Entertainment journalist Mick Sever owes his career to pop
star Gideon Pike. Pike allowed Sever into his inner circle
back when Sever was a fledgling reporter, and that entrée
put Sever on the map. Fame went to Sever’s head (not to
mention his liver and his neural synapses) as he lived in
the shadow of the pop idol; his excesses cost him his
marriage, and very nearly his career as well. Now Gideon
Pike is in a jam, and through a mutual acquaintance
(Sever’s ex-wife, for whom Sever still carries an Olympic-
size torch) he has summoned the writer to help bail him
out.
It will not be easy, though, for when Sever arrives
in Miami, he finds that Gideon Pike has disappeared, and
that Pike’s compadres are dropping like flies. A Korean
mobster adds a bit of Asian! spice to the dish, and
Sever’s ex, Ginny, supplies the sizzling heat. The banter,
particularly between Sever and Ginny, is relaxed and
believable, just what you’d expect from old lovers who are
still friends.
With the relentlessly action-packed South
Beach Shakedown, Bruns has crafted what may be this
season’s quintessential suspense read." Someone is about
to make a killing in the music industry.
Why would songwriting legend Gideon Pike mysteriously
disappear just when he is about to turn his 30-year career
into a multi-million dollar profit?
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