WOW, WOW, WOW, I so enjoyed this book. Abby, Jack, Jess, Morgan and guess what, you have to read the book to see who the bad guy is. There is a very bad guy.

Very suspenseful book, although it took a very LONGGG time to get into it. The main character visits Old San Juan and talks about the cruise ships that dock there. I was in one of those cruise ships not long ago...although I can't say I liked it as much as the author does.

Not done yet...almost though

I’m not exactly sure how I really feel about this book. It was definitely full of suspense. Good story. But, it was missing something. I can’t put my finger on it. The story is about a woman who writes a best seller but she uses a gorgeous guy to pretend he wrote because she doesn’t think anyone would publish it with her as the author. The problem is, how is she going to keep the true identity of the author a secret? There are definite twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat but I found myself getting slightly bored in some parts and the ending was kind of predictable. However, the book did keep my interest and I couldn’t wait to get through it. I’m just not sure if this book is memorable for me.

When I began this book I had no idea or preconceptions to what the title was referring. However, it did not lake long before that became clear and book quickly developed into a quick, fast paced page turner.

It is an entertaining book about the entertainment industry (media). The interesting thing about this book is that the plot is happening.....now!

My second Steve Martini book....and I will be seeking more.

I might not have been overly engaged, or more than otherwise, had I not been a writer myself. The insight into the publishing industry given in this novel by Martini was really great. Eye opening, discouraging it some ways and affirming in others. The lengths Abbey goes to get a publishing hit in The List stem from the feelings that most writers have: frustration. What she does, gets her in to a whole heap of trouble as you would expect-The List is a thriller-but also provides unexpected positive results. The reader should figure out what is really going on long before Abbey does like I did, but it is no less nail biting.

With plenty of twists, thrills, suspense,action, humour and a classic love story, The List has it all.

This is my third Martini book and I am disappointed. Abby Chandlis has written a great book with even movie offers. However, she wrote it under the name of Gable Cooper. In stead of admitting the truth, she proceeds to hire a fill in for Gable Cooper. The story just didn't hold my interest after that.

I had high hopes for this book, but was sorely disappointed. I had read one other book (Double Tap) by this author and gave it a 4-star rating. With this book, The List, set in the entertainment industry, it seemed like this had the possibility of being a great book.
The book is about a female lawyer-author whose published works under her own name were all flops. So she decided to write a book from a male point of view and use a pseudonym. Further, she decides to hire an actor to play the part of the author. This sounds pretty silly already, but it is even sillier when you read it. As luck would have it, the book makes the bestseller list and is worth millions for its movie rights. But the author's scheme creates problems that turn this book into a thriller.
So, aside from losing credibility immediately, the author goes on to create miserable characters. You can't like anybody in this book. Then the plot twists are ridiculous. Finally, the extended chase scene at the end is spectacularly silly, almost comedic, except that the joke lasted w-a-y too long.
In the middle of the book, there were sections where you got what seemed like realistic insights about book publishers, which was about the only part of the book that seemed believable.
After reading Double Tap, I thought I was on to a reliable author. After reading The List, I am almost afraid to invest any more time into Steve Martini's other works.

Read to page fifteen. I think this material is better served as the sort of movie you stumble across on pay cable. You know, you can't sleep, you make a sandwich and click through the stations, and stop on this B-list actress being chased across the deck of a ship by two dudes hell-bent on catching her.

Not my sort of thing, but someone's.

A great read. A female author uses an alias and the rest is not pretty.

Abby Chandlis, an attorney, is an aspiring author and now she has a potential best seller on her hands. The only problem is that the publisher's believe the author is a man! Now Abby has to find someone to play the author of her book and figure out how to keep him under her control. This is a great plot and the characters are well developed. If you like mysteries and the publishing business you'll love this plot.

Thoroughly enjoyed this one in which a female author/attorney writes what she knows is a commercial bestseller under the pen name, Gable Cooper. Then she hires a man to be Mr. Cooper unaware that he has been trained to do secret ops for the military. People start dying & she has to run for her life.

3.75 Stars.
This was my first Martini book and according to a lot of people this is “not one of Steve Martini’s best books.” If that is the case, I might have to start reading some more of his works because this was quite entertaining.
We start with a prologue of Abby Chandlis aboard a cargo ship hiding from two guys who are trying to kill her. We don’t know who they are or why they are trying to kill her, but we know it has something to do with copyright paperwork. Abby is looking for her friend Morgan aboard the ship because she is afraid they are going to kill him also. If you read this and hope this is an action packed book throughout, you will be disappointed.
The story starts before the prologue (which I personally hate… but I’ll get into that later). Abby is a lawyer and writer. She has published three books that were flops, but now has written a marvelous book about…. I don’t know… we never know what this book was about. She shows it to her friend Morgan Spencer or Spencer Morgan… I don’t remember, but this can be a little confusing because sometimes he is called Spencer and sometimes Morgan (both of which can be first or last names) but it is the same character. I shall call him Morgan. Morgan loves the book and thinks it will be a big hit, but Abby is concerned because of her past publishing records. She decides to use a pseudonym which isn’t uncommon, everyone does it… King, Rowling, etc. She picks Gable Cooper. She goes a step further and decides to hire a model to pose and sign and everything for Cooper. The story goes from there.
This isn’t the type of story that will keep you on the edge of your seat in anticipation or up all night worrying about the characters, but it will keep you entertained. This book is actually pretty believable. It’s obviously not magic and unicorns but its also not like other books where there is an explosion and shooting every five seconds but the hero never gets caught and escapes at just the right time. If I didn’t know better, I could believe this book actually happened (for the most part).
One of my favorite parts of this book was the publishing information in it. I have always wanted to be an author, so seeing the publishing world from the eyes of an author (Martini) who has gone through it is pretty interesting. There is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that I would never have thought happened and it made me seriously question some of the writers I have cast aside because of their marketing and sequels. They could have not known what they were doing and gotten a raw deal with a publisher and now are stuck doing what they agreed to. It’s a thought provoking book if you’re interested in that stuff.
I found the “surprise” ending to be completely predictable thanks to the prologue and some other obvious hints throughout the book.
Overall a pretty decent, entertaining book that I would recommend to anyone especially people who are interested in writing and publishing books.
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Certainly not his best book. I started it and kept thinking it would get better, it does pick up a little and then drops back again. By that time I was too far in to quit. I don't know if this is really how the publishing world works, but the characters and plot line just came off a little thin to me.
He has better books, pass this one by unless you really need to read all Mr. Martini has done.