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    By Blood Written

    By Steven Womack

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    About this ebook

    At first, it was only research . . .

    Author Michael Schiftmann has received resounding critical acclaim for his novels that few people buy or read. The sad truth is that readers aren't interested in great literature—they only want glitz and violence. So that's what Michael intends to give them—shocking stories of a blood-chillingly efficient serial killer that are filled with gore and horror. And to ensure that his books are impeccably realistic in every aspect, he plans to try his own hand . . . at murder.

    Soon his fictional killer is a sensation, and Michael is a rich, sought-after celebrity—and his beautiful, rising-star literary agent, Taylor Robinson, is falling in love with him. But there is one serious problem: Michael Schiftmann has discovered that bloodletting feels good . . . and he can't seem to stop.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061865602
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    Steven Womack

    Steven Womack is the New York Times Notable, Edgar® and Shamus awards-winning author of ten novels, including Dead Folks' Blues and Dirty Money. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is also a professor of screenwriting at Watkins Film School.

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    • 4/5
      This was a decent read, a struggling author who'd been unable to get anywhere suddenly starts climbing the ladder of success when he begins writing a novel series about a serial killer. Only problem is there's an actual serial killer on the loose who has evaded police committing remarkably similar crimes, something an avid reader notes after seeing a newspaper article on yet another crime. Only now the avid reader has just attending a book signing in that very same town with the author and realises they aren't just remarkable similar, they're the same with details slightly adjusted.Ensuing is some procedural law enforcement and legal wrangled as a case against the author is formed and brought to the courts.I quite enjoyed it and thought the idea of a crime writer being the actual criminal was an interesting topic to write about. I didn't so much like that some characters just passed through the story forming up the plot not to be heard from again, that being said it didn't detract all that much from the main thrust of the story and overall the writing and story was pleasurable to read.