a deal. But as her
book rockets to the top of the bestsellers list and Jack is
propelled into stardom, Abby senses peril. A series of deadly
accidents persuades her that her life is in danger and, with Jack
in pursuit, she races to the one person who can put an end to the
nightmare that was once her dream of making The List.
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