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The Devil Orders Takeout
A tax attorney with integrity…a powerful mobster determined to bend his will…
Grayson Bolt isn’t about to compromise his integrity to help a notorious crime boss escape the cross-hairs of the IRS. But there’s a steep price to pay for defying The Man—Grayson’s beloved wife and older son.
There’s only one way for Grayson to prevent his younger son, Jim, an innocent golf prodigy, from also being taken play a dangerous game of cat and mouse. And what will Jim be forced to do when the woman he loves gets ensnarled in a web of betrayal and deceit?
Grayson Bolt isn’t about to compromise his integrity to help a notorious crime boss escape the cross-hairs of the IRS. But there’s a steep price to pay for defying The Man—Grayson’s beloved wife and older son.
There’s only one way for Grayson to prevent his younger son, Jim, an innocent golf prodigy, from also being taken play a dangerous game of cat and mouse. And what will Jim be forced to do when the woman he loves gets ensnarled in a web of betrayal and deceit?
347 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 22, 2017
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About the author
Bill A. Brier
4 books101 followersBill grew up in California and went to Hollywood High School, then served in the Air Force as a combat cameraman.
After hiring on at Disney Studios as a film loader, he soon advanced and moved on to other film studios.
He earned a master’s degree in psychology. A big help when working with Trumpish Hollywood producers. You're fired!
During his more than twenty-five years in the movie business as a cameraman, film editor, and general manager, Bill worked on everything from the hilarious, The Love Bug, to the creepy, The Exorcist, to the far out, Star Trek and Battle Star Galactica.
Eight years ago, Bill switched from reading scripts to writing thriller/mysteries and driving racecars. After completing three award-winning novels, he signed with Black Opal Books. His first novel, The Devil Orders Takeout, is about a devoted father and husband who makes a deal with a real-life devil to protect his golf-prodigy son after his wife and older son are killed in a mysterious accident — and pays hell for it.
Bill’s second mystery, The Killer Who Hated Soup, is Book One in the 1950s The Killer Who series, and it launches this Summer. The Internet? Never heard of it. Smart phones? Who you kiddin’?
Energetic and eager to make his mark on what Time magazine called the next great boom town, Bucky Ontario leaves his daddy and little sister in Louisiana and rides a bus to Defiance, Oklahoma, a town not particularly adverse to murders, just the embarrassment of them when committed by high officials.
Book Two, The Killer who Wasn’t There, will be on bookshelves this fall.
Bill writes everyday and golfs infrequently (that damn right knee!). His five children and eight grandchildren keep him busy going to birthday parties, and he never misses a one!
The Brier Patch is Bill’s wildly entertaining blog about his shameless early days in Hollywood. It’s on his website, billbrier.com, along with a contest linked to The Devil Orders Takeout, which will award the grand prizewinner $1,000.
Bill is a member of Mystery Writers of America.
AWARDS
The Devil Orders Takeout was a finalist in the 2015 Faulkner Creative Writing Competition. The Killer Who Hated Soup placed third in the Southwest Writers 2013 contest for mysteries and was shortlisted for finalist in the 2015 Faulkner Creative Writing Competition. The Killer Who Wasn’t There placed semi-finalist in the same Faulkner contest.
After hiring on at Disney Studios as a film loader, he soon advanced and moved on to other film studios.
He earned a master’s degree in psychology. A big help when working with Trumpish Hollywood producers. You're fired!
During his more than twenty-five years in the movie business as a cameraman, film editor, and general manager, Bill worked on everything from the hilarious, The Love Bug, to the creepy, The Exorcist, to the far out, Star Trek and Battle Star Galactica.
Eight years ago, Bill switched from reading scripts to writing thriller/mysteries and driving racecars. After completing three award-winning novels, he signed with Black Opal Books. His first novel, The Devil Orders Takeout, is about a devoted father and husband who makes a deal with a real-life devil to protect his golf-prodigy son after his wife and older son are killed in a mysterious accident — and pays hell for it.
Bill’s second mystery, The Killer Who Hated Soup, is Book One in the 1950s The Killer Who series, and it launches this Summer. The Internet? Never heard of it. Smart phones? Who you kiddin’?
Energetic and eager to make his mark on what Time magazine called the next great boom town, Bucky Ontario leaves his daddy and little sister in Louisiana and rides a bus to Defiance, Oklahoma, a town not particularly adverse to murders, just the embarrassment of them when committed by high officials.
Book Two, The Killer who Wasn’t There, will be on bookshelves this fall.
Bill writes everyday and golfs infrequently (that damn right knee!). His five children and eight grandchildren keep him busy going to birthday parties, and he never misses a one!
The Brier Patch is Bill’s wildly entertaining blog about his shameless early days in Hollywood. It’s on his website, billbrier.com, along with a contest linked to The Devil Orders Takeout, which will award the grand prizewinner $1,000.
Bill is a member of Mystery Writers of America.
AWARDS
The Devil Orders Takeout was a finalist in the 2015 Faulkner Creative Writing Competition. The Killer Who Hated Soup placed third in the Southwest Writers 2013 contest for mysteries and was shortlisted for finalist in the 2015 Faulkner Creative Writing Competition. The Killer Who Wasn’t There placed semi-finalist in the same Faulkner contest.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
July 26, 2017
A great book about getting involved with the mob and all the consequences that come from that. This book had great characters, a great story line and a great ending. I was thrilled to read this book. Great job!
June 7, 2017
I really REALLY liked this book! I want it to be a tv show. I loved the characters and the storyline. It is very entertaining. Great job Bill!
September 6, 2017
It was a fun read. It got more unbelievable by the chapter but once I gave in to it and just waited for the HEA ending, it was OK. I am not a golf fan, so I skimmed those parts. The moral of the story was that actions have consequences. When you dance with the devil even for what seems like a good reason, the result is never just as you imagine it will be.
September 15, 2017
very good read
April 24, 2017
Grayson, a well known and trusted tax attorney, is placed in a bind by the boss of the mob. The mob proves it's not to be challenged by killing Grayson's wife and older son. In order to protect his youngest son, Grayson is forced into a world of murder, betrayal and lies. This is a fast paced story and keeps you turning the pages to see what happens next.
May 3, 2017
I really wanted to like this book. It was interesting in parts, but I didn't believe a word of it. Mobsters still run free and own casinos? Soldiers in combat worry about getting a small boy home? A man has his finger bitten off and it is fixed, no problem?
Sorry, all these holes and many more ruined the book for me. The author has talent but please give me a story and characters that I can believe and invest in.
(goodreads winner)
Sorry, all these holes and many more ruined the book for me. The author has talent but please give me a story and characters that I can believe and invest in.
(goodreads winner)
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews