Blood Drama

by Christopher Meeks

Overview

THE SETUP:

Everyone has a bad day. Graduate student Ian Nash has lost his girlfriend in addition to being dropped from a Ph.D. program in theatre at a Southern California university. When he stops at a local coffee shop in the lobby of a bank to apply for a job, the proverbial organic matter hits the fan. A gang of four robs the bank, and things get bloody. Ian is taken hostage by the robbers when the police show up. Now he has to save his life.

FBI Special Agent Aleece Medina's analysis of the bloody bank heist drives her into the pursuit of a robbery gang headed by two women. She doesn't anticipate how this robbery will pit her against both the bandits and the male higher-ups in the FBI while the media heats up during a giant manhunt.

The robbers are about to kill Ian, and all he has at hand is his knowledge of the stage.

EARLY REVIEWERS SAY:

"Ian Nash is not an easily defeated man. He is a winner in spite of himself, and we love him for that." - Sam Sattler, Book Chase

"Author Christopher Meeks synthesizes all with elan in this most recent narrative triumph. He unfailingly entertains!" - Gerald Locklin, author, The Vampires Saved Civilization

"Blood Drama is highly entertaining and extremely enjoyable. It is a combination black comedy and crime novel. The characters of Ian and Aleece are memorable, quirky, and unique. Highly recommended." - Lori Lutes, She Treads Softly

CRITICS ON CHRISTOPHER MEEKS'S PREVIOUS NOVELS SAY:

"Charming and endlessly entertaining." - The Midwest Book Review

"It is a given, now, that Christopher Meeks is a master craftsman as a writer... His stance in the echelon of new important American writers seems solidly secure."- Grady Harp, Amazon Top-Ten Reviewer

"I have to say I've gone from being an admirer of his work to a full-blown fan bordering on groupie." - Marc Schuster, Small Press Reviews

"Christopher Meeks captures life's unpredictability while retaining a message of the hope that inspires us all." -Meghan Burton, Medieval Bookworm

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016414775
Publisher:	White Whisker Books
Publication date:	05/25/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	888 KB

About the Author

Christopher Meeks was born in Minnesota, earned degrees from the University of Denver and USC, and has lived in Los Angeles since 1977. He's taught English at Santa Monica College, and creative writing at CalArts, UCLA Extension, Art Center College of Design, and USC. His fiction has appeared often in Rosebud magazine, Lit Noir, as well as other literary journals, and his books have won several awards. His short works have been collected into two volumes, "The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea" and "Months and Seasons," the latter which appeared on the long list for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He's had three plays produced, and "Who Lives?: A Drama" is published. His focus is now on longer fiction. His first novel is "The Brightest Moon of the Century," and his second, "Love At Absolute Zero." His third, "Blood Drama," is his first thriller.

Editorial Reviews

"BLOOD DRAMA is very much a thriller, but it's a thriller with a romantic twist. Ian Nash combines innocence and recklessness in a way that endears him to the reader as much as it confounds the other characters in the novel, and when Ian begins to woo the beautiful Latina FBI agent officially in charge of the investigation, we see that his basic optimism about the future remains intact. Ian Nash is not an easily defeated man. He is a winner in spite of himself & we love him for it."

Book Chase - Sam Sattler

"BLOOD DRAMA delivered! It is full of the quirky characters, I've come to expect from Meeks, especially the lead character, Ian Nash. It is fresh and has the biting humor I also expect from him."

So Many Precious Books - Teddy Rose

"BLOOD DRAMA is highly entertaining and extremely enjoyable. It is a combination black comedy and crime novel. I reveled in Ian's quoting David Mamet (or some other playwright or work of literature) to deduce and interpret the information he had to ascertain where the clues were leading them. As always, Meeks is a gifted writer."

She Treads Softly - Lori Lutes