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Ronnie Deal's no hero. She's just a drop-dead gorgeous Hollywood movie
executive having a really bad day who's in no mood to watch when
homicidal thug Neon Polk puts a beat down on poor little Antsy Carruth
at the Tiki Shack bar. Ronnie puts Polk's lights out with a beer bottle,
Antsy takes a powder, and Ronnie tries to forget the whole thing.
But not Neon. Antsy stole twenty-five grand from Neon's drug-dealing
boss and Ronnie's just cost him a big recovery fee, not to mention cut
his pride to the quick. Neon not only gets revenge in spades, he wants
Ronnie to pay him fifty grand as icing on the cake. What Neon
doesn't know is that people in The Business don't call Ronnie "Raw Deal"
for nothing. Ronnie's got a completely different kind of payoff in mind
for Neon now, and with the help of ex-con and aspiring screenwriter
Ellis Langford—who's got big troubles of his own in the form of two
psychos named Jorge and Jaime Ayala—she's about to learn how to make a
real killing in Tinseltown.
It all makes for one of the wildest, funniest, and chillingly authentic Hollywood crime stories ever told.
Ronnie Deal's no hero. She's just a drop-dead gorgeous Hollywood movie executive having a really bad day who's in no mood to watch when homicidal thug Neon Polk puts a beat down on poor little...
Ronnie Deal's no hero. She's just a drop-dead gorgeous Hollywood movie
executive having a really bad day who's in no mood to watch when
homicidal thug Neon Polk puts a beat down on poor little Antsy Carruth
at the Tiki Shack bar. Ronnie puts Polk's lights out with a beer bottle,
Antsy takes a powder, and Ronnie tries to forget the whole thing.
But not Neon. Antsy stole twenty-five grand from Neon's drug-dealing
boss and Ronnie's just cost him a big recovery fee, not to mention cut
his pride to the quick. Neon not only gets revenge in spades, he wants
Ronnie to pay him fifty grand as icing on the cake. What Neon
doesn't know is that people in The Business don't call Ronnie "Raw Deal"
for nothing. Ronnie's got a completely different kind of payoff in mind
for Neon now, and with the help of ex-con and aspiring screenwriter
Ellis Langford—who's got big troubles of his own in the form of two
psychos named Jorge and Jaime Ayala—she's about to learn how to make a
real killing in Tinseltown.
It all makes for one of the wildest, funniest, and chillingly authentic Hollywood crime stories ever told.
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Advance Praise
“The best rip-off of an Elmore Leonard novel since Elmore Leonard,”
Publisher’s Weekly - Starred Review
“A
tale bearing traces of Elmore Leonard and Preston Sturges [that]
suggests that LA street violence and Burbank studio infighting are the
same bloodthirsty sport…a lean, funny thriller,”
Kirkus Reviews –
Starred Review
"Fast-paced as it is frothing with satirical
commentary about the shark-infested suites of Tinseltown…vital and
entertainingly vicious,”
J. Kingston Pierce, The Rap Sheet
“The best rip-off of an Elmore Leonard novel since Elmore Leonard,”
Publisher’s Weekly - Starred Review
“A tale bearing traces of Elmore Leonard and Preston Sturges [that] suggests that LA street...
“The best rip-off of an Elmore Leonard novel since Elmore Leonard,”
Publisher’s Weekly - Starred Review
“A
tale bearing traces of Elmore Leonard and Preston Sturges [that]
suggests that LA street violence and Burbank studio infighting are the
same bloodthirsty sport…a lean, funny thriller,”
Kirkus Reviews –
Starred Review
"Fast-paced as it is frothing with satirical
commentary about the shark-infested suites of Tinseltown…vital and
entertainingly vicious,”
An eclectic cast of characters and non-stop action make this a fast paced read. A fair mix of Gangsta talk so expect some racial slurs which lends reality to the affair. Set in the dog eat dog world of Hollywood with the backstabbers, wannabes, high fliers and lowlifes. This book was entertainment from start to finish told like a story should be. No fillers no fluff, just a story narrated in a style akin to books from the past and a welcome break from the usual ramblings of page after page of the author’s feelings and opinions being expressed through a central character’s mind sessions. Recommended entertainment if street talk and violence do not offend.
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Philip B, Reviewer
An eclectic cast of characters and non-stop action make this a fast paced read. A fair mix of Gangsta talk so expect some racial slurs which lends reality to the affair. Set in the dog eat dog world of Hollywood with the backstabbers, wannabes, high fliers and lowlifes. This book was entertainment from start to finish told like a story should be. No fillers no fluff, just a story narrated in a style akin to books from the past and a welcome break from the usual ramblings of page after page of the author’s feelings and opinions being expressed through a central character’s mind sessions. Recommended entertainment if street talk and violence do not offend.
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