The Straw Men - Watch out, watch out the Straw Men are about

It looks like one of Michael Marshall (who is also Michael Marshall Smith, author of Only Forward, Spares, One of Us) is to have one of his books adapted for the big screen - Spares was optioned years ago, but was probably plundered for the not very good The Island.

Benderspink has acquired the rights to The Straw Men, Michael Marshall's first part of a trilogy concerning a secret organisation of serial killers. It's an excellent book and I recommend you pick it up.

“In Palmerston, Pennsylvania, two men in long coats walk calmly into a crowded fast food restaurant-then, slowly and methodically, gun down sixty-eight people. They take time to reload. On the Promenade of Santa Monica, California, a teenaged girl gives sightseeing tips to a distinguished English tourist. She won’t be going home tonight. In Dyersburg, Montana, a grief-stricken son tries to make sense of the accident that killed his parents-then finds a note stuffed in his father’s favorite chair. It says, “We’re not dead.” Three seemingly unrelated events, these are the first signs of an unimaginable network of fear that will lead one unlikely hero to a chilling confrontation with The Straw Men. No one knows who they are-or why they kill. But they must be stopped. Michael Marshall’s electrifying debut novel is an instant masterpiece of modern suspense. An epic thriller for anyone who has feared that someone is watching us.”

Are you a fan of Michael Marshall (Smith)? Do you feel The Straw Men would make a good film? Who should play the leads?
Home / Forum / Guestbook