Mordserfolg: Schlicht und einfach: Etikettenschwindel und Wegwerfen einer wirklich netten Idee! Die 400 Seiten teilen sich auf in ca. 100 Seiten originelle Krimikomödie und ca. 300 Seiten langweiliges Geschwafel über Schriftstellerei als solche. Habe ich nur zu Ende gelesen, weil ich krank war und nichts anderes zur Hand hatte!

This is my first Martha Grimes novel and I almost put it down. Call me a whimp, I guess, but it began as such a "noir" book, I wasn't sure I had the stomach to continue. But I did, and it turns out it was actually fairly delightful, with well-drawn characters and the two most likeable hit-men I have ever run across (yes, you are right to question how many, exactly that would be). Fun to take a peek at the world of publishing, and fun to learn what foul matter actually is!

satire of publishing world

This crime spoof set in the world of publishing involves literary hit men, an editor as ruthless with an author’s life as he is with the red pencil – and the author unaware of it all as he struggles to finish writing his current book.

An interesting look into the bowels that is the publishing field. ( )