Thrilling Cinematic Story of B-Movie Turmoil Earns Early Acclaim

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - March 27, 2025 - PRLog -- Next week, When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed, a highly anticipated new novel by author Nicholas Litchfield, will be released. This action-packed thriller has already garnered praise from major newspapers in the UK, with critics applauding Litchfield for his thrilling and gritty storytelling.

A Story That Thrills and Amuses

When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed follows Dominic Graves, a young American actor hoping to boost his career with the lead role in a low-budget exploitation film in Uruguay. However, the production quickly spirals into a nightmarish experience filled with jealousy, rivalry, and revenge, ultimately leading to chaos and bloodshed.

Bestselling author Christopher Cosmos describes it as "a cinematic page-turner about Hollywood gone by, movie-making, and a throwback to a golden era of hard-boiled stories." Award-winning novelist Adam Berlin states, "Litchfield's entertaining and gritty novel reads like a 1970s car-chase shot with a handheld camera, full of jolts and scrapes and Technicolor chaos."

Early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, with UK newspapers praising the humor, suspense, and character development. Book critic Pam Norfolk of The Yorkshire Post notes, "Pulsating with danger and menace, and infused with sharp-edged English humour, this excellently exotic adventure is the literary equivalent of a made-for-Hollywood big screen delight!" The Star asserts, "Litchfield's intense and topical drama sizzles like charred meat over hot coals, eventually erupting into a massive blaze of mesmerising chaos."

The American book review magazine Kirkus Reviews described the book as a "pulpy" sendup of moviemaking, remarking: "Litchfield writes with sardonic vigor." The scholastic review site Literary Titan defined it as "part travelogue, part fever dream," with "fast, visceral, sometimes poetic, sometimes grotesque, always alive" writing, recommending it to "readers who like their thrillers with grit, grime, and a side of dark humor."

The novel will be released nationwide on April 1, 2025, and is available for pre-order from all major booksellers, including Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/When-Actor-Inspired-Chaos-Bloodshe...), Barnes & Noble, or directly from the publisher.

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About the Author

Nicholas Litchfield is the author of the espionage novel Swampjack Virus and the upcoming crime novel Hessman's Necklace. He has edited twelve literary anthologies and contributed introductions to many books, including twenty-three Stark House Press reprints of long-forgotten mystery novels. A former book critic for the Lancashire Post, syndicated to twenty-five newspapers across the UK, he now writes for Publishers Weekly. For more information, visit https://nicholaslitchfield.com/.