Loverboy

by Richard Belsky and R.G. Belsky

Book Overview

Dear Lucy,

Hello again, my lovely. Here's a riddle for you:

What has two arms, two legs, no face--and is red all over

ATTENTION WOMEN OF NEW YORK CITY:
I love you all. I really do.
I love you to death.
Now, due to circumstances beyond my control,
I have begun killing again. There's only person
who can stop this bloodbath. It isn't me.

I've missed you, Lucy.
You and I, we shared something really special; a long time...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380790688
• ISBN13: 9780380790685
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

taut,, engaging thriller

Once again, Belsky shows his stuff in this well-written thriller, with well-drawn characters. Couldn't put it down.

best female mystery writer today!

R.G. Belsky is the best female mystery writer today. You really feel like you are in her shoes!

It's AMAZING a man can write like he's a woman!!!!

How does he do it? A top notch mystery from awoman's point of view, but the author is a MAN!He must get in the mood and proper frame of mindby dressing as a woman while he types each scene.BRILLIANT!!! Read it!

A Thrilling Mystery that will Keep You Guessing....

I read a lot of mysteries these days. After awhile it gets to the point where I have seen a particular plot device before or a similar red herring in another book. The end result is that I know the result (or at least most of it) before the book ends. Then there is Loverboy, R.G. Belsky's exciting novel about a serial killer in New York City. This particular serial killer terrorized NYC ten years ago; all of a sudden the killing stopped. The police and the reporter who broke the story to the world -- Lucy Shannon -- persumed that the killer had died. When the same signature killings begin anew, the police and Lucy are scrambling to determine if this is the work of a copycat killer or has the original Loverboy resurfaced. The power of this book is the human qualities of Lucy -- a reporter who was a star at one point, but underneath is just a woman trying to get her life into order. The supporting characters are strong and the plot has enough twists to keep your eyes glued to the pages until the very end. If you are a fan of a well-written mystery with engaging characters and a superb plot, one cannot do much better than Loverboy.

A repoter once again takes on the serial killer Loverboy

LOVERBOY is such a pleasant misnomer for a deadly serial killer, who for years took a bite out of the Big Apple by killing many innocent men and women until suddenly the carnage stopped. The grief he caused to the family of his victims and the damage he perpetrated on his victims lucky enough to survive is undescribable. Lucy Shannon was a cub reporter, who Loverboy singled out during the media blitz. When the murderer simply vanished, Lucy turned into an alcoholic, divorced three times, and her career collapsed into a state of oblivion. A decade later, Lucy struggles to reconstruct her life. She is now dry and stays out of trouble until the killings start anew. As before, Lucy becomes the center of the ensuing publicity as the return of Loverboy singles her out for a starring role in his latest spree. Regardless of whether the new killer is an original or a copycat, Lucy needs to exorcise the demons that have plagued her for the past decade or fall into a deeper depression. As serial killer thrillers go, LOVERBOY is a fantastic piece of writing that brings alive characters and events to the point that readers will believe their watching a TV show. The use of flashbacks is also well executed, linking the past and present in a seamless manner so that the audience feels that they know the story behind the story. There is a thrill a minute in this riveting drama that will make readers clamor for Mr. Belsky's next novel because there is a 100% certainty that it is going to be as dynamic, explosive, and attention grabbing as LOVERBOY. Harriet Klausner