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The Beast
448 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1983
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Jeffrey Konvitz
7 books68 followersJeffrey Konvitz was born in New York City, but after graduating from Cornell University and Columbia Law School, he headed to Los Angeles, where he lives and works as an entertainment finance attorney, producer (The Sentinel and Spy Hard, among others) and novelist. His first published novel (Simon and Schuster and Ballantine) was The Sentinel, which rose to Number 2 on the New York Times Mass Market Best Seller List. The Sentinel sequel, The Guardian, was also a bestseller along with his next book, Monster. He is now at work on the third book in The Sentinel Trilogy, currently untitled, while The Sentinel and The Guardian are being mounted for e-book sales.
This year, his newly-written historical novel, The Circus of Satan, will be published. It is a story of murder and revenge, set during the rise of organized crime in America from 1900 to 1912 when the Irish Mob ruled all major American cities, only to be taken down by its own hubris and the rise of the Jewish and Italian Mobs into labor racketeering and, then, bootlegging. Filled with real events and real heroes and villains, who rampaged from New York's Bowery through to Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Boston, it is the story of epic, transformative times and two violent men, who meet on a descent into blood and Hell.
This year, his newly-written historical novel, The Circus of Satan, will be published. It is a story of murder and revenge, set during the rise of organized crime in America from 1900 to 1912 when the Irish Mob ruled all major American cities, only to be taken down by its own hubris and the rise of the Jewish and Italian Mobs into labor racketeering and, then, bootlegging. Filled with real events and real heroes and villains, who rampaged from New York's Bowery through to Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Boston, it is the story of epic, transformative times and two violent men, who meet on a descent into blood and Hell.
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November 22, 2016
Ruthless oil company decides to start drilling off-shore in Loch Ness. Not long before The Beast makes its presence known.
Imagine a early 1980's big blockbuster movie with the Loch Ness monster centre-stage and you have a pretty good idea of what to expect from this. Or an episode of 'Take the High Road' with a body count. Fast-moving, the premise is silly, but the author takes it seriously, focusing on the machinations of the oil company, desperate to take Loch Ness for itself, regardless of who (or what) gets in their way. Some decent action sequences and a fairly downbeat tone, you may well find yourself cheering on Nessie.
Imagine a early 1980's big blockbuster movie with the Loch Ness monster centre-stage and you have a pretty good idea of what to expect from this. Or an episode of 'Take the High Road' with a body count. Fast-moving, the premise is silly, but the author takes it seriously, focusing on the machinations of the oil company, desperate to take Loch Ness for itself, regardless of who (or what) gets in their way. Some decent action sequences and a fairly downbeat tone, you may well find yourself cheering on Nessie.
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