Kiss Me Kill Me [Paperback]

Michael Karol (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 13, 2003

New York writer Ray Abreu could deal with getting fired from his job. He could even accept the fact that after looking longer than he was willing to admit, he still hadn't found Mr. Right.

But Ray could not accept being linked to a series of gruesome murders in the Big Apple.

Ray knew facts about the murders that only the killer could know—the stuff they hide from the public in newspaper accounts. But Ray had no idea why the killer was using him, or how. It seemed too awfully similar to the horror movies he'd loved as a child. But this time the horror was closing in on him.

There's a handsome detective on the case who might be playing for Ray's team. But will Ray live long enough to find out?

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Kiss Me, Kill Me" takes the reader on a fascinating journey from the slave ships of the 1600s to the plantations of colonial Virginia and finally to modern-day New York, as Ray Abreu tries to deal with an ancient horror that apparently has unfinished business with him. It's a new twist on an old horror tale, sexy and smart, with stunning illustrations that evoke a gothic mood and atmosphere, taken by veteran New York photographer Craig Hamrick.

About the Author

Michael Karol is an award-winning, New York-based author with a fondness for garlic. Sleeps Well With Others, the prequel to Kiss Me, Kill Me, was published in 2006.

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Writers Club Press (April 13, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595275311
• ISBN-13: 978-0595275311
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,007,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Karol is an award-winning New York-based entertainment journalist and author. His books include Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia; The ABC Movie of the Week Companion; The Lucy Book of Lists: Celebrating Lucille Ball's Centennial and the 60th Anniversary of I Love Lucy; Sitcom Queens: Divas of the Small Screen; The TV Tidbits Classic Television Book of Lists; and KISS KILL: A Vampire's Tale. He has interviewed a long and eclectic list of performers, producers, writers and "experts" over the years, everyone from soap diva Susan Lucci to blues legend Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, songbird Phyllis Hyman and Dr. Jordan Grafman, chief of the Cognitive Neuroscience Section at the NIH; actors Eva La Rue, Kaye Ballard, Cameron Mathison, Debbi Morgan, Denise Nickerson, John Noble, Jane Connell, Gale Storm, Doris Singleton, Kathryn Joosten, Lindsay Hartley, and David Hedison, among many others; and behind-the-scenes movers and shakers like Wonderfalls creator Bryan Fuller and House, M.D.'s creator and executive producer, David Shore; I Love Lucy's film editor, Dann Cahn; and director William Asher, who helmed I Love Lucy and Bewitched, among other classics.

Michael has been quoted and referenced in magazines ranging from The Star to Rue Morgue, and in such books as 2003's Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball; 2004's Mixed Nuts: America's Love Affair with Comedy Teams From Burns & Allen to Belushi And Aykroyd; and 2008's How to Be Like Women of Power: Wisdom and Advice to Create Your Own Destiny. He has written for and been interviewed on the Web by sites like Theofantastique.com (http://www.theofantastique.com/2010/02/03/michael-karol-the-abc-movie-of-the-week/) and The Terror Trap (www.terrortrap.com). His own website can be found at www.Sitcomboy.com. Michael keeps a bottle of Vitameatavegamin by his computer for health and inspiration.

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5.0 out of 5 stars love and revenge..., July 14, 2010

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L. Jaeger (new jersey usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kiss Me Kill Me (Paperback)

take it to the beach and watch out for who is on the blanket next to you! great story of love/revenge/love.....

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5.0 out of 5 stars Eternal Love, June 6, 2003

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missy beattie (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kiss Me Kill Me (Paperback)

Michael Karol gives new meaning to the concept of eternal love. Take this book to the beach, to bed, on a plane, or read it aloud to your mate or date. It's a sexy, well constructed page-turner.

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2.0 out of 5 stars sad, March 22, 2007

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Furio (Genova - Italy) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kiss Me Kill Me (Paperback)

This may look like a gay-themed vampire story but is not.
It is about human relationships and inabilities: our inability to know what we want, to find it when we finally get to know, to adjust to the compromise we chose to make when giving up.

It is a book about a life of second best choices, second best if we are lucky because they sometimes turn out to be 15th best if not worse.

This is why this novel is unbelievably sad. Mr Karol skills are enough to give us a perfectly realistic picture of this silent and very personal human tragedy, not enough to make more than just that.

The side kick, the vampirism, is decidedly good instead: original, and that is saying a lot these days.
Vampires here are really a different species, gradually detaching themselves from this former humanity. And they are beasts. Strong, clever predators. Scary.
No romantic nonsense about the vampires being good guys and way beyond Anita Blake series in depicting the disgust humans feel when confronted with something so alien.

This is funny after all. I am guessing of course, but I am sure the author wanted to give us a story about human feelings framed in a vampire context to make it appealing. Well, while the human part is no more than proficient, the vampire frame is excellent, sexy, dark and scary, really so.