Wicked Stepmother

by Michael McDowell and Dennis Schuetz

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943910340
• ISBN13: 9781943910342
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Valancourt Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Campy, outrageously funny by Michael McDowell's pen name.

After "Blood Rubies", Michael McDowell presented this, the second [and last]of the "Axel Young" novels, which were parodies of the suspense thrillers created by the likes of Sidney Sheldon and which were so in vogue in the early 80s.In this, he creates the evil and greedy Louise, (you just can imagine Joan Collins pulling it off flawlessly)who won't stop at nothing to achieve her dreams of financial security, even marrying and then killing an old millionaire, and then playing musical beds with his lawyer.Enter the three children, Verity, Jonathan and Cassandra, who will have to choose between saving their family inheritance or just saving their lives.Total, all-out camp in the most Johnwateresque style, with a memorable punk-rock subplot and lots of the tepid themes that made Jackie Susann a classic (drugs, sex, tacky dialogue and cheesy settings) served with hardly a straight face, makes this book a real hoot (and a real find).A book to read for leisure and revel on the many talents of his author (also responsible, as McDowell for such great horror books as "Katie" and the "Blackwater" chronicles, and as "Nathan Aldyne" for the estupendous "Provincetown Murder Mysteries" -- Cobalt, Canary, Teal, and Vermilion-) who has earned a cult status and, sadly, doesn't seem to be in print anymore.Let yourself be hooked... you won't regret it! And if you can, make it a double feature with anything else he has written.