It's hard to find work as a doctor when using your real name will get you killed. So hard that when a reclusive billionaire offers Dr. Peter Brown, aka Pietro Brnwa, a job accompanying a sexy but self-destructive paleontologist on the world's worst field assignment, Brown has no real choice but to say yes. Even if it means that an army of murderers, mobsters, and international drug dealers-not to mention the occasional lake monster-are about to have a serious Pietro Brnwa problem.
Facing new and old monsters alike, Dr. Brnwa's story continues in this darkly funny and lightning-paced follow up to Josh Bazell's bestselling debut.
Check out Bazell's interview on the Today show.
Jackie says:
"This book picks up some time after the events of Blazell's first book, Beat The Reaper, with the former mob hitman turned doctor via the witness protection agency (though he's escaped that too) who is now calling himself Dr. Lionel Azimuth. He is getting by working as a cruise ship doctor these days. At least until he is summoned to meet with a notoriously reclusive billionaire (called Rec Bill throughout the whole novel). He is offered a huge amount of money to go check out what could be some sort of monster (think Loch Ness) in the waters of White Lake along with a paleontologist. That is the closest thing to a coherent storyline this novel has--the fun in reading it is in the random conversations between characters and the often hysterically funny (and frequent) footnotes that run throughout the book. The language is harsh, the humor often sexual and vulgar, and there is no small amount of violence involved. But it is an amusing walk on the weird side, reminding me in some ways of Tom Robbins actually, though with more Jersey mobster flair."
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