Teaser,
the sequel to Inside Passage, takes
Corey and Abe into the interconnected worlds of private school kids and the
runaways who roam Seattle's streets. Billy attends the Olympic Academy, where
two friends, Maisie and Aaron, are experimenting with sex and drugs. They've
become close to Star, a streetwise seductress who leads them down a treacherous
path. Despite the best efforts of Abe and Corey, Maisie is abducted by the
diabolical “Teaser,” a man determined to take revenge on her father, his former
cellmate. Teaser is a mystery to
everyone except Abe and Corey, who alone realize what they must do to rescue
Maisie. They contrive a plan that shocks even them.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Burt
Weissbourd writes character-driven thrillers. Reviewers describe his work as
“brilliantly detailed, evocative … thrillingly suspenseful.” “His descriptions
are luscious.” “An incredibly strong and intelligent female protagonist.”
“[His] dark characters rank with some of Koontz’s and King’s worst
imaginaries.”
Burt
began his career producing movies, working closely with screenwriters, then
writing his own screenplays.
A
newcomer to Hollywood, he approached writers whose movies he loved — movies
such as “Klute,” “Two for the Road,” and “Ordinary People” — and worked with
those writers and others, including working with Ross Macdonald, a legend in
crime fiction, on his only screenplay.
This
was the “New Hollywood” (1967 – 1980), and he found writers whose work grabbed
viewers viscerally, not with explosions but with multi-dimensional characters
who would draw you into a deeply moving story.
Savvy
actors wanted to play finely drawn characters in compelling stories, and before
long, Burt was developing screenplays, working directly with Robert Redford,
Lily Tomlin, Goldie Hawn, Sally Field, and Jill Clayburg, among others.
As
a producer developing a screenplay, he looked for stories with strong, complex
characters and a “rich stew” — that is to say, a situation with conflict,
emotional intensity, and the potential to evolve in unexpected ways. This is
exactly what he tries to create for the books he writes.
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