Meet Chick Best - a middle-aged, self-absorbed California dot.com millionaire. Other than his house and high-priced foreign cars, Chick's most expensive possession is his trophy wife, Evelyn. Evelyn is good at spending Chick's money, money that has pretty much run out. Another problem is his drug-addled sixteen-year-old daughter, Melissa. Though concerned about his family, Chick has resigned himself to a miserable state of acceptance. That is, until he, Evelyn, and Melissa take a Christmas vacation in Maui. With this, Chick's life changes...
Chick experiences unrequited love at first sight when he observes Paige Ellis emerging from the hotel swimming pool. His obsession, exceeded only by his need to possess her, isn't diminished when he learns that she is happily married. Instead, Chick's obsession compels him to drive to Paige's house, where he runs down and kills her husband. Chick's life begins to spiral homicidally out of control, resulting in the destruction of everything he holds dear. Will Paige learn the truth about Chick before it's too late? Fast paced, filled with wry humor, murder, lust, and dead-on L.A. characterizations, Cannell has written his most explosive novel yet.
This lackluster story of a millionaire's obsession with a woman he can't have is as stereotypical and clichéd as a Stephen J. Cannell novel--perhaps because it is. Despite the annoying "too-cool" attitude that Cannell gives his protagonist, the unfortunately named Chick Best, gifted narrator Scott Brick does his best to make the story enjoyable--and actually succeeds at times. Brick reads with an aged-rock-star tone of voice that is at once gritty and wise beyond its years. He actually gives Best a slightly endearing quality--that is, until the story gets so out of control that listeners will surely lose interest. Brick goes over the top in the end, but what choice does he really have? L.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
About the Author
In his thirty-five-year career, Emmy Award-winning writer Stephen J. Cannell has created more than forty TV series. Among his hits are The Rockford Files, Silk Stalkings, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Renegade, Wiseguy, and The Commish. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children. Check out his Web site at www.cannell.com.
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