Review: Ode to Dashiell Hammett
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2013
Take Sam Spade from the Maltese Falcon, update the time line and add a bunch of movie detail (some created solely for the purposes of this novel) and you've got Mike Ray, all-around do-anything cinematic body double in "Hollywood Pharaohs." He's tough enough to beat up beefy ex sports types trying to kill him in an empty swimming pool while guest whoop and holler at a Hollywood party. Smart enough to figure out to punch first or die. And savvy enough to know that he lives or dies by what his paying star or starlet thinks of his actions. Here's to author Andrew Mayne continuing the tale into a series. And Andrew, increase the price. 99 cents?