Click to Play

Be the first to write a review
Pick Up In Store

Pick Up in Store

Reserve and pick up in 60 minutes at your local store

Hardcover
$22.06
BN.com price
$28.95 List Price (Save 24%)
Marketplace (New and Used)
from
$0.01
$28.95 List Price (Save 100%)
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
All (24)  
Used (18)  
New (6)  
Close
Sort by
Page 1 of 3
Showing 1 – 10 of 24 (3 pages)
$0.01
(Save 100%)
OwlsBooks-TRM
Seller since 2009

Feedback rating:

(22563)

Condition:

New — never opened or used in original packaging.

Like New — packaging may have been opened. A "Like New" item is suitable to give as a gift.

Very Good — may have minor signs of wear on packaging but item works perfectly and has no damage.

Good — item is in good condition but packaging may have signs of shelf wear/aging or torn packaging. All specific defects should be noted in the Comments section associated with each item.

Acceptable — item is in working order but may show signs of wear such as scratches or torn packaging. All specific defects should be noted in the Comments section associated with each item.

Used — An item that has been opened and may show signs of wear. All specific defects should be noted in the Comments section associated with each item.

Refurbished — A used item that has been renewed or updated and verified to be in proper working condition. Not necessarily completed by the original manufacturer.

Good
Giving great service since 2004: Buy from the Best! 4,000,000 items shipped to delighted customers. We have 1,000,000 unique items ready to ship! Find your Great Buy today!

Ships from: Lakewood, WA

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.01
(Save 100%)
Better World Books
Seller since 2006

Feedback rating:

(50880)

Condition: Good
Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase ... benefits world literacy! Read more Show Less

Ships from: Mishawaka, IN

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.01
(Save 100%)
GreatBuyBooks-WA
Seller since 2009

Feedback rating:

(18248)

Condition: Good
Buy from the best: 4,000,000 items shipped to delighted customers. We have 1,000,000 unique items ready to ship today!

Ships from: Lakewood, WA

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.55
(Save 98%)
Aeden Stclair
Seller since 2010

Feedback rating:

(555)

Condition: Good
FORMER LIBRARY. Usual markings. Normal wear.

Ships from: Marietta, OH

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
$1.10
(Save 96%)
Friends of the Phoenix Library
Seller since 2009

Feedback rating:

(540)

Condition: Good
2009 Hardcover Good This is a former library copy with library stickers and stamps. 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!

Ships from: Phoenix, AZ

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$1.75
(Save 94%)
Alibris NV
Seller since 2005

Feedback rating:

(20379)

Condition: Good
2009-12-01 Hardcover Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 250 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections.

Ships from: Sparks, NV

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$1.99
(Save 93%)
New Chapter Recycling
Seller since 2010

Feedback rating:

(3285)

Condition: Good

Ships from: Lakewood, WA

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$1.99
(Save 93%)
GreatTimeBooks
Seller since 2009

Feedback rating:

(551)

Condition: Good
Used book in average shape. Quick shipping, friendly service. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! BN

Ships from: Lakewood, WA

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$1.99
(Save 93%)
Discover Books Ltd.
Seller since 2006

Feedback rating:

(3584)

Condition: Good
Some wear on book from reading, some spine creases, wear on binding and pages, we guarantee all purchases and ship all items via USPS mail.

Ships from: Sumas, WA

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
$2.99
(Save 90%)
acsbooks
Seller since 2009

Feedback rating:

(577)

Condition: Good
Former library copy with minor cover and read wear, pages clean, binding tight. KK4 Shipped with delivery confirmation.Please select Expedited shipping for faster delivery.

Ships from: Brunswick, OH

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
Page 1 of 3
Showing 1 – 10 of 24 (3 pages)
Close
Sort by

Overview

An electrifying thriller from an Edgar Award-winning crime writer -A dying TV star reaches out to a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with an explosive revelation: the truth behind an infamous Hollywood murder spree, which will destroy a US senator’s bid for the presidency. For former star reporter Hunt Liebling, it’s a chance to get his career back on track – until he walks in on an all-new Hollywood massacre, and becomes the prime suspect himself . . .

... See more details below
Sending request ...

More About This Book

Overview

An electrifying thriller from an Edgar Award-winning crime writer -A dying TV star reaches out to a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with an explosive revelation: the truth behind an infamous Hollywood murder spree, which will destroy a US senator’s bid for the presidency. For former star reporter Hunt Liebling, it’s a chance to get his career back on track – until he walks in on an all-new Hollywood massacre, and becomes the prime suspect himself . . .

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
At the start of this unconvincing near-future thriller from Edgar-winner Handler (The Sour Cherry Surprise), Tim Ferris, a former child actor on The Big Happy Family, America's top-rated TV show from 1954 to 1968, sends Ernest Ludington Thayer, the “world's oldest living Pulitzer Prize winner,” a letter offering the truth behind the 1972 murder spree that killed six of the show's other cast members. One of Ferris's co-stars on the Brady Bunch–like show was Gary Dixon, now a U.S. senator and “Christian conservative” running for president. Dixon leads his Democratic opponent by a wide margin in the polls. Since age has left Thayer too infirm to leave his New York City home and follow up himself, he dispatches Hunt Liebling, a courageous independent blogger, to California to learn what Ferris knows. Liebling's mission soon turns violent after the corrupt creator of The Big Happy Family sends in hired muscle to stop Ferris from talking. Major plot holes don't help a hard-to-swallow premise. (Dec.)
Booklist
The adventure begins when journalist Hunt Liebling gets a call from his former teacher, Ernest Thayer, who has received a bizarre letter from aging child star Tim Ferris. The actor claims to know the "real truth" behind one of Hollywood's most infamous murder sprees, which resulted in the deaths of nearly the entire cast of beloved family sitcom The Big Happy Family in 1972. But the most titillating claim in Ferris' letter is that Herbert Landau, the show's producer, and one of the show's child stars, Gary Dixon, who is now on the verge of being elected the president of the U.S., were responsible for the murders. Thayer commissions Liebling to fly to L.A. and get the scoop. What he finds is an eye-popping mix of sex, pornography, religion, cover-ups, scams, scandals, and murder jostling for position with ruthless politics and a megalomaniacal plan to take over the country. Fast paced, frantic, and head spinning, Handler's latest is no ordinary thriller: it's distinctly odd and wildly over the top, but it's also tautly constructed and thoroughly involving, boasting equal doses of Hollywood glamour and show-biz craziness.
More Reviews (2) Fewer Reviews
Library Journal
In 1972, several cast members of The Bagley Bunch (yes, loosely based on TV's The Brady Bunch) were murdered. Years later, one of the surviving stars, now terminally ill, wants to tell what really happened, especially since a fellow ex-actor is running for President. VERDICT Ranting against the religious right and painting a cozy picture of a fringe group of liberal computer geeks, Handler (The Bright Blue Star) loses focus with his jaded, one-sided view of American politics. Too bad, because he had a terrific plot.
Kirkus Reviews
A Hollywood ending is rewritten. Dying of pancreatic cancer, Tim Ferris, former child star of the much-loved TV series The Big Happy Family, wants legendary, Pulitzer-winning journalist Ernest Ludington Thayer to tell the real story behind the 1972 murder spree that decimated his TV family-a story Ferris has documented on four tell-all tapes and a hidden fifth tape summarizing exactly who did what to whom. Too frail to fly to Los Angeles, 94-year-old Thayer sends his gum-chewing protege Hunt Liebling, who has been blackballed from most media outlets by media baron Herbie Landau and subsists on his investigative blog, huntandpeck.com. Hunt barely has time to deplane in L.A. before a pair of assassins take out Ferris, his housekeeper and her husband, the old detective who purportedly solved the original killing spree. The killers next set their sights on Hunt's New York contacts, including his brother and sister-in-law, Thayer, his aging helper and his girlfriend, and Hunt's beautiful, vibrantly brilliant pal C.C. There are clues aplenty, but unfortunately they all point to Hunt as the killer. Now dubbed the Unablogger by the press and sought nationwide by the feds, he must find the fifth tape to clear himself. Harlan Coben wannabe Handler (The Sour Cherry Surprise, 2008, etc.) almost pulls it off until the pat revelations on that fifth tape drag his fantasy back down to earth.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780727868114
  • Publisher: Severn House Publishers
  • Publication date: 12/1/2009
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 689,717
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

David Handler was born and raised in Los Angeles and published two highly acclaimed novels about growing up there, Kiddo and Boss, before resorting to a life of crime fiction. He has written eight novels featuring the witty and dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart Hoag, including the Edgar-Award-winning The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald. He has also written five novels featuring the beloved duo of pudgy New York film critic Mitch Berger and alluring Connecticut State Trooper Des Mitry, including the Dilys Award-nominated The Cold Blue Blood. He has written extensively for television and films on both coasts and co-authored the international best-selling thriller Gideon under the pseudonym Russell Andrews. He is a graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and began his career in New York City as a television and theater critic. He also served a stint as a ghostwriter. Mr. Handler currently lives in a 1790s carriage house in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
( 0 )

Rating Distribution

5 Star

(0)

4 Star

(0)

3 Star

(0)

2 Star

(0)

1 Star

(0)

Your Rating:

Review Guidelines
Add Recommendations
Your Name: Create a Pen Name or Leave Anonymously

Barnes & Noble.com Review Rules

Our reader reviews allow you to share your comments on titles you liked, or didn't, with others. By submitting an online review, you are representing to Barnes & Noble.com that all information contained in your review is original and accurate in all respects, and that the submission of such content by you and the posting of such content by Barnes & Noble.com does not and will not violate the rights of any third party. Please follow the rules below to help ensure that your review can be posted.

Reviews by Our Customers Under the Age of 13

We highly value and respect everyone's opinion concerning the titles we offer. However, we cannot allow persons under the age of 13 to have accounts at BN.com or to post customer reviews. Please see our Terms of Use for more details.

What to exclude from your review:

Please do not write about reviews, commentary, or information posted on the product page. If you see any errors in the information on the product page, please send us an email.

Reviews should not contain any of the following:

  • - HTML tags, profanity, obscenities, vulgarities, or comments that defame anyone
  • - Time-sensitive information such as tour dates, signings, lectures, etc.
  • - Single-word reviews. Other people will read your review to discover why you liked or didn't like the title. Be descriptive.
  • - Comments focusing on the author or that may ruin the ending for others
  • - Phone numbers, addresses, URLs
  • - Pricing and availability information or alternative ordering information
  • - Advertisements or commercial solicitation

Reminder:

  • - By submitting a review, you grant to Barnes & Noble.com and its sublicensees the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use the review in accordance with the Barnes & Noble.com Terms of Use.
  • - Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right not to post any review -- particularly those that do not follow the terms and conditions of these Rules. Barnes & Noble.com also reserves the right to remove any review at any time without notice.
  • - See Terms of Use for other conditions and disclaimers.
Search for Products You'd Like to Recommend

Recommend other products that relate to your review. Just search for them below and share!

Create a Pen Name

Your Pen Name is your unique identiy on BN.com. It will appear on the reviews you write and other website activities. Your Pen Name cannot be edited, changed or deleted once submitted.

Your Pen Name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters (plus - and _), and must be at least two characters long.

Continue Anonymously

We're sorry, but penname is already taken.

Please select one of the following:
Your Pen Name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters (plus - and _), and must be at least two characters long.

Continue Anonymously

penname is available!

By visiting the BN.com website or marking a purchase on BN.com, a User is deemed to have accepted the Terms of Use.

Continue Anonymously

Welcome, penname

You have successfully created your Pen Name. Start enjoying the benefits of the BN.com Community today.

If you find inappropriate content, please report it to Barnes & Noble
Why is this product inappropriate?
Comments (optional)
500 character limit