Acclaim for Christa Faust’s MONEY SHOT...
“Money Shot is a stunner, careening along with a wild, propulsive energy and a deliciously incendiary spirit. Laced with bravado and loaded up with knockabout charm, Christa Faust’s Hard Case debut is the literary equivalent of a gasoline cocktail.”
—Megan Abbott
“I was sucked into the tight, juicy Money Shot, from the ripping car trunk start to the hard-pumping climax. This novel is so convincing that you want to believe Faust has been an oversexed, naked killing machine, at least once.”
—Vicki Hendricks
“Money Shot is smart, stylish, insightful, fast-paced pulp fiction with razor sharp humor and a kick-ass heroine. Christa Faust is a super crime writer.”
—Jason Starr
“Money Shot makes most crime novels seem about as exciting as the missionary position on a Tuesday night. The results are stunning.”
—Duane Swierczynski
“Wonderfully lurid, with attitude to spare and a genuine affection for the best of hardboiled traditions. Christa Faust is THE business.”
—Maxim Jakubowski
“Christa Faust writes like she means it. Money Shot is dark, tough, stylish, full of invention and builds to one hell of a climax.”
—Allan Guthrie
“Christa Faust proves she can run with the big boys with this gritty thriller set in the darkest places of the porn industry. I loved it!”
—McKenna Jordan, Murder By the Book
“Never has an avenging Angel been sexier. Money Shot leaves you spent and wanting more.”
—Louis Boxer, founder of NoirCon
“Sam?” I called when I got to the top of the steps.
“Come on in.” Sam’s voice came from the far end of a long hallway.
There was a partially open door with a bright light inside and I walked toward it. There were no fat yellow cords duct-taped to the floor, no adjacent rooms full of giggling girls powdering their implant scars and gluing on false eyelashes. There was no one hanging around smoking or talking on a cell phone. Just that long empty hallway. I like to think I was starting to wonder a little at that point, but I didn’t leave. I just pushed the door the rest of the way open and went right in.
The room at the end of the hall was mostly empty, except for a large wrought-iron bed with a bare mattress covered in plastic. Sam stood against the far wall, beside an empty fireplace. There were two other men I didn’t recognize, but I didn’t get much of a look at them because Jesse was right by the door looking delicious, dark hair tousled and blue eyes smoldering, ready to go. He wore leather pants that hung so low on his lean hips that you would have seen his pubic hair if he hadn’t shaved it off. His sleek, lanky torso was bare and sheened with sweat that highlighted the symmetrical perfection of every muscle. He stepped up to me, gave me an appreciative once-over and smiled.
“Angel Dare,” he said. “Wow. You look amazing. This is gonna be awesome.”
Then he punched me in the face...
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MONEY SHOT
by Christa Faust
A HARD CASE CRIME BOOK
(HCC-040)
First Hard Case Crime edition: February 2008
Published by
Titan Books
