The King Is Dead

by Sarah Shankman

Book Overview

Lawrence Block hailed the first Samantha Adams book, First Kill All the Lawyers, as Right on target . . . a rollicking good read. Now Atlanta's wittiest journalist/detective is back, in a mystery as sizzling and juicy as a prize-winning barbecue sauce, and her visit to Tupelo, Mississippi, is marred by the bathtub electrocution of a lawyer's wife.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671734598
• ISBN13: 9780671734596
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Worth a re-read!

This book was meant to be a movie- to be produced and directed exactly as it's written (otherwise, it wouldn't be as much fun to watch as it was to read). Why worry if you're television isn't ready for the digital transformation? Your mind is always ready for an engaging book! Remind your mind that the killers won't be caught and the medical miracles don't always happen in 40 minutes and before the 10 pm news!

lotsa fun

i got this title at the dollar store! needed a lurid, fast, vacation read and got in spades. shankman's tendency toward comma splices takes a little getting used to, but i loved this guilty-pleasure potboiler, filled with elvis arcana, southern culture, and tacky, lively characters who dovetail entertainingly. the ending's baroque and a bit predictable, but leaves you wondering. was he...? could he've been...? hmmm... definitely worth a buck, and made me want to read more from this author.

Sam Adams does it again

I never got this book fully until I moved to Louisiana- people do take food seriously in the South, and guard barbeque and other recipies as great secrets. My mother-in-law has been trying to get a BBQ recipie for years from one of her friends who refuses to tell her. So this book is a bit educational for people who aren't from the South. Shankman knows her stuff. And if you love the Sam Adams series, you'll love this book. I love the twists in the story- so many Elvis connections! If you love 'Q', mysteries and Elvis, this is the book for you!(and even if you don't, its still a great book!)

Hilarious!

About half way through this funny book, I decided it wasn't a mystery. But then the end took me by complete surprise! Highly recommend for those who like a little comedy with their mysteries...