[Redrum Horror #3]
SEX, SATANISM, AND ROCK N' ROLL!
What is the compulsive beat that seems to invade the very soul of listeners with violent, terrifying visions? Having sent a demo tape to Donna Caryl, the lead singer of the Necromancers, Stephanie Insel is invited to meet the star. Very quickly Stephanie and her friend, Eddie Bannon, are enmeshed in the secretive world of this terrifying new band. When they find themselves becoming major participants in the demonic cult of Deadbeat, they uncover the evil intentions of Caryl and her neophytes.
DEADBEAT...once you hear it, you can never forget it!
"Guy N. Smith is the grandmaster of B-movie style pulp horror and for good reason. He knows how to make it work and he keeps you glued to the page! I wouldn't miss anything he writes."
-J. F. Gonzalez, co-author of the Clickers series
"Like Stephen King and Dean Koontz, the prolific Smith is a master at building suspense."
-Booklist
Deadbeat should be self explanatory,because when you first hear or read the name the first thing that comes to mind is a fartherless child/children.Author Brian W.Smith wrote a excellent book. The book has a gripping storyline that draws you in from the first ten pages.Which cause you to wonder how the characters,and the story is going to end.This book is so compelling that some people might have empathy for or can relate to the characters Qj,Carmen,and Quincy which makes you feel that you might know someone like them or been around someone that has or went through the same situation.Overall I'm glad I pick this book....... What a great read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.The book starts out with a homeless man pushing a rickety shopping cart in the 90 degree New Orleans heat. Everything this homeless man had left is in this shopping cart. Some young punks came along and started picking on him and tried to take his cart. He did what he had to and defended himself by beating one of the boys named Bookie. A friend of Bookie named QJ found a lead pipe and he was going to attack the homeless man for beating his friend Bookie. QJ was told by a homeless woman who was nearby not to do it, and he was having second thoughts about hitting the homeless man.
"Don't do it son" said the homeless man.
"Shut yo ass up!" QJ retorted. "You split my boy's eye. I'm about to split yo head".
"I only hit him because he tried to steal my stuff," the man said. "The stuff in that cart is all I got...since I lost you QJ."
Time seemed to stand still as QJ stood there with a perplxed look on his face. He thought he heard the man say, "since I lost you, QJ."
Apparently QJ's facial expression reflected his bewilderment. He could feel his anger grow as he looked into the begging eyes of the bleeding homeless man.
"What did you just say?"
"You heard me, son. It's me--your daddy."p. 12
The homeless man then told QJ to run and told him where to hide from the police. QJ couldn't believe what he heard -- the homeless man said that he was his daddy. That couldn't be right. His mother told him that his father was dead.
The homeless man's name is Quincy. He was married to QJ's mom, and then they had QJ. They started having marital problems and then he started drinking and got into drugs. When QJ was five, Quincy's wife Carmen sent him to the store with some money, and he didn't return for 3 days. He just didn't seem to care anymore.
"Without any forewarning, Quincy packed a bag full of clothes, a large bottle of Hennessey he had in the cabinet, tip-toed into QJ's bedroom and kissed the child on his forehead, and then left the house. A decade would pass before he would come face-to-face with his son again." p. 17.
QJ confronted his mom and wondered why she lied about his dad being dead. She had told him that his dad died in a car accident. She wanted to protect him because Quincy was into drugs and left when QJ was 5.
QJ's godmother is Lawana. She is really the one who tried to keep QJ in line. Lawana didn't really like Quincy back when he was married to Carmen, so she told Carmen that telling QJ that his daddy was dead was okay.
QJ started asking himself questions like why his dad never contacted him and how did he get to be homeless. Then his friends wanted to go back and take care of that homeless man. QJ was stuck. He wasn't sure what to do. Should he admit that the homeless man is his dad, should he try to protect him, or should he help beat the homeless man. After all even if he was his father, it's not like he ever tried to contact him.
Quincy then ran into his old friend Scoop who is also now homeless. Scoop really gave him some good advice, but would Quincy take his advice?
Carmen started asking God for help. She didn't know how to explain what happened between her and Quincy to QJ. Carmen was seeing Terry, but QJ didn't like Terry at all.
Brian W. Smith never fails to add humor to his writing either. Lawana was at a club with Angela. She sa
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[Redrum Horror #3]
SEX, SATANISM, AND ROCK N' ROLL!
What is the compulsive beat that seems to invade the very soul of listeners with violent, terrifying visions? Having sent a demo tape to Donna Caryl, the lead singer of the Necromancers, Stephanie Insel is invited to meet the star. Very quickly Stephanie and her friend, Eddie Bannon, are enmeshed in the secretive world of this terrifying new band. When they find ...