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Book Review: ‘Murder Your Employer’ by Rupert Holmes
Murder Your Employer is a novel I wanted to read based on the title alone.
The story begins following Cliff Iverson. He’s on his way to – you guessed it – murder his employer. His employer caused the suicide of the woman he liked, and the murder of his best friend, all of whom worked for the same company. And he got fired in the process. But he fails in his “deletion”. And two mysterious folks are hot on his trail, but they don’t want to arrest him. Instead, Cliff Iverson ends up at an academy for wannabe murderers, with his tuition fees paid for by a mysterious benefactor. Think of it kind of like Hogwarts for adults instead of children, and for wannabe murderers instead of magic users.
Once we get into it, we begin following two characters we meet along the way. They each have people they want to off, and their own reasons for wanting to do so. One is a nurse, Gemma, being blackmailed by her boss. The other is an actress, Dulcie, being blacklisted by hers. Each of the characters we meet are unique and likeable – even the bad ones. The plot is full of twists and turns, and you’ll be begging to know who survives the academy, and then who succeeds in the titular instruction. The writing is witty and clever, chock full of puns and plays on words. There are so many that many fly under the radar and go unnoticed. But they never become annoying or get in the way. The book is humorous already, but these additions elevate Holmes’s writing.
Oh, and in case you didn’t know, the Rupert Holmes (fitting surname) who wrote this is the same Rupert Holmes of Escape (The Piña Colada Song) fame. So you can make a playlist for your reading sessions.
I’m not a massive murder mystery fan (although this feels more like a ‘will they murder mystery’). Yet, I couldn’t resist this book’s charms. It pulled me in right away and kept my attention all the way through.
If you like dark humour, give this book a go; if you have similar tastes to me, you’ll find it delightful.
★★★★☆
#BookReview #harryPotter #murderMystery #pinaColadaSong #rupertHolmes #thriller -
Rupert Holmes at Diplomat, Miami Beach area
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#RupertHolmes #BobSaget #Pudgy #Advertisement #Miami #Retro #vintage -
"You Got It All" is a song recorded by American band #theJets. It was released in 1986 as the fourth single from their debut studio album #TheJets (1985). It was written by #RupertHolmes, most famous for the 1979 hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)", and produced by Don Powell (not to be confused with #Slade's #drummer) and #DavidRivkin. Holmes wrote it for his 10-year-old daughter Wendy but she never got to hear it become a hit.
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"Him" is a song written and recorded by American singer and songwriter #RupertHolmes. It was released in January 1980 as the second single from the album, #PartnersInCrime. The song peaked at number six on the US #Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and remained at that position for two weeks. It was Holmes' biggest Adult Contemporary hit, peaking at number four in both the United States and Canada.
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Escape (Pina Colada Song) ⌚
#RupertHolmes
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Escape (Pina Colada Song) 🎙
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"You Got It All" is a song recorded by American band #theJets. It was released in 1986 as the fourth single from their debut studio album The Jets (1985). It was written by #RupertHolmes, most famous for the 1979 hit "#EscapeThePiñaColadaSong", and produced by Don Powell (not to be confused with #Slade's #drummer) and #DavidRivkin. Holmes wrote it for his 10-year-old daughter Wendy but she never got to hear it become a hit.
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"You Got It All" is a song recorded by American band #theJets. It was released in 1986 as the fourth single from their debut studio album The Jets (1985). It was written by #RupertHolmes, most famous for the 1979 hit "#EscapeThePiñaColadaSong", and produced by Don Powell (not to be confused with #Slade's #drummer) and #DavidRivkin. Holmes wrote it for his 10-year-old daughter Wendy but she never got to hear it become a hit.
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Wieder mal aus der Reihe der Lieder, die mir genauso ewig gefielen, wie ich nicht wusste, von wem sie sind. Bekannter ist der Autor und Interpret für sein gut ausgehendes Beziehungsdrama, in dem häufiger eine Piña Colada besungen wird. Aber auch hier läuft das Liebesglück nicht ganz problemfrei: Rupert Holmes - Him
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"You Got It All" is a song recorded by American band #theJets. It was released in 1986 as the fourth single from their debut studio album The Jets (1985). It was written by #RupertHolmes, most famous for the 1979 hit "#EscapeThePiñaColadaSong", and produced by Don Powell (not to be confused with #Slade's #drummer) and #DavidRivkin. Holmes wrote it for his 10-year-old daughter Wendy but she never got to hear it become a hit.
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Escape (Pina Colada Song) 🎤
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On 24 Feb 1947: #RupertHolmes [David Goldstein], British pop songwriter ("Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"; "Him"), and Tony Award-winning composer (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), born in Northwich, England.
#HappyBirthday #79 ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 🎂 ༘⋆ -
Escape (Pina Colada Song) ⌚
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"Babe" is a song by the American rock band #Styx. It was the lead single from the band's 1979 double-platinum album #Cornerstone. The song was Styx's first, and only, US number-one single, spending two weeks at No. 1 in December 1979, serving as the penultimate number-one single of the 1970s (the ultimate number-one single of the '70s was #EscapeThePiñaColadaSong, by #RupertHolmes). "Babe" also went to No. 9 on the #AdultContemporary chart.
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Escape (Pina Colada Song) 🎤
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Escape (Pina Colada Song) 🎶
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"You Got It All" is a song recorded by American band #theJets. It was released in 1986 as the fourth single from their debut studio album The Jets (1985). It was written by #RupertHolmes, most famous for the 1979 hit "#EscapeThePiñaColadaSong", and produced by Don Powell (not to be confused with #Slade's #drummer) and #DavidRivkin. Holmes wrote it for his 10-year-old daughter Wendy but she never got to hear it become a hit.
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"Him" is a song written and recorded by American singer and songwriter #RupertHolmes. It was released in January 1980 as the second single from the album, #PartnersInCrime. The song peaked at number six on the US #Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and remained at that position for two weeks. It was Holmes' biggest Adult Contemporary hit, peaking at number four in both the United States and Canada.
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"Babe" is a song by the American rock band #Styx. It was the lead single from the band's 1979 double-platinum album #Cornerstone. The song was Styx's first, and only, US number-one single, spending two weeks at No. 1 in December 1979, serving as the penultimate number-one single of the 1970s (the ultimate number-one single of the '70s was #EscapeThePiñaColadaSong, by #RupertHolmes). "Babe" also went to No. 9 on the #AdultContemporary chart.
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"When Julie Comes Around" is a song written by #LeePockriss and #PaulVance. It was first released as "When Joey Comes Around" by #TashaThomas in July 1969, and produced by Pockriss and Vance in a slightly soul-ish arrangement. This version failed to chart. The song is best known for the version by #theCuffLinks, also produced by Pockriss and Vance in a different pop-oriented arrangement (with strings arranged by #RupertHolmes). Released in November 1969.
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Forever a great song; I'll always keep the 45.
Well executed concept indeed!
Him is also an excellent song.
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Rupert Holmes’ “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” Getting Rom-Com Feature Treatment
#News #AlloyEntertainment #Development #EscapeThePiñaColadaSong #RupertHolmeshttps://deadline.com/2025/02/rupert-holmes-developing-escape-movie-alloy-entertainment-1236278477/
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AeschTunes' Song of the Moment is “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes.
http://aeschtunes.com/2025/01/12/song-of-the-moment-rupert-holmes-escape-the-pina-colada-song/
#Music, #RupertHolmes, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic, #PopMusic, #AeschTunes
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Rupert Holmes' "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 22, 1979 and spent three non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart.