South Beach Shakedown, Don Bruns
South Beach Shakedown, Don Bruns
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South Beach Shakedown
The Diary of Gideon Pike

Author: Don Bruns

Narrator: Richard Powers

Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

Welcome to South Beach, where the nights are way too hot and the days can leave you dead in the water.Someone is about to make a killing in the music industry. Why would songwriting legend Gideon Pike disappear just as his 30-year career turns a multimillion-dollar profit?Music columnist Mick Sever goes looking for his missing friend Gideon Pike in the gritty backrooms of Miami’s nightclubs, dodging suicide speedboats and running from sniper fire. He soon discovers that the major players in the music industry are not just making the headlines, but pulling the strings that create them. Hit it right, and the royalties—even someone else’s—can rake in millions for the rest of your life.Now, Sever must find Gideon before Korean mobster Jimmy Shinn does. Jimmy is ready to cash in on the one secret that will strip away what’s left of Gideon’s career, his fortune, and his life. Whoever gets to Gideon first will either save him or pull the trigger.

About Don Bruns

Don Bruns is an ad executive and a USA Today bestselling author. As a former road musician, he performed with Ricky Nelson, the Four Seasons, Ray Charles, and others. Bruns has authored seventeen published novels and his New Orleans trilogy has been optioned for a television series. He makes his home in Southern Florida.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynn on May 19, 2020

I "stuck" with this book because I hate to quit ... but it was a challenge. I did not like the writing; felt very juvenile to me. I gave it two stars because it WAS a bit better than the worst books I've ever read so there's that. The characters were NOT developed, the story was oh so predictable, a......more

Goodreads review by Tami on April 15, 2008

Gideon Pike goes missing. Nobody knows if the man killed his gay lover and fled, if he's hiding from the real killer, or if he's skipped town on one of his occasional trips that usually happen when Pike owes someone money. Even after I read this book, I still wasn't sure whether I liked Gideon Pike......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on January 12, 2009

Kinda trashy. Some of the characters were pretty thinly veiled fictionalizations of actual personalities, I think. A few elements of the story were not well justified or explained. Still, fun stuff, and just the thing to get you through waiting in a hospital waiting room for hours.......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on June 08, 2015

A thoroughly gripping book that left me unable to put it down. Drama, murder, and great characters. Can't wait to read more of Don's books.......more

Goodreads review by Frannie on January 04, 2013

Kind of long but decent. There were a few points where I thought the story was going nowhere, but then a few twists and turns showed up. Stuck with it.......more

Quotes

“South Beach Shakedown is a glitzy, high-speed run from the back alleys to the burnt beaches of Miami Beach. In the hands of Don Bruns, it’s hard to tell where the terrain is most dangerous.” Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Bruns, a veteran musician, clearly knows the music biz, and readers are sure to enjoy the behind-the-scenes material.” Booklist

“A high-energy romp through the uncomfortably parallel worlds of the pop music industry and the criminal underbelly of Miami…may be this season’s quintessential suspense read.” Bookpage

“A funky, infectious medley of pop music trivia, backstage gossip, and enough sexual sizzle to melt your iPod.” News-Press 

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