The Deadly Kiss-Off
by Paul Di Filippo
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Pub Date Apr 02 2019 | Archive Date Apr 10 2019
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Description
Glen and Stan team up again in this exciting follow-up to The Big Get-Even.
Two high-flying con men stumble upon a lone scientist and his half-genius, half-addlepated invention, which seems to promise a big payoff if they can dupe the right buyers. But infidelity, gangsters, foreign governments, and their own greed offer stumbling blocks galore.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“Gangsters and canoodling bombshells, goodhearted galoots, sinister gadgets, and an African giant pouched rat can add up to only one thing: Glen and Stan are back in this new hardboiled thriller with a heart by Paul Di Filippo. Do yourself a favor: make with the feet to your favorite joint and scam a couple of hours with The Deadly Kiss-Off, the funniest caper to come down the pike this year.”
-Elizabeth Hand, Nebula Award–winning author of Hard Light and Wylding Hall
“Like its predecessor The Big Get-Even, the opening novel in the series, The Deadly Kiss-Off is a wild, forceful, and fierce expedition through the low-life lived as the high-life. The author’s crew of miscreants, like Westlake’s Dortmunder Gang, is lovable and pitiable, the grand scheme of this novel burns as a plan gone agley. Paul Di Filippo fills Westlake’s missing place in the suspense canon triumphantly.”
-Barry N. Malzberg
Marketing Plan
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Indie bookseller and library launch events
Social media campaign and video trailer
Crime fiction buzz mailing
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781538450291 |
| PRICE | $26.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
steve a, Reviewer
The Deadly Kiss-Off by Paul Di Filippo is a fun, entertaining, and rollicking con game/caper novel. The two protagonists, one a disbarred lawyer and the other an ex arsonist, are looking to pull off a high stakes scam. Now, to find the appropriate mark. Without giving away the story, suffice it to say that what at first is merely transporting fake merchandise turns into something altogether riskier, complicated, and down-right crazy.
Throw in a mafia capo, a couple of girl-friends, family and friends and you have the recipe for a reader-friendly novel that will leave you asking for more.
