Bryon Quertermous

Simply dreadful. It is unclear why Stuart Woods parted ways with co-author Parnell Hall, but the writing and readers suffered for the change to a new co-author. Centurion Films is trying to help Macau become a more prominent in film production when there is sabotage, and Teddy Fay is asked to fix the problem. The storyline is ridiculously convoluted, with the daughter of a Chinese telecom family trying to escape to the U.S. by testifying that their products are spying on Americas and her sworn vengeance against a childhood friend/mid-level gangster, who abandoned her, succumbing to pressure from her uberwealthy family. Throw in a billionaire who is an intermediary and a bunch of backdealing, and you've got a hot mess. Run away quickly from this one.… (mehr)

Dominick Prince plans one TINY kidnapping, and then everything spins out of control. And often out of any reasonable sense.

MURDER BOY has one of the most epically bizarre casts of characters I've read in years. More than once I had to go back and re-read paragraphs, sometimes a whole chapter, because I just couldn't believe what was going on. And I mean that in the best possible way.

This is Bryon Quertermous' first novel, and there's apparently a sequel on the way. I can't imagine what's coming next.… (mehr)