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The Morning Show Murders: A Novel
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $26.00
Manufacturer: Delacorte Press
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Nobody can dish morning TV like Al Roker, who’s seen every side of a business that looks good on camera—even when sharks are circling inside the gleaming glass Manhattan media headquarters. Treachery abounds in Roker’s riotously thrilling debut novel—at once an ingenious murder mystery and a delicious behind-the-scenes look at network TV. As fact and fiction collide and the backbiting ignites, The Morning Show Murders will make you wonder: How much of this stuff is real?
Network TV can be murder. Just ask Billy Blessing, famous for his smile, charm, and ability to survive the shark tank that is high-stakes morning TV. But though Billy has outlived his fair share of prima-donnas, his cooking segment on Wake Up America! is a staple of the American diet, and his Manhattan bistro is a mega-success, his career has just taken a very dangerous turn: His show’s perky cohost, Gin McCauley, has launched into some brass-knuckles contract negotiations. A visiting Mossad agent is about to tell all on the air. And then the network’s head honcho is murdered in his luxury apartment, and an ambitious D.A. decides that Billy is to blame.
Forensics show that Gerry Gallagher was poisoned and that the fatal coq au vin came from Billy’s restaurant. Gerry had an impressive list of women in his black book—and a news assignment in Afghanistan had plunged the TV exec into the heart of a violent international secret. Now unsavory characters are coming out of the woodwork, and another murder strikes the show’s inner circle. Billy knows that someone’s trying to frame him. He also knows that a ruthless international assassin has just arrived in New York City. And suddenly, for the most trusted guy on TV the ultimate career move is not about ratings. It’s about staying alive—and stopping the next murder from becoming tomorrow’s breaking news.
Reviews
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-07-21
Summary: "A Culinary Slant on Network Television, Classy Bistros, and International Intrigue"
"Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death." -- Genesis 27:7 (NKJV)
Today Show's Al Roker (author of Don't Make Me Stop This Car and two cookbooks) and Dick Lochte (author of the hilarious Sleeping Dog) team up for a breezy story about Billy Blessing, fourth banana on a morning television show who works the crowd outside and rustles up an occasional recipe inside. When not at the studio, Billy operates a bistro where he's more often called upon to sort out personality clashes than to prepare an entree. Tensions quickly rise as the story opens when the show's co-host successfully sticks the network for a mint and credits Billy, who is totally mystified by his supposed role. Not to worry, it's just an excuse to give Billy a motive when a network executive dies after eating something that looks a lot like take-out from Billy's bistro. There's also a broken romance in the background that causes Billy more than a little pain. Needless to say, Billy becomes the scapegoat while the police are investigating. To clear his name, the Billy goat does a little sleuthing. He's soon tipped off that there's an international assassin coming to New York to take out someone in the entertainment business. Could all those drawings of cats have something to do with all this?
The best thing about this book is that it doesn't take itself too seriously while having fun satirizing the Manhattan celebrity scene from the dual perspective of network television and restaurant dining. The authors take the time and trouble to concoct a plot that keeps you turning the pages while building up some decent twists and turns that make figuring who did what to whom worth chuckling your way to the end.
The book mostly relies on restrained humor, but many of the descriptions are beautifully visual so you can use your imagination to have as much more fun as you want . . . by further exaggerating the situations beyond the literal descriptions. It's the kind of laid-back humor that slides down smoothly, like a little flavoring in the antacid medicine you take after overindulging in too much good food and wine.
For foodies, you'll also enjoy the relatively robust descriptions of the dishes and beverages being prepared and consumed.
I think anyone who was at the beach would find this book to be a pleasant and refreshing read, letting them imagine colder weather in Manhattan and allow them to laugh at lots of annoying self-important people.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-07-15
Summary: "Really well written"
I wasn't sure what to expect when I opened this book, but it was really good. Interesting characters, good plot, moved along well, with a few surprises thrown in, what every good book should be like.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-04-15
Summary: "Good First Book for Roker"
My rule of thumb is to read my age in pages before giving up on a book. I'm glad I did with The Morning Show Murders. Many other books pulled me away from getting into this murder/mystery but when I finally dedicated time to it, it was not too bad. Al Roker's humor - to anyone tuned in to the Today Show on every morning of their life - is plastered throughout the pages. He is definitely Billy Blessing, heart and soul. Quick wit, intuitive, talented with the background and mind of a sleuth -- masquerading as a chef -- all gave the hero and story a unique perspective. I would read this on a beach as dessert or choose it from the library shelves for entertainment and curiosity. A good first attempt for Al Roker!
Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-03-18
Summary: "Al Roker Is Too Happy to Pull Off a Murder Mystery"
You've watched Al Rocker for years on the Today show, and now he's trying his hand at mystery fiction.
Billy Blessing is the owner and chef of a four star restaurant.
And has a cooking segment on the television show Wake Up, America!
Then he adds another title: prime murder suspect.
Following an argument with Blessing, WUA's executive producer Rudy Gallagher is found dead.
And they keep dropping like flies...every one of them with something in common: Billy Blessing.
Is it a coincidence? Police don't think so.
Blah, blah, blah, blah....and you know how it goes from here.
Why? Because it's been done and redone. Done to death (pun intended).
I can't even give The Morning Show Murders a little horrah. I can't even say it's mediocre.
No doubt publishers were hoping that Al Roker's name would sell it - and maybe it will - but it didn't do a thing for me.
Stick to the weather, Al. Seriously.
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-03-18
Summary: "Enjoyable But Light Mystery"
Billy Blessing, celebrity chef and host of his own cable show, is also a regular on a network morning show. When the producer of the show, whom Billy who has butted heads with once too often, is found dead, poisoned by food from Billy's restaurant, our intrepid hero is naturally the chief suspect. In the meantime, Billy is warned about an assassin nicknamed "Felix the Cat" by a local crime boss.
This is a breezy, fairly complicated mystery that you won't take too seriously, but may enjoy along the way. Roker gives us a peek behind the making of both the Today-like show Billy appears on and his cable cooking series, and the wheeling and dealing that goes on in the background, along with the requisite characters: the wisecracking restaurant manager, the female host who's trying to break the glass ceiling, a spurned lover, etc. Although Billy is a chef, food is not a main ingredient in the mystery, so those who love cooking-themed crime novels should look elsewhere. Billy is likable enough, but comes off as a "Mary Sue" character.
Another reviewer points out that this book can't decide what to be, a cozy or a thriller, which is an apt description. When it sticks to cozy it is enjoyable, but the thriller bits seem far-fetched. I would certainly sample another book by Roker and Lochte, but hope the next installment in Blessing's story has more focus.