- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur; Reprint edition (April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312309996
- ISBN-13: 978-0312309992
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,475,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The thrilling sequel to Shooting Elvis
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Think Janet Evanovich . . . and think blacker! Nina Zero is back.The gun-toting anti-heroine who single-handedly blew up LAX airport - by mistake - is finally judged worthy of release from prison; but she finds that the world really hasn't changed a great deal while she's been inside. The 'electrifying' demise of heavy metal group Death Row in a hotel hot-tub gives Nina the opportunity to launch a new career as a paparazza, but all too soon the shine of her glamorous job begins to tarnish with the chilling realisation that someone is killing paparazzi . . . Throw in an off-the-wall greencard wedding, a macabre docu-soap named Meat Wagon and requisite doses of Nina's trademark accidental violence and you have a witty and perceptive take on the excesses of early 21st century behaviour. Killing Paparazzi is a funny novel to take seriously.'A winning formula . . . good fun' The Times'Eversz paints a chilling picture of an LA lifestyle that the glossy magazines don't cover. His pace is fast, furious and funny, and wild-child Nina is as endearing as she is wayward' Livewire'Eversz is a good storyteller, his narrative is crisp and involving' Sunday Telegraph
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Robert Eversz's heroine, Nina Zero, is new to me. She has appeared in an earlier book called Shooting Elvis; however this does not prevent a new reader enjoying this crafty book.
Eversz has recreated the LA noir so familiar from Chandler, those old black and white movies and Chinatown. The seediness and corruption of Chandler's LA is artfully mirrored in this present day humorous story of a baby photographer and jailbird turned paparazzo. Told with a straight face the journey takes us from prison through a marriage of convenience to the inferno of this crime laden and selfish city.
Nina earns $2,000 in return for marrying an English paparazzo so that he can get a green card. That's when her real troubles begin. As the bodies of photographers pile up, each with a roll of film stuffed in their mouth, Nina finds herself both on the receiving end of police hostility and suspicion and the likely next victim of a serial killer. The only solution is for her to find the killer before he gets to her or before the police get an excuse to put her behind bars again.
Using her skills, contacts and flitting from one crazy scenario to another Nina manages to keep alive, earn a living and as in any great crime thriller she catches the killer, but only just.
This is a refreshing rendition to the LA crime genre, at once violent and funny, sexy and sad, and a great send up of the press, television, the police, the probation service, Hollywood and much, much more.
Enjoy.
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Robert Eversz has a way with conventions, an ability to flip them on their side and create something fresh and new. Thus this book starts with the heroine of Shooting Elvis Nina Zero getting out of jail and deciding to make a fresh start with her life. Unfortunately that fresh start involves a green card marriage worth $2,000 to a charming but unreliable Englishman and that's only the start of her problems. Very black, very entertaining - this is the sort of book which keeps you reading into the small hours if only to find out how Nina gets out of trouble and whether or not she is capable of living a more normal life. Overall a fresh and funny novel with one modern literature's most entertainingly laconic heroines. One warning: it's better to read Shooting Elvis first otherwise some of the heroine's motivations might be slightly difficult to understand.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
strong satirical mystery
22 April 2003
Format:Paperback
When Nina Zero was Mary Alice Baker she swears she was a good girl. A stud here and a stud there turned her into what she is today. Finally after serving five years for blowing up a section of LAX airport that she insists was an accident Nina is paroled.
Unable to obtain work and written off as a terrorist by friends and family, Nina agrees to marry English photographer Gabriel Burns for two thousand dollars and a weekend in Vegas so that the Paparazzi can obtain a green card. Nina takes pictures of a heavy-metal band electrocuted in a hotel hot tub that she sells to an agency. This gives her the impetus to start a new career as a paparazzi. However, when her new husband's body is found battered, Nina resolves to find the killer. Is Los Angeles big enough to handle a Nina earthquake off the Richter Scale?
KILLING PAPARAZZI is a visual satire that leaves few prisoners as much of Southern California media life is exposed to humorous ridicule. The story line tosses rocks at many an icon as Nina does what she does best, cause havoc. However, this mystery is not for everyone because the plot and its references to the previous tale SHOOTING ELVIS loses some of its off the wall edge as it will remind much of the audience of 9/11.
Harriet Klausner
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I Loved This Book!
14 Jan 2002
Format:Hardcover
I found this book to be a real page-turner. I honestly could not put it down. I just got it a few days ago, and I'm back on this site looking for more from this author. The book was a gift, and I didn't know that the protagonist was developed in an eariler novel. It didn't matter that I hadn't (yet) read the first one though. In fact, maybe it's better because it made me want to go back and find out more about this sassy woman!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent read, Nina Zero rocks
2 April 2002
Format:Hardcover
Robert Eversz's heroine, Nina Zero, rates at the top of tough, ass kicking females. A detective by default in this one Nina works her way through a taughtly drawn plot written by an expert. "KP" is a very satisfying read for anyone looking for fresh air in a detective novel. LA never looked seedier (or more interesting) from the standpoint of movie stars, politicians and their slimy paparazzi counterparts. Nina Zero (and Mr. Eversz) deserves a long series of successful novels. Read this one, its an excellent book.
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