The Hook - Hardcover

Westlake, Donald E.

 
9780892965885: The Hook

Synopsis

Desperately confronting a fading writing career, author Wayne Prentice is faced with a unique proposition from bestselling writer Bryce Proctorr, who promises to split a multimiliondollar book contract with Wayne if Wayne will give him his unsold manuscript to publish under Proctorr's nameand Wayne will join him in a plot to eliminate Proctorr's estranged trophy wife. 50,000 first printing.

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Synopsis

Bryce Proctorr has a multi-million dollar contract for his next novel, a trophy wife raking him over the coals of a protracted divorce, a bad case of writer's block and an impending deadline. Wayne Prentice is a fading author in a world that no longer values his work. Proctorr has a proposition: if Prentice will hand over his unsold manuscript to publish under Proctorr's name, the two will split the book advance fifty-fifty. There's just one small rider to the deal...

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