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Dead Beat And Deadly (Charlie Plato Mysteries)

2 reviews

Kensington, 1999

the best book yet in this sensually hot mystery series
Estrella Stockton, a patron of country-western bar, CHAPS, is killed and the prime suspect is her husband Thane. Desperate, Thane hires Charlie Plato, co-owner of CHAPS, to investigate who murdered his abusive wife. Zach Hunter, a former TV star, returns from Hollywood after a four month absence. He joins Charlie on her inquiries. The amateur sleuths soon learn that Estrella, a ...

The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (P.S.)

31 reviews
Marilyn Johnson

Harper Perennial, 2007

"I write about dead people!"
It's difficult to imagine an entire book dedicated to telling the average reader about those folks who write obituaries for a living. This book, however, takes on that daunting task, and fully delivers, with information and humor. Those of us who don't do this kind of writing can't imagine that it is an intense experieance for the writer, especially those who sytrive to give the reader a close ...

The Dead Beat
Robert Bloch

Popular Library, 1961

Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7)

99 reviews
Jim Butcher

Roc, 2006

Bigger, Badder, Bolder and Grimmer - A real T-Rex-capade
This seventh volume in Jim Butcher's excellent series serves up the hot magical action and cool wise-cracking wit that fans of Harry Dresden have come to expect. DEAD BEAT is a notable landmark in this series for several reasons. For the first time, the magical world that Harry inhabits is given grounding and gravity; it seems to have become one of the notable landmarks of Chicago like the ...

To Beat A Dead Horse

3 reviews
William Campbell

Fine Tooth Press L.L.C., 2004

Measured Doses of Hell
First, in the interest of disclosure, I provided a blurb for Mr. Campbell's book. This review, then, is something of an expansion of that blurb. Bill Campbell writes about troubling things: execution, abortion, family dysfunction. He is not afraid to take a stance on these issues, or to let that stance come through in his stories, but he seldom demands that you see things the way he does. ...

Memoirs of a: Dead Beat Dad
Charlie D. Young

AuthorHouse, 2004

The Dead Beat

1 review

Popular Library, 1961

A Quick, Enjoyable Read
I just put this down about 15 minutes ago and thought I would write a review since it is fresh in my memory. First off, it should be said that I am a huge Robert Bloch fan. I've enjoyed the Psycho series as well as a number of his stand-alone novels, such as, American Gothic. This novel, The Dead Beat, was written shortly after Psycho and is a very good read. It is only 144 pages long with ...

Epitaph for a Dead Beat (a Harry Fannin Novel)

Belmont Tower, 1974

A sadist with a long barreled .22 automatic was using pretty girls for target practice