High Steaks

By Rob Loughran

Book Overview

Winner of the Mystery Novel Award. . . Davis O'Kane thought his fall from grace had reached its lowest point, with an impending divorce and a custody battle for his twin daughters, but then he finds a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930486375
• ISBN13: 9781930486379
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Salvo Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Very Impressed

Swiftly moving, gripping, heartfelt, intelligent, funny, sensitive, emotional, and brutally honest down and dirty. Rob takes you on a journey with masterly crafted interwoven plots, but doesn't let you get lost in them. He gives just enough info to portray the scene and to make the reader feel up close and personal with the characters, but does not overwhelm the reader with unnecessary and excessive detail. And boy could he. Who has this depth and scope of knowledge of so many topics?? Again what intelligence! The characters are all so different and fleshed out really well, you really feel like you're there with them - a sweeping scope of human existence in many of its forms. An intriguing plot hard to put down...It felt as though I was watching a movie. Can't wait to see it! Keep em' coming Mr. Loughran!

Can't Wait For The Movie!

It goes-and-goes-and-goes. Pure fun! Easy Reading; great dialog. Pick it up, you won't put it down.

From the Critics: The Library Journal

Davis O'Kane works part time as a radio talk-show host and full time as part-owner of a popular restaurant in Nightingale, NV. About to be divorced and divested of his property and his twin girls--not to mention his dignity--Davis finds the murdered body of his latest flame, a bartender at his restuarant. As the plot progresses, so do complications: Davis' partner uses the restaurant for money laundering, a local horse owner bamboozles people with a stand-in horse, and a lawyer friend who owns an escort service helps with divorce advice. And then there's Davis's gambling addiction. This first novel offers nonstop entertainment, peppy prose, and crafty complications. For most collections. Copyright 2003. Reed Business Information

As the plot thickens

I got to a point in the book where I just couldn't put it down. It just kept delving deeper, and I loved going with it.

Surprised

This book made me laugh but "High Steaks" didn't tell any jokes. The characters--just what they do--are legitimately funny. The females; Corine, Wanda Marie, Tasha, Kaitlyn, and Lisa are fully formed--very unusual for a mystery novel which generally relies on stereotypical females--The Whore, The Good Mother, The Hooker With A Heart Of Gold. Corine's chapter, #57 I believe, towards the end of the book, is poetry, insight, and delight. I just finished this book and I want to read it again.