Dominick Prince is out of options Hes lived in Detroit long enough to use his experiences of crime and poverty to fuel his writing but hes ready to move on to bigger and better things Dominicks thesis advisor the elitist Parker Farmington refuses to let Dominick pass his class thinking the genre of potboilers beneath him Which means rather than becoming the next literary sensation Dominick will spend his life asking customers if theyd like fries with that And if thats the only plan kidnapping doesnt seem like such a bad plan BSo if Farmington wont pass him willfully Dominick will make him do it forcefully And once he has Farmingtons signature fame and fortune are within Dominicks grasp But while Dominick may have a devious and brilliant mind on the page in reality hes more Betty White than Walter White And before he can write the plot thickens Dominicks plan begins to go horribly wrong Teaming with Farmingtons jilted mistress and her loosecannon bounty hunter brother Dominick finds that if even the best laid plans go awry then his doesnt have a snowballs chance in hell And being a great writer wont matter much if hes six feet under