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My Gun Has Bullets (2003)

by Lee Goldberg(Favorite Author)

3.19 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0595270255 (ISBN13: 9780595270255)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Mystery Writers of America Presents

series

Charlie Willis

review 1: In this satire of the cutthroat television industry, former Beverly Hills cop Charlie Willis ends up starring in his own detective show in exchange for his silence after being shot by the Angela Lansbury-like star of "Miss Agatha." While it is an interesting concept, especially when someone switches Charlie's prop gun for a real one and he inadvertently shoots his guest star to death on the set, there were several subplots going on at the same time which I found tiring after a while--found the book rather disappointing.
review 2: I try to be as professional as possible when it comes to writing my reviews. I do hope that will be the case for most of this review. When trying to describe this book in one word the only one I can think of is Dumb. In my opinion thi... mores is the worst book I have ever read, and it was almost impossible to finish. My stubbornness and pride kept me trucking through but I almost wish I would have stopped all together, I also wish it was possible to give this a negative star rating. I have read Lee Goldberg before and enjoyed the ones I have read. He writes the Adrian Monk books based off the television series and he does a good job. The characters are just as engaging as they were in the show, and the plots are well developed and funny. Since I have enjoyed these novels in the past, when I saw that this was a Kindle freebee I jumped on it. It turns out I over paid for this book. The main plot line is about a former cop, Charlie Willis, who was shot by televisions Miss Agatha, a detective similar to Miss Marple. The network is so afraid they will loose their best show because of this event that they offer Charlie his own show if he keeps quiet as to what happens. Of course he is dumb enough to take it and things around the studio start going horribly wrong. I have no idea what Hollywood is really like so the murder, blackmail, sex and general low morality may be spot on. I am not a prude at all and have read some risqué scenes in the past. That being said, some of the sexual encounters in this book are well beyond the line of common decency and I think the book would have been better without it. I really tried to like this book, and hoped it would eventually get better. For me it was a big disappointment and not one I would recommend to anyone. It even has caused me to wonder if I will continue to read the Monk books because of the disappointment I feel for Lee Goldberg after reading this book. To anyone who is a fan and enjoyed this book I am sorry to be so harsh and critical but I have to be true and honest about my feelings. less

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