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Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel
 

Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Story

by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes

Casanegra follows the adventures of Tennyson Hardwick, a gorgeous, sexy actor and former gigolo, living on the fringes of the good life in Hollywood. This story, which chronicles the redemption of a prodigal son, combines the glamour of Hollywood with the seedy hopelessness of the inner city.
In this hot and steamy mystery, Tennyson struggles to hang on to his acting career and redeem his... (read more)

Top tags: mystery,  contemporary fiction,  crime series/los angeles,  first novel,  heard audio (all tags)

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Amazon Reviews (5)
 

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Linda J
  • Rated 4 stars

“Thoroughly enjoyed this suspense novel and look forward to more Tennyson Hardwick stories. Interesting characters, well written erotica, and good pace.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.97561 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Sharonee D

    sharonee d said:

    “How was this book?”

    posted Saturday, March 1 2008
  • fivepages

    fivepages said:

    “i read this book the week it came out on the shelf. it didn't reach the hype the media gave it. it was an Ok read. if they made it a movie i would be interested to see who they would choose as the lead character. ”

    posted Monday, December 3 2007
  • Rickitia R

    rickitia r said:

    “This was a really good read! I think there should be a movie ASAP. The ladies in my book club we're discussing who we wanted the cat to me :) ”

    posted Monday, December 3 2007
  • Rosa

    rosa said:

    “This book started a little slow for me and I put it down several times before actually getting into it. However, get into I did! This was great writing and would make a great movie. I figured out who the culprit was about 2/3 of the way through the book, but was still shocked to find out why. The erotica in the book was tasteful and necessary to the book. Once I picked the book back up and made the commitment to finish, I stayed up until the wee hours of morning because I couldn't put it down. This was a good book”

    posted Saturday, November 3 2007
  • Linsey

    linsey said:

    “Since I'm usually not big on suspense novels, I almost didn't buy this book but I had never read anything by Underwood and was extremely curious. I must say that it did start out a little slow for me but once things started heating up--and they certainly did--I couldn't put it down. The story line and the writing were very good and the characters totally believable.

    My heart raced, soared, plummeted and broke within the 304 pages of this well-told story. The erotica was very tastefully done, I was stumped up until the very end about who the killer was and the ending felt complete--which is something I can't say about many works of fiction I've read lately. I'm looking forward to seeing this story on the big screen and I'm definitely looking forward to reading more from this talented trio. I'm giving it 5 stars!”

    posted Saturday, September 22 2007
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