St. Barts Breakdown, Don Bruns
St. Barts Breakdown, Don Bruns
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St. Barts Breakdown
A Novel

Author: Don Bruns

Narrator: Richard Powers

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/19/2008

Synopsis

Rock-and-roll journalist Mick Sever is back with a new assignment: to interview music legend Danny Murtz. One of the most successful producers in history, Murtz has walls lined with platinum records—and a closet full of skeletons.But before Mick can hop a plane to the island paradise where Murtz has secluded himself after his latest “incident” (Murtz’s romantic conquests have a way of vanishing into thin air), he’s nearly run down by a speeding car. Coincidence?Anonymous threats have Murtz convinced that someone is out to bring him down. Ravaged by mounting paranoia and fueled by drugs and alcohol, Murtz begins to suspect everyone, and Mick Sever is at the top of his list. If Mick isn’t careful, his next column will be an obituary—his obituary.

About Don Bruns

Don Bruns is an ad executive and a USA Today bestselling author. As a former road musician, he performed with Ricky Nelson, the Four Seasons, Ray Charles, and others. Bruns has authored seventeen published novels including the Quentin Archer Mystery series. Casting Bones has been optioned for a motion picture by Nine Ton Entertainment. He makes his home in Southern Florida.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on August 04, 2023

Good beach read with a few twists and turns in the plot, set in St. Bart's......more

Goodreads review by Terri on May 25, 2008

St Barts Breakdown Synopsis provided by the publisher: Rock and roll journalist Mick Sever is back with a new assignment: interview music legend Danny Murtz. Murtz’s walls are lined with platinum records, but his closet is full of skeletons. Known for producing an unbelievable string of hits, Murtz i......more

Goodreads review by J on May 03, 2009

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. average read. it occupied me while i read it, but now a couple months later i don't retain all that much. this fits into a genre i like - mystery or suspense, in which the main character is a journalist. the sleuthing journalist is Chicago music freelancer Mick Sever, who seeks th......more

Goodreads review by Becky on September 30, 2008

Far Fetched story line, but a fun read. I love reading anything with Islandy.......more

Quotes

“Capturing Murtz’s rising anxiety with a ravaged voice, narrator Paul Michael Garcia duels with himself as he pulls things back with a more well-balanced portrayal of Sever. The result is a thrilling mind game in which each player lays it all on the line while Garcia shows listeners his colorful palette of vocal abilities.” AudioFile

“Take a Phil Spector-like pop-music producer. Make him a near billionaire by virtue of his clever ability to purloin lyrics and tunes from others in the business. Replace his weird hair-dos with recreational hankerings on the order of single-malt scotches, the usual assortment of back-alley pharmaceuticals, and a bad habit of murdering wannabe female crooners. Then stir him into an island in which no criminal homicide has ever been committed…Add a Galahad in the way of a celebrity journalist assigned to interview the producer. Make the last starlet-victim telephone the scribbler just before she goes over the balcony. And you have the recipe for a Caribbean E-thriller with a ring tone amazingly like the near-Caribbean thrillers of Tim Dorsey and Tom Corcoran.” Booklist

“Plenty of action in short chapters keep this one moving.” Library Journal

“Fast-paced, well-written, suspenseful, with considerable schadenfreude, this was a very good read.” Crimespree Magazine 

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