{"product_id":"the-dead-showrunners-9798868957925","title":"The Dead Showrunners","description":"WHO IS KILLING HOLLYWOOD'S TOP TV WRITERS?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir assistants getting revenge? The most powerful mogul in the business tying up loose ends? A rogue gang of drug-dealing psycho skinheads settling scores? A dark top-secret organization bent on taking control of the entertainment industry? The networks? The unions? The studios? The streamers? The cops? A little bit of all of the above?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChick Natale works as a technical consultant for cop shows, but he's not quite who he told the studios he is. When he digs into the murders, he finds it all goes way deeper than the LAPD realize. And in the city where no one tells the truth, a case like this can only get cracked by the biggest liar in town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debut novel by Luke Giordano, \u003cem\u003eThe Dead Showrunners\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly comic detective noir and satire of modern Hollywood influenced by works like \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e by Elmore Leonard, \u003cem\u003eThe Player\u003c\/em\u003e by Michael Tolkin, the novelization of \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood\u003c\/em\u003e by Quentin Tarantino, \u003cem\u003eL.A. Confidential \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAmerican Tabloid\u003c\/em\u003e by James Ellroy, the comic novels of Charles Portis, and the films of the Coen Brothers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiordano, Luke:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Luke Giordano is a screenwriter and novelist who has written for sitcoms, animation, a few direct-to-TV films that didn't quite get made, and a bunch of stuff you never saw, everywhere from the top to the very, very bottom of the entertainment industry.","brand":"Luke Giordano","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661277430034,"sku":"9798868957925","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c759785-0e68-43b7-8832-c4cb112d33c1.jpg?v=1760439495","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dead-showrunners-9798868957925","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}