Turnpike Flameout Author:Eric Dezenhall When a private jet crashes in the Jersey Pine Barrens, the search begins for faded rock icon, Turnpike Bobby Chin. The singer suspiciously survives, and soon after, a sculptor vanishes after unveiling his unflattering statue of the star. The cops says it+s homicide, and plan to bust Turnpike Bobby.When the media circus begins, pollster Jonah Eas... more »tman is hired to devise a -PAS+ (Plausible Alternative Scenario) for the sculptor+s death. As he works to vindicate Bobby, Jonah enters the inner-sanctum of the celebrity icon, a world so lethal that Jonah waxes nostalgic for his days working for the Mafia.Turnpike Flameout is a black comic ride through mega-stardom and the spins employed by handlers to ensure that crime pays-quite well, actually.« less
One of the best books I've read in recent memory. I loved it! It's not often that I regularly find words I don't know. Many twists and turns and a whole lot of fun.