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South Beach Shakedown
The Diary of Gideon Pike
2006
First Published
3.66
Average Rating
287
Number of Pages

Part of Series

Someone is about to make a killing in the music industry. Why would songwriting legend Gideon Pike mysteriously disappear just when he is about to turn his 30-year career into a multi-million dollar profit? Music columnist Mick Sever is back in Don Bruns' third suspense masterpiece. This time he's looking for answers and his missing friend in the gritty backrooms of South Beach's biggest nightclubs, dodging suicide speedboats and running from sniper fire. What surfaces is how the major players in the music industry are not making the headlines, they're just pulling the strings that create them. Hit it right and the royalties, even someone else's, can rake in millions for the rest of your life. The key is finding Gideon before Korean mobster Jimmy Shinn does. Jimmy is ready to cash in on the one secret that will bring Gideon to his knees and strip away what's left of his career, his fortune, and his life. Whoever gets to Gideon first will either save him or pull the trigger. The deadly race is on.
Avg Rating
3.66
Number of Ratings
65
5 STARS
25%
4 STARS
34%
3 STARS
29%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
5%
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Author

Don Bruns
Don Bruns
Author · 17 books

Don Bruns is a writer, novelist, musician, songwriter, painter, cook, advertising executive and stand up comic who has no idea what he wants to be when he grows up. He's the author of nine books and was editor of the mystery/music anthology A Merry Band Of Murderers. Don's published novels cover two series. One, a Caribbean thriller collection and two, the Stuff series, a humorous look at two twenty-four year old guys in South Florida who start their own detective agency and end up neck - deep in trouble. Jamaica Blue, Barbados Heat, South Beach Shakedown, St. Barts Breakdown and Bahama Burnout make up the Caribbean books. The Stuff series consists of Stuff To Die For, Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Stuff To Spy For, and Don't Sweat The Small Stuff. Bruns is currently working on the fifth Stuff book, Too Much Stuff. He currently resides on Florida's West coast. Bahama Burnout/ Finalist, National Best Books Award - Mystery/Suspense 2009 South Beach Shakedown/ Winner National Best Books Award -Fiction/Suspense 2006 South Beach Shakedown/ Winner, Indie Excellence, 2006 Award - Mystery/Suspense South Beach Shakedown/ Winner USA Book Award, 2006 - Mystery Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/ Winner Indie Excellence Award 2009 - Mystery/Suspense Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/IndieBound Notable, October 2008 Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/Winner Florida Writer's Association - Stuff To Die For/ Starred review Booklist

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