The Doomsday Brunette [Paperback]

John Zakour (Author), Lawrence Ganem (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 2004

The hilarious sequel to The plutonium Blonde.

In the year 2057, the last freelance private investigator, partnered with an experimental A.I. named Harv, solves cases involving androids, future tech wizards, and all sorts of mayhem...

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: DAW (February 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756400902
• ISBN-13: 978-0756400903
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #582,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, and well done....................., February 22, 2004

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R. Hoover (north lewisburg, ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Doomsday Brunette (Paperback)

Bought this book by reading the reviews and did not regret it. Quick and easy pulp fiction read with excellent characters and plot. I read this book in two fun-filled days. Takes place in the future 2058, the story involves four identical sisters and our P.I. is called out to One's house because someone or thing has murdered her sister called Foura. I will not go into any more detail,just telling all you guys who Laurell's works and Jim Butcher's books to try this book. I really enjoyed it. Now John hurry up and finish up The Radioactive Redhead. YOU HAVE A NEW FAN.................

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent follow-up! You should buy this book!!, August 13, 2004

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Jeff M. "Not your avg reader" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Doomsday Brunette (Paperback)

The 2nd book of the trilogy, The Doomsday Brunette, picks up shortly after the events of The Plutonium Blonde.

She's super-smart, super-super-model gorgeous, nigh-invulnerable and a light shade of purple. Yup, purple. And she's 1/4 of the Thompson Quadruplet's. She is Ona Thompson and one of her sister's is dead.

Zach Johnson, Private Eye extraordinaire (that's because he's the ONLY PI left on Earth), is hired by the richest being on the planet, Ona Thompson, to find out who killed her sister.

Ah mayhem...murderous granny's, homicidal 13th Century Medieval suits of armor, golf ball-sized laser-firing security bots, zombie Vegas tourists (what! They're not REAL?!), and pheromones...sweet, sweet pheromones...What?! Where was I? Oh, yeah...one liner's, intrigue, acrophobia and more...all the ingredients for a fun-filled, fast-paced romp in the not-too-distant future of mid-21st Century.

Can't wait for the 3rd book, The Radioactive Redhead.

Don't make Zach's adventures a trilogy. We want more!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars not your average SF& Hard Boiled Detective novel, October 10, 2004

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Peter Isaacson "PENFOLD" (Whittier, CA USA - Terra - Sol System) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Doomsday Brunette (Paperback)

I was first caught by the title, then by the wonderful cover art which does a fine job of capturing the quintessential look of a period Pulp Fiction magazine. The content is no less entertaining. Not many authors have been able to carry off a classic Hard Boiled Detective novel (or even less a Detective/Mystery novel) in the Science Fiction vein. It was an easy and entertaining read. I occasionally thumbed a few pages back to re-read a particulary amusing or well-written scene.....My only regret is that this was the *first* one I read and that I haven't read the first book. Even though I'm reading out of order hasn't diminished my enjoyment a Nano!