Heroes ever die / J.A. Crawford.

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Title:

Heroes ever die / J.A. Crawford.

Author:

Crawford, J. A., author.

ISBN:

9780744305920

9780744305449

Physical Description:

291 pages ; 23 cm.

Series:

Ken Allen, super sleuth series

Ken Allen, super sleuth series.

General Note:

Includes an excerpt from Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc. by Ash Bishop.

Abstract:

D-list detective Ken Allen investigates a series of murders of superhero actors after the blame falls on Ken's oldest friend.

In his world, everyone wears a mask. When the actors who play iconic superheroes in big screen blockbusters start dying on set, Ken Allen, failed actor and neophyte detective, answers the call after the blame falls on effects expert Ray Ford, Ken's oldest friend. But the deaths are not accidental. Someone is killing heroes. Maybe for love, maybe for money. Maybe for both. Ken Allen finds himself outmatched and outgunned when he learns that Ray Ford's banished apprentice makes weapons that are anything but props.

Personal Subject:

Allen, Ken (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Subject Term:

Private investigators -- Fiction.

Actors -- Fiction.

Superhero films -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction. (DLC)sj 96005569

Actors. (OCoLC)fst00796296

Murder -- Investigation. (OCoLC)fst01029788

Private investigators. (OCoLC)fst01077503

Superhero films. (OCoLC)fst01138887

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

Novels (OCoLC)fst01921742

Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

Suspense fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Novels.

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Summary

In his world, everyone wears a mask.

When the actors who play iconic superheroes in big screen blockbusters start dying on set, Ken Allen, failed actor and neophyte detective, answers the call after the blame falls on effects expert Ray Ford, Ken's oldest friend.

But the deaths are not accidental. Someone is killing heroes. Maybe for love, maybe for money. Maybe for both. Ken Allen finds himself outmatched and outgunned when he learns that Ray Ford's banished apprentice makes weapons that are anything but props.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In Crawford's entertaining sequel to 2021's Jove Brand Is Near Death, failed actor turned PI Ken Allen has reason to be grateful to old friend Ray Ford, a special effects wizard. Ray has arranged for Ken to meet his idol, legendary comic book writer and illustrator Dave King, who's on the set of the latest movie Ray's working on. Also on the set is Flint West, the actor portraying the superhero Flying Freeman, who wants to hire Ken to investigate something dangerous on behalf of an unnamed friend connected to Dave, but without that friend knowing of Ken's involvement. The PI gets definitive evidence that something rotten is going on when the actor playing Flying Freeman's nemesis dies in an apparent accident during filming. Ray, fearing he'll be blamed for the death, asks Ken to prove foul play. A second fatality on the set of a rival studio with a superhero franchise gives the detective another murder to solve. The nicely twisty plot builds toward a logical ending. Crawford's tongue-in-cheek parody of superhero films will delight many. Agent: Lucienne Diver, Knight Agency. (Aug.)