To Skin a Cat

by John Robinson

In To Skin a Cat , Joe Box battles pornography mogul Cyrus Alan "Cat" Tate. Joe sides with the family-values groups that have been trying to shut down Tate's cankerous world of video and printed porn, but Tate has other ideas. Tate offers Joe a lucrative position as head of corporate security. The stakes grow even higher with the introduction of "virtual porn," a type of pornography with more allure than anything Joe ever imagined—and the onslaught of a personal attack he thought he'd never have to face.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

John Robinson has been writing professionally for over a decade, with five novels commercially published. These include Until the Last Dog Dies, When Skylarks Fall, and To Skin a Cat, all through David C. Cook/RiverOak Publishing; Heading Home, Sheaf House Publishers; and The Radiance, Musa Publishing. John is also a member of the Authors Guild, and for three years was on faculty at a nationally ranked writers conference held near Santa Fe. There he taught tracks on plotting, theme, dialogue, and character development.

John has a background in broadcasting and journalism, and so he is very comfortable in dealing with all aspects of the media. He also has an active on-line presence, which includes moderating a large writers website, as well as enjoying a stint as a regular columnist on the blog, Author Culture. In addition, John is a member of such diverse sites as AbsoluteWrite, deCompose, and James Lileks’ blog, who is a popular columnist for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Finally, John is close friends with his mentor, writer James Scott Bell, author of the popular Plot and Structure, published by Writers Digest Books.

Reviews

[Pegg · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final book in the Joe Box series, not as good as the first, but still well worth the read.

[Pegg · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was good but not quite as engaging as the first two. Perhaps it's the darkness of the topic. Still, the ending is great and it's typical "Joe Box" all the way through.