Millionaires Row
 
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From Publishers Weekly A steamy 1930s Southern setting and the vast fortune of a tobacco empire drive this juicy tale of murder and greed, loosely based on the real-life death of an R.J. Reynolds tobacco heir. After seven years, Wyn Ainsley, 25, has returned to his North Carolina hometown, where his father, the sheriff, has just deputized him. Now it's Labor Day, usually an occasion for mirth because of the annual picnic sponsored by the Castletons, a venerable tobacco dynasty. This Labor Day's picnic, however, is soon marred, not only by the "hot and sticky" weather but by the discovery of the body of Kyle Castleton, 22, found shot to death. What at first appears a suicide becomes a scandalous murder case involving Kyle's new bride, former Broadway star Faith Venable, and the deceased's boyhood friend, Boyd Fredericks, who comes from humbler folk. Greed descends quickly upon the Castletons when they realize that controlling stocks, which can be inherited only by blood heirs, are at stake because Faith is pregnant. The community, which is dominated by the KKK and dependent on Castleton money, rallies around the family, destroying the lives and livelihoods of those who seek justice. As Wyn unravels a complicated network of lies, he gets a harsh education in the ways of power, love and the law as his own infatuation with Faith nearly blinds him to the truth. For good measure, Katkov (Blood & Orchids) orchestrates yet further deaths and couplings to flavor his melodrama as it careens entertainingly through scenes of overweening power, unscrupulous ambition and destructive sexual appetite. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Inspired by the suicide of an heir to the R.J. Reynolds tobacco empire, Katkov (The Judas Kiss, LJ 9/15/91) creates a story of the murder of foppish tobacco heir Kyle Castleton at age 22, presumably by his older wife Faith, one nasty, lying femme. The local sheriff and his son, Wyn, cover the crime scene, and Wyn's infatuation with Faith brings her freedom from murder charges. This is a well-written story, filled with carefully delineated but totally unlikable characters. The novel effectively portrays the bleakness and bigotry of the South in the 1930s. Readers of Dominick Dunne will demand this work, which, indeed, will be popular in public libraries. Buy so that your readers can "prep" for the television movie it will surely become. --Alice DiNizo, Raritan P.L., N.J. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Submitted On:

09 Sep 2007

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Katkov, Norman

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2.41 MB