Access To Power - Softcover

Ellis, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786014539 ISBN 13: 9780786014538

Publisher: Pinnacle, 2001

Synopsis

When his business partner is brutally murdered, ruthless image maker Frank Miles is pitted against a deadly psychopath whose cleverness rivals his own, and he must race against time to uncover the truth, a quest that will take him from the seedy underworld of Washington, D.C., all the way up to Capitol Hill. Original.

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About the Author

ROBERT ELLIS is the international bestselling author of Access to Power, The Dead Room (a No. 1 Amazon.com bestseller in the US and UK), and the critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times bestseller City of Fire, The Lost Witness, and Murder Season - selected as top reads by Booklist, Publishers Weekly, National Public Radio, The Chicago Tribune, The Toronto Sun, The Guardian (UK), The Evening Telegraph (UK), People Magazine, USA Today, and The New York Times. His novels have been translated into more than ten languages and are read in more than thirty-five countries.

Born in Philadelphia, Robert moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a writer, producer, and director in film, television, and advertising. Robert studied writing with Walter Tevis, author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and The Color of Money, and with John Truby, screenwriter and author of The Anatomy of Story. His books have garnered praise from authors as diverse as Janet Evanovich and Michael Connelly. For more information, visit him online at robertellis.net.

Reviews

Drawing on his experience as a high-profile media consultant, first-time author Ellis spins a potent political thriller that deftly conveys the superficiality and shrewdness of life on Capitol Hill. When renowned image-maker Frank Miles is hired to wage a no-holds-barred advertising blitz for Mel Merdock, a senatorial candidate with deep pockets and few morals, Frank's primary concern is to win the race, even if his client isn't the best man for the job. Three weeks prior to election day, Frank's longtime business partner and friend, Woody, is murdered during what appears to be a botched robbery. Unable to shake the feeling that Woody's death was no accident and aware of the considerable enemies his sometimes sleazy media schemes have earned him, Frank does some investigating of his own and uncovers a shocking trail of corruption that leads all the way to the White House. Ellis writes in crisp, punchy prose, mirrored by the novel's short, sound bite-like chapters, which are skillfully woven to form an absorbing narrative. A side story involving a romance between Frank and an associate is a pleasing touch, and Ellis's painstaking attention to character development, pacing and detail will ensure that this hard-hitting debut will leave conspiracy buffs hungering for more. (Aug.)Forecast: The book's plain, dark cover won't catch a browser's eye, but print advertising in USA Today and the Washington Post will help generate respectable sales for this debut thriller.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Pinnacle
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786014539
• ISBN 13: 9780786014538
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384