Totally Dead
A Streeter Thriller
by Michael Stone
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Pub Date Feb 03 2015 | Archive Date Feb 10 2015
Description
Pizzeria owner Alphonse Lucci is a pussycat who likes to pretend that he’s as tough and deadly as the mobsters he romanticizes. But Streeter really is. So when a greedy, ruthless bad-ass tries to strong-arm Alphonse into selling his restaurant to nail down the last piece in a crooked land deal, Streeter steps in to protect the likeable old man…and gets sucked into a deadly scheme that could leave them both totally, and very gruesomely, dead.
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Advance Praise
“A classic hardboiled novel filled with beautiful women, dimwitted
thugs, and a private eye who is too cocky for his own good…a lot of
fun,”
Denver Post
"Tough, authentic, and right on the money."
Robert B. Parker
“Studded with Elmore Leonard—like oddballs. And straight-ahead Streeter
is at least on a par with those other one-namers—Parker and Hammer.”
Kirkus Reviews
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781941298114 |
| PRICE | $11.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Martina R, Librarian
Absolutely brilliant book. Great storyline. A bit hard to get into but when I did it was intense.
Reviewer 151918
"Totally Dead" is one of the older detective novels that Brash Books is reissuing in paper back and ebook. It was originally published in 1999. No one has cell phones but otherwise the story does not feel dated, except perhaps in its pacing, which seems a bit leisurely. It's a readable book but it won't keep you up all night.
Mr. Stone's protagonist, (No First Name) Streeter is one of those stoic private investigators that I generally like, but somehow I did not warm to him as much as I did to the other characters. I especially liked old Alphonse Lucci, the restaurant owner who is being leaned on by the bad guys.
I received a review copy of "Totally Dead" by Michael Stone (Brash Books) through NetGalley.com. It was originally published by Penguin USA.
Philip B, Reviewer
Another winner by Michael Stone starring PI Streeter and a few mini Mafia characters. Straight up story telling incorporating some likeable and some not so likeable characters, with an engaging plot and action enough to keep this reader up past bedtime to finish the book in one sitting. A reissue from the original 1999 copyright and as with many things past and present sometimes the present is better. But often the past reigns supreme and such is the case in this older style writing, just a good story without the trivial fluff and filler.
Pat L, Reviewer
First time reading this author and overall this was a good story. Alphonse Lucci, comes to Streeter with a problem about a pizzeria that he owns and does not want to sell. But this man named “D” is trying to force him into selling. Streeter is hired after him and his partner get Alphonse grandson Nicky out of trouble and figures that they could help him as well. They do help but it is all of the other characters around these people that make the story work and make for what should be serious is sometimes not when you have a guy that is hired by “D” to do some of the dirty work but is quoting sayings from positive thinking tapes in order to complete the job and still fail to complete the job, but stills quotes the positive sayings which drives the people around him nuts. Overall a good story and I liked the characters.
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