- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc. (18 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312261683
- ISBN-13: 978-0312261689
- Product Dimensions: 32.5 x 20.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,167,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Marty Burns is now a bona fide member of the P.I. pantheon."
---Brian Hodge, " Hellnotes"
"Marty Burns bulls his way through L.A.'s cesspool like some bad-dream bastard son of Philip Marlowe. Jay Russell pulls it off with brutality, wit, and adrenaline."
---George P. Pelecanos, author of" Right as Rain"
---Brian Hodge, " Hellnotes"
"Marty Burns bulls his way through L.A.'s cesspool like some bad-dream bastard son of Philip Marlowe. Jay Russell pulls it off with brutality, wit, and adrenaline."
---George P. Pelecanos, author of" Right as Rain"
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Long ago he was the teen star of a TV sitcom. Then he was a washed up private eye. But now Marty Burns is back on TV, playing a private investigator. But while he is waits to see if his show is renewed, he stumbles into a mess involving "The Devil on Sunday", a remake and a very real corpse.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
This is a strange one...,
This review is from: Greed and Stuff (Hardcover)
I began reading Jay Russell's books when I was fleeting in and out of reading between Fantasy novels and Horror novels because with books like Celestial Dogs, Burning Bright and Blood, you get dragged into a terrible and fantastic world that you could almost believe exists, one moment the reader is in hollywood following the character through politics of Hollywood and then the next page you are reading about gangs and demonic possesions - great stuff. So then I picked up Greed & Stuff with of course the main character from some of his previous novels as mentioned. It has the same set up in Hollywood, teh main character has the same tongue in cheek sense of humour but the whole book is different. This time its a who dunnit - this time without any demons - mob wars - car chases...... just a simple find the killer plot. Jay Russell has gotten away with this one soley because he's using a much loved and funny character int a story i'm not sure Jay could pull off if this was just a stand alone story with whole new characters. It is a good story though - but for Jay Russell fans, don't expect the fast pace - bloody nose effect like his last books had.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Hollywood Story,
By A Customer
This review is from: Greed and Stuff (Hardcover)
This is a brilliant read. A fascinating story about Hollywood and history. This novel has an intrigueing plot and is written in a fast paced, snappy style. I highly recommend this great novel by Jay Russell
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5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Another great installment in this series,
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Greed and Stuff (Hardcover)
Although he is a current TV star on Fox' "Burning Bright", Marty Burns knows how quickly an actor can fall off the producer radar screen. As a former child star of Salt & Pepper, Mary could attain no work once the show left the air. As an adult he became a private investigator and his two media visible cases (see CELESTIAL DOGS and BURNING BRIGHT) actually got him his present job.Marty plays cards once a week with the same group of Hollywood men. However, this time screenwriter Emerson Hall asks Marty to stop and talk at an after hours dive. Reluctantly, Marty agrees although he has never done anything with Emerson except play cards. Emerson is writing the script for a remake of "Devil on Sunday" in which his father wrote the original script. Emerson believes that an important scene was cut from the film now owned by Fox. Marty obtains a screening and finds the movie interesting but disjointed. He learns that an actress who died during the filming was Emerson's mother and Emerson's father was a front for the real screenwriter. When Emerson turns up dead, an apparent suicide, Marty believes someone killed him and he owes his card playing partner the truth. The third Marty Burns Hollywood investigative novel retains the freshness of its predecessors by combing hard- boiled noir with satirical social commentary. The story line never slows down even for Marty's asides that actually add to the plot. GREED AND STUFF has the right stuff as Jay Russell continues to prove that his rise to the top of the sub-genre is not a short stay. Harriet Klausner
5.0 out of 5 stars
BRILLIANT...!!!,
By Wandaful - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Greed and Stuff (Hardcover)
This is honestly one of the BEST books I have ever read......
PERFECT in every way...!!! WHAT a talent |
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