Lisa Lutz is one of my
favorite authors (so I’m heavily promoting her Spellman series as well) and the
humor I have grown used to from her definitely didn’t disappoint in Heads
You Lose. Lutz and Hayward each write
alternating chapters about a brother and sister attempting to solve the mystery
of the headless body found on their land.
Unable to contact the authorities due to their marijuana business, the
two dump the body in a remote location, only for it to resurface. The hijinks begin from there as odd characters
and twisting plots are worked out between Lutz and Hayward.
The authors agreed not to
undo anything the other had written and to collaborate only in a way that
builds upon each others' work. At the
end of each chapter the authors write notes for each other and bicker about the direction,
or lack thereof, the story is going. Their
snide remarks and disagreements become an addition to the book, almost as a
second story. I personally think the beauty
in this novel is the argumentative behavior the author’s exhibit towards each
other and how it changes the novel. For some reason it works so
well.
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