Synopses & Reviews
Review
"This is a gentle romp through television land in which, like prime-time TV fare, nothing seems real. The murders seem done with dummies and catsup, the emotions are counterfeit coin, and the threats and bullying are sheer bluff. All that said, the story has a certain charm. Stoney Winston is a Hollywood hanger-on, a man who for more years than he can count has been a gofer, a junior writer, or whatever, just so he could be near the action. His latest gig is as a gag writer on a quiz show, but he gets fired from even this job not far into the story. Fortunately, the program director hires him to find out how one of the contestants is cheating, and when the trail points to the star of the show—a blonde who is clearly out to lunch even by television standards—Stoney proves himself a much better detective than writer. Then again, that's not saying much." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)