Joe Portugal's experienced killing before. He's seen gunmen mow down a friend on little more than a whim. He's known greed and ambition to drive his friends to murder. But now he's face to face with a whole new degree of wickedness. A show business prodigy has been shot dead. Though no one — except perhaps the man's father — will mourn him, his demise puts Joe in debt to a shadowy presence whose sway extends deep into Southern California industry, government, and law enforcement. And suddenly Joe begins to suspect that everyone he knows — his protégé, stunning television star Ronnie McKenzie; his new wife, Gina; and most disturbing of all, his prison vet father — is part of that clandestine coterie known as "the manipulated." Nathan Walpow’s "snappy Chandleresque dialogue" (Los Angeles Times) adds punch to this intricate, darkly witty whodunit set in the trashier byways of Tinseltown.
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By Clay Norman (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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I was recently introduced to Joe Portugal in One Last Hit by a coworker and found it to be a fun and an enticing read, but The Manipulated thrusts Joe and his adventures to a whole new level. The Manipulated is sexier, darker, funnier and all around more explosive. Mr. Walpow's ability to express the relationships and ties between his characters is so powerful and insightful it makes this chapter in Joe's life an impossible one to put down, and leaves you thirsty for more. I'm a fan!
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Walpow has an easy and inviting style that once I began reading The Manipulated, I couldn't stop. I have read a couple of the Joe Portugal novels in the past, but past knowledge is definitely NOT necessary when reading this latest adventure. In fact, this is a great one to jump in on. Joe is reaching a turning point and I get the feeling things in the future are going to be different for him, equally engaging, but different.
If you like a good mystery, if you like to laugh, if you enjoy a wholly real and inviting main character, read The Manipulated.
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The Manipulated is a ton of fun. Nathan Walpow really knows how to pull you in, and once you're there, you don't want to leave. Right from the first chapter, he had me. As others have said, though Joe Portugal has appeared in other novels, you could easily just jump right in here and join the fun! This is one of those books where you suddenly find you've been reading for hours and it doesn't even seem like it.
Can't wait for the next one!
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Ronnie McKenzie shrieked, hurled off the bedding, and scrambled to her feet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dennis Lennox, John Santini, Claudia Acuna, Nathan Walpow, Mary Elizabeth, Eric Stahl, The Manipulated, Donna Lennox, Mike Lennox, New York, Golden Globe, The Galahad Sisters, Alberta Burns, Bobby Lee, Ike Sunemori, Joe Portugal, Feed Your Head, Pyramid Lake, Samantha Szydlo, San Francisco, Staples Center, Toby Bonner, Alma Rodriguez, James Bond, Linda Madera New!
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Ronnie McKenzie shrieked, hurled off the bedding, and scrambled to her feet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dennis Lennox, John Santini, Claudia Acuna, Nathan Walpow, Mary Elizabeth, Eric Stahl, The Manipulated, Donna Lennox, Mike Lennox, New York, Golden Globe, The Galahad Sisters, Alberta Burns, Bobby Lee, Ike Sunemori, Joe Portugal, Feed Your Head, Pyramid Lake, Samantha Szydlo, San Francisco, Staples Center, Toby Bonner, Alma Rodriguez, James Bond, Linda Madera New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Cactus Club Killings by Nathan Walpow in Front Matter
- Death of an Orchid Lover (Joe Portugal Mystery) by Nathan Walpow in Front Matter
- Bob Marley (Baa) (Black Americans of Achievement) by Sean J. Dolan on page 221
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