Wise-cracking stockbroker Austin Carr is about to be killed by an unknown man in an unusual fashion - dragged from a fishing boat to his watery grave by a giant bluefin tuna.
Flashing back three weeks, Carr then recalls the events and bad choices that got him into his deadly predicament. We spend the book trying to guess the identity of the unknown man on the fishing boat; not an easy task because Carr's big mouth alienates about everyone he knows.
"Darkly comic, with an engaging protagonist." -- T.J. MacGregor, Edgar Winner, Author of The Tango Key Mysteries
"Big Numbers is a gritty, sexy, violent, and funny book."
-- Liz Clifford at Reviewed by Liz
"Wonderful characters...well-written, entertaining...a good read."
--Connie Anderson for Armchair Interviews
"Jack Getze started his career as a newspaper reporter. As a result, BIG NUMBERS is lean and mean, with not a word wasted. A truly fun, genuinely funny read."
--Lisa Guidarini for Bluestalking Reader
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Review
One of the basic rules of story telling is that everybody loves the good guy and hates the bad guy. This provides conflict, moves the story, and tells us who to cheer for. But there is a grey area in between the good guys and the bad guys where some characters thrive. We watch them choose between good and evil and wonder if they will ultimately be redeemed or slip away completely. Getze chose to make one of those middle ground guys, Austin Carr, the main character in his first book, Big Numbers.
From the Author
Actually, no. You are going hear from the main character in TFA's mystery series, me -- Austin Carr. See, I've always wanted to personally harass this bozo author Jack Getze who made my life one disaster after another. Finally, thanks to Dru's Book Musings (where an amalgamation of the novel and this interview first appeared), I have been given the opportunity. Look out, Getze, whom his family and I call The Famous Author (TFA) because he is so NOT famous.
Austin: Do you make a lot of mistakes?
The Famous Author: At least one bad error a day. Agreeing to let you ask me questions was obviously today's.
A: Did you tell Dru BIG NUMBERS is not exactly a cozy?
T. I sent her a copy.
A. That's not the same thing. Maybe you'd better describe the parts of BIG NUMBERS that stick out a little from that cozy mold. Ha ha.
T. The three sex scenes are played for laughs - and short, like my real life. People actually die on the page, but the violence is minimal and not gory. There are a handful of four-letter words scattered throughout because I refuse to have a low-life criminal say, "Oh, fudge." It's almost a cozy.
A. Almost a cozy? Are you kidding me? Your new book description on Amazon says, "Root for divorced dad Austin Carr, a lovable, oversexed scamp who'll use anything and everything to get his kids back. Think Bugs Bunny with guns and a penis."
T. That's been changed now. Jeez. I'm so glad I agreed to this interview. You're killing me, Austin. Killing me! And honestly, you're the one who's always thinking about sex, making suggestive remarks, falling in love with every redhead you meet. Why can't you grow up?
A. Me? You're the one who writes this stuff. I'm a fictional character!
T. OK, that's it. I'm out of here.
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