Killer Material

by Dan Barton

Some kinds of thievery cause not only material loss but outrage - Great Aunt Annie's cameo brooch, for instance. Or a stand-up comic's routine. So when Bill Kincaid, standing in at the last minute for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312252226
• ISBN13: 9780312252229
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

You can die other ways besides laughing

This is a sensational murder/crime thriller that never gets boring. I will definitely be checking out the sequel Heckler as Killer Material is one of the best books I have read in ages. Biff Kincaid receives a call from his fellow stand up comedian friend Art Westcott asking if he can fill in at the last moment as the lead act at a club Biff has been meaning to perform at anyway. Biff agrees and is a hit, but discovers the MC Ned Lando, is stealing other comedian's jokes and passing them off as his own. He has taped Biff's and the act of Kelly a comedian Biff has just met and wants to get to know further. This is totally unacceptable to Biff and when he confronts Lando he discovers there's a lot more going on than he realises. When he later discovers the murdered body of Art after finding out Art was also after trying to get his material back he realises that comedy has just got deadly serious. Still he was never one to back down from a fight and no one has the right to steal another comedians jokes. Like I said you can't put this one down. It is a very entertaining and well written novel. You have to buy it.

Stand-Up Comedy is Murder

Biff Kincaid, stand-up comic, is filling in as a headliner for friend Art Westcott at the Chortles Club when he sees something that really gets his goat. The opener is recording the entire show in order to steal the jokes. When Biff tries to confront the young man after the show, he winds up unconscious. While trying to track down the tape of his material, he gets involved in the dark side of town and finds Art's body. What did Art know that was worth killing him for? And can Biff find the answers without getting killed himself?This book was a real departure from the cozy mysteries I normally read. I found myself enjoying it, however. The mystery moves along at a brisk pace with plenty of new information to keep the reader interested, and the characters were truly likeable. Since the book stars a stand-up comic, there are some great one-liners sprinkled throughout the book. I found myself laughing out loud several times and grinning to myself many others. Still, the suspense of the story never lags in favor of the jokes.If you like your detectives and mysteries with more of an edge, this is the book for you. Pick it up and meet a great new detective in his first mystery.

good book

I just happened to pick this book at the library and it sounded like it could be fairly interesting. It was good. I know more about the comedy store scene than I ever knew and it's a hard life!! Biff Kincaid is an unsuspecting hero and aguy who likes women and they like him a lot in return!! There's lots of twists and murders in this book and it's hard to put down. I hope Dan Barton writes more books!!