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Mr. Mayhem: A Brinker Novel
In this economy, even an assassin needs an agent.
Sued by his publisher for libel, Brinker is reduced to promoting trolley tours of crime scenes. The tour business is dying. There aren't enough murders to draw a crowd.
A good serial killer would help.
When his doctor asks for aid in euthanizing terminal patients, Brinker hires an assassin named Angel, who reigns chaos and fame on the sleepy resort town.
But as Angel's demands soar with the body count, Brinker wonders whether he'll become the latest addition to his own list.
Sued by his publisher for libel, Brinker is reduced to promoting trolley tours of crime scenes. The tour business is dying. There aren't enough murders to draw a crowd.
A good serial killer would help.
When his doctor asks for aid in euthanizing terminal patients, Brinker hires an assassin named Angel, who reigns chaos and fame on the sleepy resort town.
But as Angel's demands soar with the body count, Brinker wonders whether he'll become the latest addition to his own list.
282 pages, Paperback
Published November 24, 2015
About the author
Jeff Widmer
17 books9 followersJeff Widmer is the author of the Pennsboro Cold War series (Distant Early Warning, Cold Fire, Good People); the CW McCoy and Brinker series of crime novels; and The Spirit of Swiftwater, a history of vaccines in the 20th century. A former journalist, advertising executive, and nationally syndicated reviewer, his work has appeared in publications ranging from Advertising Age to US Airways magazine to National Geographic World. Visit his website at http://jeffwidmer.com and his Amazon author page at https://www.amazon.com/author/jeffwidmer.
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December 21, 2015
Brinker is a disgraced journalist doing PR for a funeral home and its tours of murder sites. He hates his job. The tour business is dying. There aren’t enough murders in in rural Pennsylvania to draw a crowd. Addicted to money, prescription medication and sex, he’s going to die in this job . . . unless someone else does.
When his doctor asks for help euthanizing terminal patients, Brinker hires an assassin, filling the tour, the coffins and the doctor’s sense of duty. Media from as far away as India scramble to interview the new czar of PR. So do police, politicians and victims’ families, who accuse Brinker and his boss of exploiting the suffering of others. As the bodies and criticism mount, Brinker stands to lose everything—his job, his lovers, his source of meds and his beloved grandmother, the only family he has left.
When the killer turns on him, Brinker must decide whether to carry out the doctor’s final orders or battle his biggest foe—the chaos that rages within.
MR. MAYHEM is a cross between Ken Bruen and Dutch Leonard, with a touch of Christopher Buckley. It is, as Kirkus Reviews calls it, "Eccentricity at its finest in a detective story, and proof that a flawed protagonist can still earn sympathy."
When his doctor asks for help euthanizing terminal patients, Brinker hires an assassin, filling the tour, the coffins and the doctor’s sense of duty. Media from as far away as India scramble to interview the new czar of PR. So do police, politicians and victims’ families, who accuse Brinker and his boss of exploiting the suffering of others. As the bodies and criticism mount, Brinker stands to lose everything—his job, his lovers, his source of meds and his beloved grandmother, the only family he has left.
When the killer turns on him, Brinker must decide whether to carry out the doctor’s final orders or battle his biggest foe—the chaos that rages within.
MR. MAYHEM is a cross between Ken Bruen and Dutch Leonard, with a touch of Christopher Buckley. It is, as Kirkus Reviews calls it, "Eccentricity at its finest in a detective story, and proof that a flawed protagonist can still earn sympathy."
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