Publisher's Synopsis
ARE TERRORISTS PLANNING TO KILL THE WORLD'S BIGGEST THRILLER WRITER?
"A Lawrence De Maria title gives you more bang for your buck than just about anything in the book marketplace today." (FLORIDA WEEKLY); "A case of publish AND perish, KILLERFEST is another sparkling thriller from De Maria, who adeptly skewers the New York literary scene." (John Crudele, NEW YORK POST)***Jake Scarne is asked to protect world-famous thriller novelist Sebastian Quimper during the "Killerfest" publishing conference, where the literary superstar is the featured speaker. Quimper has been threatened - and a "co-author" brutally murdered - for publishing a book that allegedly insulted Islam!The annual New York conference, which attracts thousands of authors, agents and publishers, is a security nightmare. The New York Police Department is confident it can protect Quimper. Scarne is not so sure. He knows there is more than the author's life and artistic freedom at stake. Quimper sells millions of books annually and is the key to a huge publishing merger. Scarne launches his own investigation into the killing of the "co-author" and comes to a frightening conclusion.Throw in a beautiful but deadly woman assassin, a sadistic henchman with a taste for torture, Interpol, sex, violence and some exotic locations (London, India, Belgium and Tuscany, to name a few) and KILLERFEST is another great entry in the Jake Scarne thriller series. ***"A master of thriller dialogue." - WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS"While De Maria may have been an award-winning financial reporter, he's an awfully good fiction writer as well." - NAPLES DAILY NEWS ***Winner of an Associated Press award for crime reporting, Lawrence De Maria is a Pulitzer-nominated journalist who cut his teeth on financial corruption at The New York Times and Forbes. INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM GREAT BRITAINTHE END OF US (Cole Sudden Thriller): "Great bunch of characters and fast paced. Enjoyable."
HOPE (Jake Scarne Thriller): "Another brilliant read in an ever-increasing catalogue of great stories."
SISTER (Alton Rhode Mystery): "Brilliant characters, a terrific storyline and would recommend this author without any misgivings. Kept me enthralled from beginning to the end." GERMANY
ALAS, PARIS (Thriller): "I have read many of De Maria's books, and find them unfailingly entertaining. Engaging dialogue, venues with enough descriptive detail to interest experienced travelers, scenes played out with gastronomic expertise, all while partnering with attractive and attentive characters of both sexes. And finally, for me, the writing in Chapter 14 was perfection. INDIA
THE VIRON CONSPIRACY (Jake Scarne Thriller): If you enjoy conspiracy theories, this is the book for you. Well written plot and characters, fast paced, detailed mystery.
