Book Review: Fifty Cents For Your Soul

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Fifty Cents For Your Soul    
Denise Dietz
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Horror
Delphi, April 2002, $22.95, 286 pp.

Frannie Rosen was brought up in an affluent neighborhood on Long Island but she now lives in a fifth floor walk up in Manhattan with her lover Andre. Frannie wants to be an actress more than anything in the world and she believes she is on the road to success when she is cast as a demon in a horror film directed by Victor Madison. Since the movie is being produced in Houston, Frannie and Andre fly to Texas, but their relationship rapidly deteriorates from the time filming starts. Frannie believes she is demon possessed and starts hitting the bottle. She discovers two dead bodies and thinks that the person who killed them both also killed the screenwriter of the film. Little does she realize that the murderer is somebody she considers a very close friend, a person she trusts completely with her soul. Denise Dietz is a very talented writer who has crafted a combination mystery horror novel that will appeal to fans of both genres. FIFTY CENTS FOR YOUR SOUL stars a delightfully quirky heroine who doesn’t let the fact that she is "possessed" interfere with her main goal of being a famous actress. Readers will adore her because she is so charming and piquant as she stars in a strong story line.

Harriet Klausner

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