The Grin Reaper
"Quite a Cast of Characters."
Amos Lassen
It seems that every time I review a Robin Anderson title, I end up using the same phrases. Once again,
I am forced to say that I do not know how he consistently turns out books that are so well written and that
are so much fun to read. He has yet to repeat himself and if I have to find something in common between
all of his books, it is unquestionable his ability to give us the wildest characters we will ever meet.
In "The Grin Reaper" we meet scriptwriter Oliver and cohort, actor Jamie who suspect that their newest
discovery Kurt is not only sleeping with them but with their fathers as well. Oliver and Jamie are out for
revenge and like we are told revenge is best when is boiling hot. I doubt it could get much hotter than it
does here. It helps that the characters are very angry but it gets much hotter as we meet some high
school bullies, a very hot porn star, a hot film headed for Cannes and so on. Like other Robin Anderson
novels we travel and we laugh and deal with sensitive issues like marriage, fashion, love, divorce and blackmail.
What always surprises me is that I have been reading and reviewing Anderson for about six years now and I can never guess what his newest book is about but I am quite sure that I will love it. When one reads as much as I do, this is not a simple statement to make. He is able to use his British humor in the most unlikely situations and this is not something we often see. I love the subtitle of this book:
"Madness, murder, and mayhem ensue, along with love, lust, and a dash of blackmail". If you have all of that going on in a novel, how can you lose?