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Flipping Out: A Lomax & Biggs Mystery (Lomax & Biggs)

by Marshall Karp

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Nora Bannister is a bestselling mystery novelist who buys run-down houses in LA. While her business partners turn the house into a showpiece, Nora makes it the scene of a grisly murder in her House To Die For series. As soon as the new book goes on sale, so does the house and the bidding frenzy begins.  It seems a lot of people are willing to pay a lot of money to live in a real house where a fictional character has died a violent death.

Just before Noras latest book hits the market, one of her house-flipping partners is murdered.  LAPD Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs are assigned the case, but this one is a hot potato – the dead woman is also the wife of one of their fellow cops. As Mike and Terry dig into the victims private life, more bodies turn up . . . 

Is someone stalking the house flippers or is the murderer after cops wives?  Either way, Mike and Terry have to track down the killer before he murders his next logical target Marilyn Biggs, Terrys wife.

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"LAPD homicide detectives Michael Lomax and Terry Biggs take on a killer targeting a group of police officers' wives in Karp's irreverent third mystery (after 2007's Bloodthirsty). When spouses of some of Lomax and Biggs's closest co-workers are found murdered, they begin their investigation by questioning the surviving members of the LA Flippers, the partnership of cop wives who, along with popular mystery writer Nora Bannister, have found a lucrative way to flip houses in the highly competitive Southern California real estate market. With the body count rising and pressure from Lomax and Biggs's superiors to close the case fast, the wisecracking duo must somehow track down a cunning psychopath before Biggs's wife becomes the killer's next target. Blending the gritty realism of a Joseph Wambaugh police procedural with the sardonic humor of Janet Evanovich, Karp delivers a treat that's not only laugh-out-loud funny but also remarkably suspenseful." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Synopsis:

A cops wife has been murdered. As LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs investigate, a second cops wife is killed.  Both women were part of an ingenious real estate scheme run by bestselling murder mystery author Nora Bannister: she buys a house in L.A. dirt cheap, and while her partners turn it into a showplace, Nora murders someone there—in her next book. When the house goes on the market, theres a bidding frenzy. It seems a lot of people want to live in a house where a fictional character has died a violent death.

 

Is someone stalking the house flippers, or is the murderer after cops wives? Either way, Lomax and Biggs have to track down the killer before he (or she) murders the next logical target—Marilyn Biggs, Terrys wife.

 

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About the Author

An award-winning former advertising executive, MARSHALL KARP is a playwright, a screenwriter, and has written and produced numerous TV shows. Having paid his dues in Hollywood, he began killing the people he used to work with. His first novel, The Rabbit Factory, set in a Disneyesque studio, introduces LAPD Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs. In Bloodthirsty, they returned when some of the most powerful and hated men in show business turn up dead.  Marshall is at work on the further adventures of Lomax & Biggs deep in the woods of New Yorks Hudson Valley, where he subsists on nuts, berries, and reader feedback. If youd like to be a character in Marshalls next book, visit his site at www.lomaxandbiggs.com. The link that lets you enter the contest isnt that easy to find, but then, you like a good mystery, dont you? Please visit him at www.lomaxandbiggs.com

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All Purpose Monkey, May 13, 2009 (view all comments by All Purpose Monkey)
Flipping Out is the third book in a wonderful series by Marshall Karp featuring LAPD Homicide Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs. If you haven't read the first two yet, never fear. Karp's style of writing is such that you can jump right in and hit the ground running... then go back and order books one and two, The Rabbit Factory and Bloodthirsty. :-)

The premise of Flipping Out revolves around a group of women who form a business to renovate and "flip" houses for profit. Lomax & Biggs become "involved" with the project when a member of the house flipping group, who was also the wife of one of their fellow detectives, is murdered at the location of the group's most recent house flipping project. Before Lomax & Biggs can figure out whether the victim was targeted because she was a police officer's wife or because she was a member of the house flipping team a second murder occurs, also of a woman who was a member of the house flipping team and a police officer's wife. Clearly, Lomax & Biggs have their hands full with a serial killer, and from there the pursuit is on in a race against the clock to catch the killer before he/she can work their way through the entire house flipping team.

It's not easy to write a book that is both edge of your seat mystery as well as laugh-out-loud funny, but Karp pulls it off effortlessly. The black humor banter between Lomax & Biggs is razor sharp, and the one-liners fly fast and furious. But beneath the surface jocularity there is real depth to the characters in Karp's novels. Even the most bit player comes across as three-dimensional, and Lomax & Biggs are fully realized characters, wonderfully painted in a million shades of grey... there is nothing "stock" about these Hollywood Detectives.

Far from putting it into cruise control for his third book, Karp just keeps getting better. This is easily the most complex mystery of his three offerings to date. The "who" of the "who dunnit?" is never obvious, and even when you think you've got it figured out Karp manages to serve up a wicked curveball of an ending. If you like mysteries, police procedurals, characters with depth, and laugh-out-loud writing then look no further... Flipping Out has it all, and then some!
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Richard Godsell, April 5, 2009 (view all comments by Richard Godsell)
Marshall Karp worked with James Patterson and probably had the benefit of his encouragement and guidance. Marshall has a very funny sense of humour and he uses it to its full advandage in his third installment of the Biggs and Lomax series. A fast pace story with many changes and surprises as you turn one page to the next.
All you mystery readers out there, you know how by the third or fourth chapter you've figured out who shot whom and suddenly the book becomes BORING. Well, not this time. Is it Reggie? Is it Martin? No, it's... wait a minute. I'm not telling you, you'll have to buy the book and find out. Oh, get ready for a very funny read. These guys have more one-liners that Henny Youngman. Marshall Karp has stuck gold. You can even be in one his next books. Check out his web site, www.lomaxandbiggs.com and enjoy. Oh, his dog, Jett is a looker. My cat has the hots for her.
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Shelly McLain, March 27, 2009 (view all comments by Shelly McLain)
Flipping Out is a fast paced murder mystery. The cops are well-written, likeable characters who are quicker with their wits than with their guns. The plot twists and turns, leading in several unpredictable directions, finally culminating in a terrific surprising conclusion. I highly recommend this book to any mystery or humor fans. Very funny and thrilling.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312378219
Subtitle:
Biggs Mystery
Author:
Karp, Marshall
Publisher:
Minotaur Books
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
Subject:
Police
Subject:
Amusement parks
Subject:
Los angeles (calif.)
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Copyright:
2009
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Lomax & Biggs Mysteries
Series Volume:
No. 3
Publication Date:
20100330
Binding:
Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.31 x 6.45 x 0.895 in
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"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "LAPD homicide detectives Michael Lomax and Terry Biggs take on a killer targeting a group of police officers' wives in Karp's irreverent third mystery (after 2007's Bloodthirsty). When spouses of some of Lomax and Biggs's closest co-workers are found murdered, they begin their investigation by questioning the surviving members of the LA Flippers, the partnership of cop wives who, along with popular mystery writer Nora Bannister, have found a lucrative way to flip houses in the highly competitive Southern California real estate market. With the body count rising and pressure from Lomax and Biggs's superiors to close the case fast, the wisecracking duo must somehow track down a cunning psychopath before Biggs's wife becomes the killer's next target. Blending the gritty realism of a Joseph Wambaugh police procedural with the sardonic humor of Janet Evanovich, Karp delivers a treat that's not only laugh-out-loud funny but also remarkably suspenseful." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Synopsis" by ,

A cops wife has been murdered. As LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs investigate, a second cops wife is killed.  Both women were part of an ingenious real estate scheme run by bestselling murder mystery author Nora Bannister: she buys a house in L.A. dirt cheap, and while her partners turn it into a showplace, Nora murders someone there—in her next book. When the house goes on the market, theres a bidding frenzy. It seems a lot of people want to live in a house where a fictional character has died a violent death.

 

Is someone stalking the house flippers, or is the murderer after cops wives? Either way, Lomax and Biggs have to track down the killer before he (or she) murders the next logical target—Marilyn Biggs, Terrys wife.

 
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