Play Him Again (A Matt Hudson Roaring Twenties Crime Novel)
Book Details
Author(s)Jeffrey M. Stone
PublisherRiverdale Press
ISBN / ASINB007M0M8EW
ISBN-13978B007M0M8E7
Sales Rank111,719
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
"Let me run this down really quick:
Story: Outstanding
Storytelling: Outstanding
Characterization: Outstanding
Scene and setting: Outstanding
Did I love this book? I could hardly put it down. Los Angeles in the 1920s, rum runners, grifters and con artists, mob men, blackmail, murder, hijacking. . . silent movie stars and a movie industry reluctant to embrace 'talkies' - this book has it all." Julie Weight, Book reviewer/blogger
"The snowball of the plot starts rolling very fast downhill, getting bigger and bigger and more complicated and more dangerous as the novel carries you along in its wake. . ." P. B. Sharp, Top 500 Reviewer
"Once it gets rolling, it is like a train on a 90 degree slope!" Susannah St. Clair, Vine Voice
"A totally engrossing reader's hook launches this story into orbit, and the adventure, excitement, and thrills never stop. 'Play Him Again' is a novel I could not put down. Author Jeffrey Stone's portrayal of this forgotten era is as vivid as if he had lived it, and he causes readers to feel they are living it now." Mallory Anne-Marie Haws, Top 1000 Reviewer
"The characters are vivid, electric, and believable. . .There is an underlying tension that moves the story forward at a steady pace keeping the pages turning." Karen Doering, Top 1000 Reviewer
"Jeffrey Stone delivers a compelling story with twists and turns form beginning to end, the setting fits like a glove with all of its rich history, and the characters are unique and scary. The research for this book is excellent, the story is fascinating and thrilling, and the characters are indeed unforgettable." Geraldine Ahearn, Author and Top 1000 Reviewer
It's the Roaring Twenties but silence remains golden in Hollywood. Sound is expensive. Only two studios have installed sound equipment. Matt Hudson, the preferred bootlegger of the film industry, wants to produce a talking picture but neither sound studio will lease him their facilities. After Hud's oldest friend, con man Danny Kincaid, dupes a gangster who controls a small movie studio into buying a bogus sound device, the gangster gets wise and Danny ends up dead. To settle the score, Hud runs another con to play the gangster again. A con that will either avenge Danny and land Hud a studio, or get him killed.
Story: Outstanding
Storytelling: Outstanding
Characterization: Outstanding
Scene and setting: Outstanding
Did I love this book? I could hardly put it down. Los Angeles in the 1920s, rum runners, grifters and con artists, mob men, blackmail, murder, hijacking. . . silent movie stars and a movie industry reluctant to embrace 'talkies' - this book has it all." Julie Weight, Book reviewer/blogger
"The snowball of the plot starts rolling very fast downhill, getting bigger and bigger and more complicated and more dangerous as the novel carries you along in its wake. . ." P. B. Sharp, Top 500 Reviewer
"Once it gets rolling, it is like a train on a 90 degree slope!" Susannah St. Clair, Vine Voice
"A totally engrossing reader's hook launches this story into orbit, and the adventure, excitement, and thrills never stop. 'Play Him Again' is a novel I could not put down. Author Jeffrey Stone's portrayal of this forgotten era is as vivid as if he had lived it, and he causes readers to feel they are living it now." Mallory Anne-Marie Haws, Top 1000 Reviewer
"The characters are vivid, electric, and believable. . .There is an underlying tension that moves the story forward at a steady pace keeping the pages turning." Karen Doering, Top 1000 Reviewer
"Jeffrey Stone delivers a compelling story with twists and turns form beginning to end, the setting fits like a glove with all of its rich history, and the characters are unique and scary. The research for this book is excellent, the story is fascinating and thrilling, and the characters are indeed unforgettable." Geraldine Ahearn, Author and Top 1000 Reviewer
It's the Roaring Twenties but silence remains golden in Hollywood. Sound is expensive. Only two studios have installed sound equipment. Matt Hudson, the preferred bootlegger of the film industry, wants to produce a talking picture but neither sound studio will lease him their facilities. After Hud's oldest friend, con man Danny Kincaid, dupes a gangster who controls a small movie studio into buying a bogus sound device, the gangster gets wise and Danny ends up dead. To settle the score, Hud runs another con to play the gangster again. A con that will either avenge Danny and land Hud a studio, or get him killed.
