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Boomerang [Kindle Edition]

Alan Hutcheson
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Ted Hogwood's beloved Sarah, a jazz guitar, is in the window of Topp Dollar Pawn. The only way he can get the money to rescue her is to accept an assignment from the AABC, a not nearly official branch of the United States intelligence community. He is partnered with Jerry Kwiatkowski, master of the Hammond B-3 organ and chronic flatulence sufferer, to steal a boomerang containing secrets that should have died with J. Edgar Hoover over thirty years ago. It would be a simple job if only they knew what they were doing. And if a crossbow wielding assassin, two unemployed Australian women, The Director of Central Intelligence and a clothing optional former onion festival queen were not also hot on the boomerang's trail.

The second edition includes a preview of Alan Hutcheson's upcoming novel "The Baer Boys"

The author will be donating one half of all of Boomerang's earnings during the summer of 2012, both from royalties and Kindle Lending Library, to his local public radio stations, classical KBAQ and news/talk/jazz KJZZ.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 526 KB
  • Print Length: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Plumboz Press; 2 edition (1 April 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002BWPDYS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #73,372 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A film in the waiting 27 Dec 2010
Format:Kindle Edition
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is fast paced with excellent characterisation and humour. The story moves through action rather than narrative with characters developing through dialogue and interaction. It is a very visual book and a story that would make an excellent comic film. I hope it does transfer to the screen and I'll be there watching it and laughing at the dialogue and slapstick humour!
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A comedy caper 12 Dec 2010
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I've been reading a lot of thrillers and murder mysteries so fancying a change and something humourous I thought I would give this, which has received some very good reviews, a try. It's an out and out comedy caper filled with a cast of dysfunctional characters. They are all trying to get their hands on a boomerang containing secrets dating back to the time of J Edgar Hoover.

The story is told from a host of viewpoints, including that of a dog, yet somehow the author manages to ensure they all receive enough attention, putting plenty of flesh on the bones of the various characters. The under-employed employees of AABC were particularly amusing, I could just imagine their situation is probably too close for comfort to some government departments.

It was definitely a laugh out loud book at points, although it didn't have me in stitches in the way say a Ben Elton book often does. I liked the narrative style and despite the number of characters and everything going on never felt like I was struggling to keep up with who was who, or what they were doing and why. This is a book I really liked, good fun and light-hearted, and another Kindle 72p bargain
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
50/50 19 Jan 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
A bit hit and miss this one. There are some amusing parts to it and some of the characters were entertaining. The basic premise of chasing a boomerang with a hidden compartment round Phoenix had potential. The two big downsides for me was firstly that there were just too many characters and secondly it was not always apparent what some of the characters were involved for. The slapstick side is good enough but it needs to be better anchored to a more coherent plot line and some rationale for why the characters were chasing the boomerang. A light read and as long as you only paid a £1 or so to download at most you should not feel too dissatisfied
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Enjoyable read
Didn't really know what to expect but I'm glad I bought it! a few times it had me chuckling out loud to the amusement of my OH. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jenni_K
fast action and fun filled!
That about covers it really, its very fast moving and you have to concentrate as there are quite a lot of characters doing a lot of things, all at once, or so it seems! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Freddiesmum
MacGuffin!
This is a classic MacGuffin chase. The MacGuffin in this novel is a boomerang, but that's not really that important except to extend part of the action into Australia. Read more
Published 10 months ago by volone
A Wonderful Quirky Caper
Boomerang is a wonderfully exuberant chase caper, a cleverly executed laugh out loud gem full of quirky characters, impossible scenarios, unlikely allies, all pulled together by... Read more
Published 12 months ago by evertheoptimist
Doesn't quite hit the mark
I found this both amusing and irksome by turns; some interesting concepts and humorous characters, but not quite held together by the clumsy prose. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. Jv Ferguson
A thriller and a farce.. brilliant!
I read this book due to the author giving a glimpse of his book on a kindle forum. The book was cheap so I decided to download it, and then promptly forgot about it until a few... Read more
Published 13 months ago by wicce_k
Boomerang flies
Boomerang is a comedy thriller, with a nice balance between the elements: the thrills are in the action, the comedy in the telling. The premise is simple. Read more
Published 14 months ago by MoonMan
It keeps on coming back to me....
This was a great book and full of fun. It took a little while to gel for me, but once it did I was hooked. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Gingerlily
A Cracking Good Read
As a new Kindle reader I was scouring the humor section for something to read. At 70p I thought "might as well give this a try"
I am so glad I did. Read more
Published 15 months ago by BJDee
A good, involving, humerous read
Finally, a cheap kindle book that is well written, I was beginning to think the cheap books a ruse to make you buy kindles only to find the cheap stuff was rubbish and you had to... Read more
Published 15 months ago by bookie
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