FIFTY CENTS FOR YOUR SOUL

FIFTY CENTS FOR YOUR SOULInspired by events that occurred during the filming of The Exorcist!Frannie Rosen's psychic mentions a brilliant future, but she never tells the relatively straight-laced and naive Frannie that she will be possessed by a promiscuous, stage-struck doppelganger. All Frannie wants is an Oscar-winning role. What she gets is far more than that, especially when she's cast in a horror film about demonic possession, directed by the legendary Victor Madison. Although piloted by Madison, Frannie is also orchestrated by a doppelganger/demon. She has been "chosen" for her role, and there is more involved than a doppelganger's dream of stardom! Victor Madison is universally and deservedly hated, yet unexpectedly irresistible to Frannie. His murder surprises no one but Frannie. His killer is a surprise to everyone but Frannie. But then, only Frannie is threatened by disembodied voices and a reality she knows cannot be real.PRAISE FOR FIFTY CENTS FOR YOUR SOUL:Marilyn Monroe once said, "Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul," and mystery writer Denise Dietz takes that premise and runs with it, producing a swiftly paced and truly scary supernatural novel about Frannie Rosen, an ambitious young actress who finds her soul in jeopardy when she lands a major roll in a celebrated yet sinister director's horror movie. Creature Feature The over-the-top, irreverent serving of horror and Hollywood noir in FIFTY CENTS FOR YOUR SOUL is something of a departure for Dietz (Footprints in the Butter, etc.), but who can resist a book that opens with: "The woman who straddled VictorMadison had hiccups"? Publishers Weekly"An explosion of sex, religion and demons wrapped up in a feast of sharp, black humor. Highly Recommended!" Murder on the Woo Woo Express“Frannie Rosen’s voice sounds something like a young Bette Midler if she'd been cast in an episode of Sex and the City directed by Tim Burton.” Michael Arnzen, The Goreletter

From Publishers Weekly

Ambitious Hollywood ingenue Frannie Rosen lands a part in a horror movie directed by the celebrated (and reviled) Victor Madison, but gets more than she bargained for in the demonic possession department when a violent and slutty real-life doppelganger takes over her body. The over-the-top, irreverent serving of horror and Hollywood noir in Fifty Cents for Your Soul is something of a departure for Dietz (Footprints in the Butter, etc.), but who can resist a book that opens with "The woman who straddled Victor Madison had hiccups"? Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Denise Dietz is the best-selling author of six novels, including FIFTY CENTS FOR YOUR SOUL, is a contributing author to two mystery anthologies, and has co-written a seventh novel. A popular panelist/speaker at mystery conferences, Dietz lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, novelist Gordon Aalborg. She is currently writing a new mystery with the working title Eye of Newt.

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