Jack of Spades: A Tale of Suspense (Paperback)

from Schatje

Andrew J. Rush is a successful, award-winning mystery writer. In secret, he also writes a series of ultraviolent noir thrillers under the pseudonym "Jack of Spades." His dual identities exist in harmony until Rush is accused of plagiarism by C. W. Haider, a wannabe writer. Feeling threatened and ...

from Beamis12

Everytime I read one of this author's book, I ask myself. "How does she do it?" She is incredibly prolific, writes a wide range of material. from novellas like this one, to short stories and long novels. Yet, she manages to write complex scenarios time and time again. This is a twisty psychologic...

from CurrerBell

The ending's a bit . . . conventional? . . . but I really liked the "getting there" with a highly unreliable first-person narrator who's a "distinguished" mystery writer who also writes sado-masochistic detective "potboilers" pseudonymously, as if Oates is poking fun at her own frequent pseudonym...

from MarkMeg

This is an interesting psychological thriller. Andrew J. Rush is a prolific writer of mysteries as well as writing under the pseudonym Jack of Spades. As the story opens he is being sued by someone in his community for plagiarism. The judge dismisses the case and initially we have the impression ...

from KMT01

Andrew Rush writes mysteries fora living, but he also anonymously writes a darker series, the Jack of Spades series, which covers the more violent, darker side of human nature. His life is moving along quietly and smoothly until a rich eccentric older woman in the community sues him for plagiaris...