William Arnold
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Barry Egan, a shy sad-sack with a great deal of repressed anger that occasionally bursts forth in sudden violent outrages, falls in love with Lena, a co-worker of one of Barry's seven sisters. After calling a phone-sex line, Barry is extorted by bad-guy Dean, who eventually sends four goons to assault Barry and get the money
3) Confidence
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Con man Jake and his gang, Gordo, Miles, and Big Al, pull off a swindling job stealing money from a guy who turns out to be a mob accountant for crime boss, King. Then Jake and his crew attempt to pull off an even bigger scam to make up for their mistake. This time the con involves the King's enemy, the mob-connected banker Morgan Price. Two corrupt cops join Jake's team while the King appoints his henchman Lupus to oversee the operation.
4) Slackers
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Description
Roommates Dave, Sam & Jeff will do anything to get through college without studying. But when class nerd Ethan catches them stealing test answers, he treatens to turn them in-- unless they hook him up the beautiful Angela, the object of Ethan's unhealthy obsession. But when Dave and Angela start to fall in love instead, all bets are off. That's when Ethan's antics turn hilariously psychotic.
5) Magnolia
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Nine lives are woven together through a collusion of coincidence, chance, human action, shared media, past history, and divine intervention.