Heart Attack and Vine: A Crush Mystery (Crush Mysteries, 2) - Hardcover

Phoef Sutton is a New York Times bestselling novelist, television writer, and playwright whose work has won two Emmys, a Peabody, a Writers Guild Award, a GLAAD Award, and a Television Academy Honors Award. The first novel in the Crush series, titled Crush, was a Kirkus Best Mystery of 2015 and a Los Angeles Times Summer Reading Page-Turner.”

Sutton has been an executive producer of Cheers, a writer/producer for such shows as Boston Legal and NewsRadio, a writer for Terriers, and the creator of several TV shows, including the cult hit Thanks. He is also the co-author, with Janet Evanovich, of two New York Times. bestsellers. Curious Minds. and Wicked Charms. His other novels include the romantic thriller 15 Minutes to Live.. Sutton lives with his family in South Pasadena, California.

From the New York Times–bestselling co-author of Curious Minds

A Kirkus "10 Best" Criminal Tale for 2016

"In my world any novel that alludes to a Tom Waits song with its title gets a closer look. When that reference also characterizes the sly tone, the slick characters, and the twisty plot, then I’m singing, too. Phoef Sutton’s Heart Attack and Vine hit all the right notes for me... every chapter was steeped in snark, wit and movie references. There’s magic in this book."
― Carole Barrowman, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

“This fast-moving, wiseass noir tale of murder and Hollywood features the return of bodyguard and bouncer Caleb Rush.... Fast, light, and witty, Sutton’s second novel is a pleasure.”
― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Terrific... Crush makes a wonderful lead.”
― Publishers Weekly

“Like Kurt Vonnegut and T. Jefferson Parker teamed up to write a mystery.”
― W.L. Ripley, author of the Wyatt Storme mysteries

"Witty, cleverly plotted, dripping with Hollywood allusions...it is so much fun."
― Reviewing the Evidence

"Relentless in its action, as Crush travels all over trying to protect the woman he is bound to by duty and by his past. Heart Attack and Vine is sure to please readers who enjoy high-stakes thrillers filled with glitz, glamor, and unpredictable femmes fatales."
― Foreword Reviews

“Sly, knowing, and hilarious, Heart Attack and Vine is a perfect caper book set inside Hollywood's Dream Factory that just screams 'movie!.’ Studios, please option this immediately. With its nonstop action, snappy dialogue, and wisecracking characters, this send-up of Hollywood is a surefire winner.”
― Denise Hamilton, bestselling crime novelist and editor of the Edgar-winning short story anthology Los Angeles Noir

“Insanely fun and readable. Sutton writes like a great raconteur tells a story.”
― Hart Hanson, writer/creator of Bones

"Crush is back in town, and the Hollywood sign is in wicked, Technicolor flames. Phoef Sutton's rabid charmers break hearts and redden all carpets, and his pages fly by on winds of wit. This sly writing has Chandler cross-hairs and is pure, CGI-free magic."
― Richard Christian Matheson, Amazon #1 bestselling author of Dystopia and Hell Comes to Hollywood