SHOTGUN OPERA Mike Foley can never forget the night he tagged along with his brother on a job for the mob that ended in a hail of bullets. Now his brother is dead, Mike’s making wine in Oklahoma, and life is almost as good as it gets when you’ve been hiding out for forty years. Until his past comes calling. Mike’s nephew Andrew needs to disappear, and he needs to do it yesterday. Hanging with the wrong kind of friends, he’s seen something he shouldn’t have, and now he’s running for his life with an assassin on his trail. The consummate professional hit woman, Nikki Enders is the most lethal of a deadly sisterhood. And Andrew Foley is next on her extermination list. Unless Uncle Mike can stop her. As kill teams descend on Foley’s farm, one pissed-off ex—tough guy is about to take a final, all-or-nothing stand with shotguns blazing.... * Nominated for a 2007 Anthony Award * * Crimespree Magazine’s Top 10 favorite books of 2006 * Rights Information Publisher: Bantam Dell, Mass market paperback (April 25, 2006) Territory: World Rights Available: Film/TV Reviews: "Gischler’s trademark quirks are here, but this book isn’t about one liners or gags, it’s about people. SHOTGUN OPERA is an amazing book and takes Gischler’s writing to another level. Definitely one of the best books I’ve read this year." - Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine "Gischler has crafted a nifty, savage tale that could easily be converted into a funky Bruce Willis action-adventure movie. There are enough unpredictable and bloody twists to satiate even the most experienced mystery reader." - Lansing State Journal "Prime stuff, and as antically entertaining as anything spewing out of the fun-crime barrel of someone like Elmore Leonard except, perhaps, for more powder burns." - Jules Brenner, Critical Mystery Tour Blurbs: Purchase at Amazon.com

SHOTGUN OPERA

Mike Foley can never forget the night he tagged along with his brother on a job for the mob that ended in a hail of bullets. Now his brother is dead, Mike’s making wine in Oklahoma, and life is almost as good as it gets when you’ve been hiding out for forty years. Until his past comes calling.

Mike’s nephew Andrew needs to disappear, and he needs to do it yesterday. Hanging with the wrong kind of friends, he’s seen something he shouldn’t have, and now he’s running for his life with an assassin on his trail. The consummate professional hit woman, Nikki Enders is the most lethal of a deadly sisterhood. And Andrew Foley is next on her extermination list. Unless Uncle Mike can stop her. As kill teams descend on Foley’s farm, one pissed-off ex—tough guy is about to take a final, all-or-nothing stand with shotguns blazing....

* Nominated for a 2007 Anthony Award *
* Crimespree Magazine’s Top 10 favorite books of 2006 *

Rights Information

Publisher: Bantam Dell, Mass market paperback (April 25, 2006)

Territory: World

Rights Available: Film/TV

Reviews:
"Gischler’s trademark quirks are here, but this book isn’t about one liners or gags, it’s about people. SHOTGUN OPERA is an amazing book and takes Gischler’s writing to another level. Definitely one of the best books I’ve read this year." - Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine

"Gischler has crafted a nifty, savage tale that could easily be converted into a funky Bruce Willis action-adventure movie. There are enough unpredictable and bloody twists to satiate even the most experienced mystery reader." - Lansing State Journal

"Prime stuff, and as antically entertaining as anything spewing out of the fun-crime barrel of someone like Elmore Leonard except, perhaps, for more powder burns." - Jules Brenner, Critical Mystery Tour

Blurbs:

Purchase at Amazon.com