Pete Hautman is the author of National Book Award-winning novel Godless, Sweetblood, Hole in the Sky, Stone Cold, The Flinkwater Factor, The Forgetting Machine, and Mr. Was, which was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America, as well as several adult novels. He lives in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Visit him at PeteHautman.com.
Baton Rouge Magazine (LA) The tale is outrageous and decidedly
funny with a tightly drawn plot, suspense and even violence....The
whole thing has a wonderful lunatic tinge that brings crime fiction
to a near hysterical level.
Detroit Free Press A winding and surprisingly satisfying
story....This book is a sweet-dizzy ride that shows Hautman is one
of those rare authors who can love his characters while laughing at
them.
Los Angeles Times A winner.
Midwest Book Review A fabulous tale that will thrill readers who
relish an offbeat novel. The story line never lets up, but as in
all of Hautman's delicious books, the eccentric characters control
the plot...and bring a brilliant mystery to life.
Newsday (New York) Fun and engaging. Read it for the heroine who is
tough, sensitive, and entangled in a family she both loves and
hates.
Omaha World-Herald (NE) Mrs. Million is a heck of a fun novel and
deliciously written, too.
San Diego Union-Tribune Mrs. Million is a hot-dog-at-the-ballgame
book: You can't believe you ate it; you can't believe you ate it so
fast; you probably could eat another one.
State Journal (Lansing, MI) The action gets fast, furious, and
deadly with unexpected plot twists....If you?re seeking
entertaining, fast-paced, light reading: look no further -- Pete
Hautman has arrived.
The Denver Post Entertaining....Pete Hautman is among the writers
whose name alone promises a great read.
Minneapolis Star Tribune Besides being a hillarious, fast-moving
read...Mrs. Million is a first-rate adventure yarn.
Baton Rouge Magazine (LA) The tale is outrageous and
decidedly funny with a tightly drawn plot, suspense and even
violence....The whole thing has a wonderful lunatic tinge that
brings crime fiction to a near hysterical level.
Detroit Free Press A winding and surprisingly satisfying
story....This book is a sweet-dizzy ride that shows Hautman is one
of those rare authors who can love his characters while laughing at
them.
Los Angeles Times A winner.
Midwest Book Review A fabulous tale that will thrill readers
who relish an offbeat novel. The story line never lets up, but as
in all of Hautman's delicious books, the eccentric characters
control the plot...and bring a brilliant mystery to life.
Newsday (New York) Fun and engaging. Read it for the heroine
who is tough, sensitive, and entangled in a family she both loves
and hates.
Omaha World-Herald (NE) Mrs. Million is a heck of a
fun novel and deliciously written, too.
San Diego Union-Tribune Mrs. Million is a
hot-dog-at-the-ballgame book: You can't believe you ate it; you
can't believe you ate it so fast; you probably could eat another
one.
State Journal (Lansing, MI) The action gets fast, furious,
and deadly with unexpected plot twists....If you?re seeking
entertaining, fast-paced, light reading: look no further -- Pete
Hautman has arrived.
The Denver Post Entertaining....Pete Hautman is among the
writers whose name alone promises a great read.
Minneapolis Star Tribune Besides being a hillarious, fast-moving
read...Mrs. Million is a first-rate adventure yarn.
Ever wonder what a person would do for a million dollars? Barbarannette Quinn finds out in spades when she wins over $80 million in the Minnesota lottery and announces on Eyewitness News that she is offering a cool million for the safe return of her husband, Robert, who left six years earlier on a fishing trip from which he never returned. This announcement inspires as unrepentant a group of kooks as ever ran rampant through a Minnesota snow bank. Besides every Cadillac dealer in Minnesota (and two from Wisconsin), there's the young con artist who writes letters to celebrities soliciting money, the local college professor who gets a taste of murder and likes it, and Robert's current girlfriend, who says she'd give up oxygen for a million dollars. Barbarannette's travails make a riotous story of good luck, bad timing, and redemption in the best tradition of Donald Westlake. Hautman is also the author of Ring Game (LJ 10/1/97) and Mortal Nuts (LJ 5/1/96). Highly recommended.ÄThomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
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