Going Down for the Count

by David Stukas

Book Overview

Blindsided by the fabulously wealthy Count Siegfried Von Schmidt, Robert, longing for old-fashioned romance, finds his dreams shattered when the Count is murdered, forcing Robert, along with his friend Michael and their lesbian sidekick Manette, to wade through Berber, Prada, and a wealth of suspect

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0758200420
• ISBN13: 9780758200426
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Outrageous Fun

Once again Stukas has struck!...This book is great beach/poolside reading. Silly, witty, sarcastic, and clever are words which describe the antics in this whodunit. Don't miss this one. It is PURE ENTERTAINMENT.

DATING ROYALITY CAN BE MURDER AND FUN, TOO!

Welcome the return of Robert, everyone?s gay (but somewhat schlumppy and Midwestern) best friend and totally underpaid copywriter (gads, it sounds like I?m describing myself) in David Stukas? follow up to his 2001 SOMEONE KILLED HIS BOYFRIEND comic mystery. I had a couple of reservations in regard to that book, in that I felt that the characters of Michael, a fabulously wealthy and totally obnoxious megaslut and Monette, your typical stereotypical lesbian were somewhat one dimensional. In the latest book Stukas has grown more comfortable with has characters and as a result they?ve become more defined with the early rough edges now polished. Actually, I am now convinced that Michael is intended to be totally one dimensional, which makes him like people we have all known and still loved in spite of it all. In this book it?s Robert?s turn to find true love in the person of Count Siegfried von Schmidt, which naturally sends the rejected and dejected Michael into outrageous fits of jealously inspired one-upmanship. But as they say love is blind, and as the count whisks Robert off in his Lear jet, we (along with Michael and Monette) know that something is rotten in Denmark which is strange since the count has taken Robert to his castle in Germany. Anyway, the plot twists and thickens in a Marxian fun sort of way, and we all know what?s going to happen long before it does, or before Robert finally realizes it. It isn?t often that you want to shout at a character in a book warning him not to open that door or some such thing. But, look what audience participation did for The Rocky Horror Movie!Rest assured that Michael [surpasses] his previous performances, and Robert and Monette?s practical jokes reach new slapstick lows. Hey, what can I say? If you were looking for great literature, you?d never pick up this book with its typical Kensington Kartoon Kover. But since we all need something to laugh about these days, you won?t go wrong with this book. (And the next one, since Sutkas is hard at work on his followup.)

GOING BACK FOR MORE!

I read David Stukas's first novel, SOMEONE KILLED HIS BOYFRIEND in trade paperback and thought it was great. At the end of that book there was a teaser for GOING DOWN FOR THE COUNT. The little that I read made me want to read more, so I bought the book and I'm glad I did. The book's terrific! It's just as funny as the first. I can't wait to read Dave's next installment!

Breezy Summer Reading

This book is perfect for summer: light, airy, and thoroughly enjoyable. I read "Somebody Killed His Boyfriend" last summer and loved it. I was not disappointed in my longing for Stukas' next mystery. This book is pure fun, though sometimes in a very biting way, and so tongue-in-cheek it's amazing they don't stick together! You will laugh out loud, sometimes hysterically, at the witty reparte and over-the-top characterizations. Still, it can get you to thinking and there are many relateable elements in the story despite it's preposterous circumstances. It's an easy read, only a handful of hours for a speed reader like me. I officially adore David Stukas and can't wait for next summer and the next mystery!