Devil’s Orchestra

Sydney Molare
Fishbowl International (2006)
ISBN 0976561913
Reviewed by Regan Windsor for Reader Views (11/06)


Have you ever made an offhanded “deal with the devil?”  What if he came by to collect?  Would you take fame and fortune at any cost?  These are all key questions in “Devil’s Orchestra.”

Tab McGrifth is the top radio personality on the East Coast.  He is much sought after by advertisers and not afraid to demand a big price.  He is strongly opinionated and not afraid to use his power to get what he wants.  No harm in that?  Or is there?  When his old mentor calls and asks him to meet at a secluded pub he is intrigued.

Deva, just your average highly paid and underdressed rock star, is willing to go to any lengths to grab the attention and publicity that makes her album sales soar.  Is there such thing as too far?  When she gets a call from an old school friend she hadn’t seen in years she is excited by the prospect of him still wanting her.  He suggests meeting at a more secluded pub where she won’t be recognized.

Juan Rodriguez is a highly successful and highly controversial gay writer.  An involved activist in gay rights, he can be considered a leader in the movement.  Happily living with his partner and their son, he is shocked when an email arrives from his first lover.  A lover that treated him bad….took his love and used and abused it.  Why now?  And why was he finding himself heading to the suggested pub; a secluded, run down, out of the way pub.

“Devil’s Orchestra” will have your attention from the first page and keep you in awe until long after you have flipped the last page.  Full of suspense and intrigue it will leave you taking a long hard look at the impact your life may have on others.  And more importantly leave your wondering -- have you made any deals with the devil?!

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