About the Book
An old friend brings new trouble in this tightly plotted tale of Hollywood murder: "Fast, light, and witty . . . a pleasure" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Caleb "Crush" Rush, LA's toughest bodyguard/bouncer, is back in action, whether he likes it or not. Rachel Fury, a con-artist friend who vanished a couple of years ago after a big scam, has returned Hollywood. Only she's not Rachel anymore. Somehow, she's an Oscar-nominated movie star who's hiring Crush as her bodyguard. He knows better than to trust Rachel, but the old ways of the street have an irresistible allure--and his heart is too soft to turn down a damsel in distress.
Soon Crush and Rachel are hooked up with Adam Udell, a bad boy film director obsessed with his own death. He's already built a gleaming white pyramid as his "tomb-in-waiting." Crush hardly has time to learn that Rachel and Adam are up to no good before he's locked up on a bogus murder charge. Clearing his name and cleaning up this criminal mess in time for Oscar Night will require all of his brawn, skill, and savvy.
Rich with Hollywood lore, snappy dialogue, fast-paced action, and noir atmosphere, Heart Attack and Vine is another "terrific" thriller from the New York Times-bestselling coauthor of Curious Minds (Publishers Weekly).
About the Author :
Phoef Sutton is a New York Times bestselling novelist, television writer, and playwright whose work has won two Emmys, a Peabody, a Writers Guild Award, a GLAAD Award, and a Television Academy Honors Award. The first novel in the Crush series, titled Crush, was a Kirkus Best Mystery of 2015 and a Los Angeles Times Summer Reading Page-Turner." Sutton has been an executive producer of Cheers, a writer/producer for such shows as Boston Legal and NewsRadio, a writer for Terriers, and the creator of several TV shows, including the cult hit Thanks. He is also the co-author, with Janet Evanovich, of two New York Times. bestsellers. Curious Minds. and Wicked Charms. His other novels include the romantic thriller 15 Minutes to Live. Sutton lives with his family in South Pasadena, California.
Review :
From the New York Timesbestselling co-author of Curious Minds
This fast-moving, wiseass noir tale of murder and Hollywood features the return of bodyguard and bouncer Caleb Rush. Fast, light, and witty, Sutton s second novel is a pleasure.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Sly, knowing, and hilarious, Heart Attack and Vine is a perfect caper book set inside Hollywood's Dream Factory that just screams 'movie!. Studios, please option this immediately. With its nonstop action, snappy dialogue, and wisecracking characters, this send-up of Hollywood is a surefire winner.
Denise Hamilton, bestselling crime novelist and editor of the Edgar-winning short story anthology Los Angeles Noir
Terrific Crush makes a wonderful lead.
Publishers Weekly
Like Kurt Vonnegut and T. Jefferson Parker teamed up to write a mystery.
W.L. Ripley, author of the Wyatt Storme mysteries
"Relentless in its action, as Crush travels all over trying to protect the woman he is bound to by duty and by his past. Heart Attack and Vine is sure to please readers who enjoy high-stakes thrillers filled with glitz, glamor, and unpredictable femmes fatales."
Foreword Reviews
Insanely fun and readable. Sutton writes like a great raconteur tells a story.
Hart Hanson, writer/creator of Bones
"Crush is back in town, and the Hollywood sign is in wicked, Technicolor flames. Phoef Sutton's rabid charmers break hearts and redden all carpets, and his pages fly by on winds of wit. This sly writing has Chandler cross-hairs and is pure, CGI-free magic."
Richard Christian Matheson, Amazon #1 bestselling author of Dystopia and Hell Comes to Hollywood"
Sly, knowing, and hilarious, Heart Attack and Vine is a perfect caper book set inside Hollywood's Dream Factory that just screams 'movie!. Studios, please option this immediately. With its nonstop action, snappy dialogue, and wisecracking characters, this send-up of Hollywood is a surefire winner.
Denise Hamilton, bestselling crime novelist and editor of the Edgar-winning short story anthology Los Angeles Noir
Like Kurt Vonnegut and T. Jefferson Parker teamed up to write a mystery.
W.L. Ripley, author of the Wyatt Storme mysteries
Insanely fun and readable. Sutton writes like a great raconteur tells a story.
Hart Hanson, writer/creator of Bones
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Sly, knowing, and hilarious, "Heart Attack and Vine" is a perfect caper book set inside Hollywood's Dream Factory that just screams 'movie!. Studios, please option this immediately. With its nonstop action, snappy dialogue, and wisecracking characters, this send-up of Hollywood is a surefire winner.
Denise Hamilton, bestselling crime novelist and editor of the Edgar-winning short story anthology "Los Angeles Noir"
Like Kurt Vonnegut and T. Jefferson Parker teamed up to write a mystery.
W.L. Ripley, author of the Wyatt Storme mysteries
Insanely fun and readable. Sutton writes like a great raconteur tells a story.
Hart Hanson, writer/creator of "Bones"
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