- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Hutchinson (3 Jan 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091794005
- ISBN-13: 978-0091794002
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,661,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Penzler Pick, August 2001 Robert Ferrigno returns with his sixth book--Flinch--and he's still making it look easy. Those who don't already know Ferrigno's work--especially fans of Elmore Leonard, Daniel Woodrell, Robert Crais, and Carl Hiaasen looking to broaden their horizons--should check out this tale of sibling rivalry and serial murder in sunny, sinister Los Angeles.
Jimmy Gage, the hero, is a journalist, and a hard-working one. But when he's on the job, he doesn't cover school board meetings, mayoral press conferences, or even Lakers games. If a story doesn't have some angle that can sharpen his skewer, offering new ways to puncture the pompous, satirise the star struck, or engineer an exposé, he'll move on to the next lurid opportunity. He's also a take-no-prisoners film reviewer, which is the same as being loathed and feared in a town where just about every dental hygienist has a script on the go. And in case these responsibilities are not keeping him busy enough, Jimmy writes a column slugged "Media Whore" for his employer, the wholly disreputable Slap magazine.
Savvy readers probably won't be shocked to find beneath Jimmy Gage's jeering exterior a highly moral guy, whose cynicism masks--as cynicism often does--an all-too-vulnerable romantic soul. Unfortunately, when a vicious serial killer calling himself "The Eggman" starts sending Jimmy boastful letters about his crimes, the police see it only as a tabloid tease set up by Jimmy himself.
Flinch is a terrific title for a story in which every character is an antagonist of at least one other. Why is Jimmy Gage sleeping with his brother's wife? And why is his brother making a strange set of Polaroids appear and disappear? Who is going to look away first? Whose self-control is out of control? You'll have to read it to discover the answers. --Otto Penzler, Amazon.com
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When investigative reporter Jimmy Gage receives a note from someone dubbed 'The Eggman,' claiming to have killed half a dozen people in the last month and now coming after him, the police consider it a hoax. Gage, however, takes it a bit more seriously as (with disgraced Detective January Holt) he starts a search for the cunning and elusive killer. Most of Ferrigno's novels have been optioned by Hollywood, and it is not difficult to see why. His prose is taut, his characters three-dimensional and the mastery of detail is impressive. Like his other books, Flinch contains a romantic centre inside its hard-boiled noir exterior, and the connotations for star casting are obvious.
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