Toughnut Blowback

<p> <strong> When Fade Out . . . <br> Means You're Dead!</strong></p><p> </p><p>Neophyte stunt man Lem Buck dies performing a dangerous fall from a San Fernando Valley rooftop that may or may not have been rigged improperly. A car skids off Mulholland Road during a chase sequence that results in two more fatalities.</p><p>Foul play? If so who's behind it and why? Aging director-- with booze issues--Denby One Take Bramlett? or vengeful stunt coordinator DirkTurpin? Better yet the trio of Euro producers with out-of-control substance abuse problems in town desperate to score big in Hollywood any damned way they can?</p><p>Set photographer and former assistant to industry fixer Lenny Macaroni Buster Red Lobster is scapegoated and fired. Reduced to driving a cab for grub money Lobster is determined to do all he can to clear his name and rescue what's left of his director friend's reputation and career--at the risk of putting his own life in jeopardy.</p><p><strong>For fans of Lee Child Vincent Zandri Derek Raymond and Charles Bukowski who prefer their urban tales sprinkled with a fair dollop of dry humor.</strong></p>