Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #914679 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-19
• Released on: 2007-06-19
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.07 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Actor Underwood (Sex and the City, etc.) teams up with accomplished authors Due and Barnes to produce a seamlessly entertaining novel. Tennyson Hardwick—semisuccessful actor, ex-gigolo and incipient sleuth—has the mixed fortune to reconnect with rap superstar Afrodite, a former client, for a night of more than just sex. The next day, she's found dead in a plastic bag with a split skull, and he's a suspect. To clear his name, Hardwick draws on all of his considerable assets: good looks and charm, a $2.5 million house inherited from a devoted client, martial arts skills (Barnes's stock in trade) and connections on both sides of the law. The authors have mixed up a cocktail of exotic elements—the sex for pay industry, the grind and glitz of Hollywood and the rap biz, a smart leavening of black film history—and topped it with a double shot of brutal murder. Handsome Ten Hardwick has not only a great backstory but a very promising future.
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From AudioFile
Richard Allen moves sleekly into the beguiling character of Tennyson Hardwick--out-of-work actor and former gigolo. An old friend--a rap-star-turned-actress--offers him a job and is then found murdered. Tenn turns into suspect number one despite his fathers sterling reputation as a retired police captain. Richard Allen transitions from the speech of Tenns father, a stroke victim, to the vulgarity of the rap world Tenn investigates as he looks for the real culprit. A roller coaster of violent encounters and sexual escapades highlight actor Underwoods (L.A. Law) first novel, and Allen narrates the ride with aplomb. D.P.D. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About the Author
Blair Underwood is an author and award-winning actor, director, and producer. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Visit his website at www.BlairUnderwood.com

Steven Barnes is an award-winning author of twenty-three novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Cestus Deception. He has been nominated for both the Hugo and CableACE awards for his work in television. Visit his website at www.lifewrite.com.

Tananarive Due is an American Book Award-winning, Essence best-selling author of Blood Colony, The Living Blood, The Good House, and Joplin's Ghost, and co-author of the NAACP Image Award-winning Tennyson Hardwick mystery series. She lives in the Atlanta area with her husband and co-author Steven Barnes. Visit her blog at www.TananariveDue.blogspot.com.