Making a Killing

by Warren Dunford

Following the success of 'How to Be a Major Motion Picture,' this new novel from Warren Dunford finds struggling screenwriter Mitchell Draper digging up a 20-year-old-murder-suicide as meat for a new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555836577
• ISBN13: 9781555836573
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Alyson Books
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Finally a contemporary murder mystery without the cliches

This is the sequel to Soon to be a Major Motion Picture in which our hero, Mitchell Draper, faced with writer's block finds a screen play in the "real-life" story of an unsolved murder in a Rosedale mansion. Rosedale is a ritzy area in Toronto, Canada. We also learn more about Mitchell, Ingrid and Ramir as well as other fascinating characters. This is another funny, witty, page-turner by Warren Dunford.

Another Page Turner from Toronto's Toast of the Town

This story is the 2nd in Dunford's Mitchell Draper murder mystery series. It continues the on-going saga of our gay screen writing friend, Mitchell and his pals Ramir and Inga. Faced with writer's block, Mitchell discovers an unsolved murder in Rosedale, Toronto that would make the perfect story. Talk about being involved in your work! Our screen writer must once again turn sleuth and solve the mystery. Dunford is funny, witty and better than all those conventional murder mystery authors put together. Read this and you'll never be able to stand the boringly obvious plotlines of a Grafton or a George again!

A contemporary urban romp--great fun

Mitchell Draper has lost his job working for a children's television series and is looking at a career in the children's ghetto of scriptwriting. With a month before his next job starts, he decides to write the perfect blockbuster screenplay. The only problem is, he doesn't have a story. Visiting his friend Ramir's guru doesn't give him any ideas but it does unleash a strange vision. That vision eventually leads him to investigate a decades-old murder-suicide--or was it a double-murder. MAKING A KILLING explores the gay and artistic communities of Toronto, Canada. Mitchell is a great character, filled with angst about his future, yet concerned about his friends as well. The concept of a movie script driving the mystery forward works, motivating Mtchell to continue his investigation despite the increasing threats he faces. Talented author Warren Dunford combines a light, humorous touch with a real sense of the urban 30-something artistic community and enough mystery to keep the story interesting. While you may guess the killer's identity, the Dunford does a great job rolling out the clues and both foreshadowing and obscuring the full story behind the twin deaths. I found myself laughing and reading segments to my wife--something that doesn't happen enough.

Wonderfully entertaining and hilarious mystery

In this wildly entertaining sequel to "Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture", we catch up with Mitch Draper, a struggling (and gay) screenwriter in Toronto, as he investigates a bizarre high-society murder-suicide case from the 1970s as potential research for a script. His friends Ramir and Ingrid each have their own tumultuous lives, and Mitch's investigation into long-buried secrets stirs up more than he bargained for, and ultimately affects the lives of himself and his friends. And could Mitch have finally found love with the gorgeous movie company executive from Los Angeles, or is the handsome stranger hiding something as well? Dunford's second book is superbly written, thoroughly engrossing, and filled with hilarity, twists, and hijinks. Combining sex, celebrities, violence, and a touch of the supernatural, "Making A Killing" is the perfect mix.

Satisfying Literary Meal

Like preparing a fine meal, Dunford sets forth characters in this delicious novel like ingredients in a recipe. And, just as you are not quite sure how each ingredient comes together, Dunford combines them to create a novel into which you can really "sink your teeth".What's more, Dunford adds a teaspoon of humor and a dash of emotion and spices it up with good ol' fashioned scandal. All in all, a very satisfying literary meal.