I just posted a message about A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM earlier
today over on Gerald So's CrimeSeen list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crimeseen),
and now I see the movie's been mentioned by a couple of
people here.
(Sorry I'm a bit slow with this - just catching up on e-mail
from the past couple of days.) For what it's worth, I'd
recommend the book, written by Simon Brett, instead of the
movie. The movie completely ignored the wonderfully ironic
ending of the book, which made this one of my favorite
reads.
Mark Sullivan wrote:
>
> Add my praise of The Ax. I recently gave a copy to
laid off friend.
> However, I waited until she had found a new position
before giving it to
> her. I didn't want to be responsible if she decided
to follow the all
> too sensible plan.
After reading this message a bit earlier, I dug the book out
of the middle of the TBR stack. Have already blown through
the first 190 pages, and am loving it. Thanks for the great
idea, Mark! (Er, um, by
"great idea," of course I meant reading it....)
Oh, and miker, re your comment on PAYBACK:
> i really don't
> want to buy a book with a picture of mel gibson
on
> the cover...
Gee, that's funny. That's the reason I DID buy this one.
;)
Jan
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