Robert M. Eversz

Nina Zero rocks! In this book, the second in a series (after SHOOTING ELVIS), Nina gets out of prison and needs to keep her nose clean or her tough PO will violate her. (Typical of this book, the parole officer is a complex and likable tough lady who isn't on stage a lot, but when she's there, she's real.) Nina makes an arranged marriage and finds herself attracted to the guy in spite of herself--and then he's murdered. Even minor characters in this book are drawn in indelible originality. show more But most of all--Nina Zero is a knock-out character! Smart, scarred by life, funny as hell, fast on her feet, full of feeling and hard as nails. I know next time someone wonders whether men can write convincing female characters, Eversz's Nina Zero will be my Exhibit A. show less

Nina Zero, who once ran an errand for a boyfriend that accidentally led to blowing up the Los Angeles airport, landing in prison, and discovering her true kick-ass nature, has achieved a precarious stability in the latest volume of this terrific series. She earns a living taking pictures for a sleazy tabloid, shares her small apartment with a big-hearted, toothless Rottweiler, and stays on the good side of her parole officer. On the biggest night of her life - the first gallery showing of show more her semi-serious photography - there is another, more gruesome opening night. An anonymously delivered computer disc turns out to contain crudely-filmed S&M erotica in which a drugged woman appears to be strangled to death. Underneath the bondage gear, Nina recognizes the distinctive tattoo of her friend Christine. Nina sets out to find out what happened to her friend, taking us on a tour of the weird side of LA, complete with regression therapists, phone sex workers, and B-movie producers. Along the way, she discovers that Christine is not the only victim. She also learns more about herself as she tries to take care of a street-wise niece, get acquainted with her violent father, and get involved with a cop who views the world through the same nocturnal black-and-white lens as her camera. The conclusion is exhilarating and heartbreaking at the same time. I love this series and am sad this is the final volume in the series. Nina Zero is one of the most intriguing characters in contemporary crime fiction. show less

Just looking at the cover, I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book or not. But I thought it was terrific!
I felt like it had enough craziness to make it interesting and enough reality to make you want to believe it. I loved the personality of the narrator/main character and how she dealt with things. I enjoyed watching her change and evolve. I think her story is sad, but it's a great book!

Fourth in the Nina Zero series. Nina is a paparazzi working and living in LA, a tough ex-con with a toothless rottweiler and a crazy cast of friends and acquaintances. When Nina’s sister—whom she hasn’t seen since she was six years old, twenty-four years ago—turns up in town and ends up dead a couple of days later, Nina feels a long-buried obligation to find her killer, even though her sister turned out to be nothing but a con woman—especially because Nina believes that she herself show more was the intended victim! Who is going around digging up celebrities’ bones?? First James Dean back in Indiana, then Rudy Valentino at a cemetery in LA. And what on earth do the graverobbers want with these bones? Is it a cult of Satanists hell-bent on some strange ritual? Or a group of freaky UFO worshipers who are trying to clone famous people? Or something else? I love this series and really hope Eversz carries on with it—for now, there’s only one left! Waaaah! show less