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In Grimes’s new sendup of a world she knows very well, Candy and Karl, hitmen with a difference— they have scruples—venture into the murky Manhattan publishing scene. They come to the aid of a writer who is being sued by her unscrupulous literary agent, L. Bass Hess, a man determined to get a 15 percent commission for a book he didn’t sell.
The contract killers join forces with publishing mogul Bobby Mackenzie and megabestselling writer Paul Giverney to rid the mean streets of Hess, not by shooting him, but by driving him crazy. They are helped by a crew of colorful personalities, including an out-of-work Vegas magician, an alligator wrangler, a glamorous Malaysian con lady, and Hess’s aunt in Everglades City, who has undergone a wildly successful sex change.
This wickedly funny sequel to Grimes’s bestselling novel Foul Matter is another character-driven “satire of the venal, not to say murderous, practices of the New York publishing industry” (The New York Times Book Review).
Advance Praise for The Way of All Fish
“Like all great satirists, Martha Grimes sees the world from the other side of the looking glass and invites us to come along for a wild and wacky ride. A very entertaining and fun read.”
— Nelson DeMille, bestselling author of The Quest
“Few people have ever succeeded in making book publishing of all things seem funny and suspenseful, but Martha Grimes does so brilliantly.”
— Michael Korda, author of Another Life
“Martha Grimes is back with a deliciously hilarious send-up of the book business. The Way of All Fish nails all the foul matter of publishing dead on, and is a smashingly great read as well.”
— Linda Fairstein, bestselling author of Death Angel
Martha Grimes is the bestselling author of more than thirty books, including twenty-two Richard Jury mysteries. The winner of the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award, Grimes lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
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