The Reckoning of Adrienne Monet - Ritchings, Gene
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How far would you go to take back a dream that was stolen from you? Making movies is Adrienne Monet's whole life. But her best film was dumped after a studio takeover by male executives who were blind to her genius, condemning her to years of career frustration and identity crisis. Then she's hired to adapt an esteemed Off-Broadway play. To make the film would restore her career, but the director Egon Swift, a maker of violent, sexist box-office hits, is counting on the film to upgrade his sordid reputation. Frustrated, Adrienne tells him he's out of his depth and should step aside. He flies…mehr

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How far would you go to take back a dream that was stolen from you? Making movies is Adrienne Monet's whole life. But her best film was dumped after a studio takeover by male executives who were blind to her genius, condemning her to years of career frustration and identity crisis. Then she's hired to adapt an esteemed Off-Broadway play. To make the film would restore her career, but the director Egon Swift, a maker of violent, sexist box-office hits, is counting on the film to upgrade his sordid reputation. Frustrated, Adrienne tells him he's out of his depth and should step aside. He flies into a rage and assaults her and is mortally wounded when she defends herself. She escapes unseen-so far. The studio agrees to let her rescue the production. Stalked by Buddy Ferino, an implacable NYPD detective who believes Adrienne shot Swift to steal his job, she directs the film on the streets of New York, with Ferino getting ever closer to arresting her for murder. A complex novel of suspense and moral tension in the spirit of Patricia Highsmith's 'Ripley' novels, The Reckoning of Adrienne Monet is the harrowing story of one woman's struggle to recover her career and her identity.
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Gene Ritchings is an American novelist, journalist, and filmmaker. He was born at the Jersey Shore and was educated in public schools there. He began his journalism career at age 18 as a reporter and weekly columnist for The Ocean County Daily Observer and continued for several more years, writing for The Asbury Park Evening Press. He worked for 25 years in many different jobs in New York film production, on numerous feature films and for 10 seasons running the "Law & Order" production office. He was managing editor of The Hudson Reporter newspaper chain for over 10 years. He has produced and directed three performance films of theater dance choreographed by Anna Sokolow and played the part of a paranoid husband in the independent film "Home Defense." His novels include "Frankenrocker," "Winter in a Summer Town," and "The Reckoning of Adrienne Monet."