Revenge is Fun series. Publisher Vinny Vitali deserves to be whacked, but for some reason he's like a cat with 9 lives. He's holding a mob widow's memoir hostage and the authors want to kill him, but he won't die.
He deserves to be whacked. There's only one problem-he's still alive when he's supposed to be dead.
Definitely a funny crime caper that will keep you turning the pages.
Laugh out loud when Mob wife Maria Mancuso, and best-selling coauthors Danny Garrett, a former FBI agent, and Margaret Stanton, a wealthy divorcee, decide their only choice is to murder the publisher from Hell--"Fat Vinny." Vitali,who tops the scales at 400 pounds. They were under contract for Maria's memoir--the one she came out of hiding to write--but Vitali really wanted (and thought he was getting) an investigative Mob book that named the killer of Maria’s late husband, Tony "The Nose," head of the notorious Mancuso crime family. The hit on "The Nose" is still unsolved , and entrepreneur Vitali, new to the publishing business, pictures himself becoming King of True Crime books. However, never once in the year-and-a-half it took to write the book did he tell them he expected a different book than the one the contract called for.
Now the only way they can get their book published is if Vinny has a one-way ticket to the Happy Hunting Ground. When their perfect murder plots turn out to be not so perfect, this crime fiction book will keep you on your toes trying to figure out what comes next..
Attempts to bump off Fat Vinny are becoming like hiring the "Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" .
Excerpt
EXCERPT FROM “BUMPING OFF FAT VINNY”
Not a word was spoken on either side of the desk, while hostility hung in the air like a gun waiting to be fired. The standoff continued for a tense ten minutes, each side firmly committed to keeping their mouths shut, as though the one who talked first would be the loser.
As the minutes passed, Fat Vinny continued to slide the cigar around his lips, licking the tip until he was certain the soggy La Gloria Cubana looked utterly disgusting to Danny and Margaret. The only sound was the whoosh of the ceiling fan directly over Vinny’s head. He kept the fan swirling at high speed, because he perspired like a pig and the fan cooled him. He never wore dark shirts, afraid the inevitable patches of sweat under his arms would destroy the illusion of power.
Finally, Vinny broke the silence. “So, after I throw this piece of junk in the garbage, when am I gonna get my book with all the interviews? I say start with the brother first. If you can crack him, he probably has a load of information. Names, even contacts. This book is gonna nail what really happened to Tony ‘The Nose’. The—whadda ya call it, um, mystique, about how he got wasted and who done it—that’s still hot. I thought you guys were gonna go deep, since no one ever nailed who ordered the hit on Tony. Word is it was never sanctioned. I’m lookin’ for a best seller, and instead you bring me a broad’s sob story.”
Professional Reviews Funny with an Unseen Ending
5 out of 5 stars Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2019 This book is full of humor with a little suspense mixed in here and there. That is until you get to the end and discover that there was more suspense than you realized. Yes, what I'm trying to say is that there is a very big surprise at the end. This is another fun book from Authors Dennis N. Griffin & Morgan St. James. Don't let this one slip away before reading.
Good Fun
4 out of 5 stars Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2020
The mob, a hit, a widow, a true crime memoir, a publisher, a falling out and some drastic measures taken.
I did find it amusing. Two co-writers and their client, a mob widow try to bump off Fat Vinny after an insurmountable disagreement finds him standing in the way of riches in the form of a film deal, for the book they've written but which he won't agree to publish or relinquish the rights to.
I quite liked the frustrated attempts to hasten Vinny's departure to the afterlife, and it wasn't like he didn't deserve it. I liked the three main conspirators though and the way they backed each other and got along. I quite liked the idea of Danny and the glamourous widow, Maria getting together, but that never transpired. I liked the mounting frustration as the efforts to outsmart Vinny failed, before the pursuit of a more permanent resolution.
Funny and Quick Read
5 out of 5 stars Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2016
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Funny story line and the guy got what he deserved in the end after all. Ending totally threw me off, very clever.
