New York:: St. Martin's Press, 1977. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny, with a couple of tiny closed tears (about 1/4 inch). NOT price clipped (7.95). NOT a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. The second Toby Peters mystery, sequel to BULLET FOR A STAR. From the Dust Jacket: "It is November 1st, 1940. In the famous sound stage of THE WIZARD OF OZ on the MGM lot, a little man is lying face-up on the yellow brick road. His wide eyes stare upward into the blinding stage lights… Someone had murdered a Munchkin. Introducing Toby Peters' second thrilling case! Summoned to the scene of the crime by a very young and frightened starlet named Judy garland, Peters begins to put together the clues. Within an hour, he is hired by Lewis B. Meyer himself... [B]efore long, Peters realizes that he is on to nothing less than a plot threatening the life of Judy Garland. Enlisting the aid of Judy, Clark Gable and Raymond Chandler, Peters uncovers clue after clue... With MURDER ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, Stuart Kaminsky has triumphed again. It is an engaging sequel to BULLET FOR A STAR and is a detective story made to order for all those who love a great mystery..." Bound in the original dark blue boards, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Very Good++ dust jacket.. Illus. by Joel Iskowitz jacket painting.. 8vo. (x), 197pp..

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"Someone had murdered a Munchkin. The little man was lying on his back in the middle of the yellow brick road with his startled eyes looking into the overhead lights of an M.G.M. sound stage. He might have looked kind of cute in a tinsel-town way if it hadn¹t been for the knife sticking out of his chest." The year is 1940, and Los Angeles-based private eye Toby Peters has been called before the real-life Wizard of Oz himself, Louis B. Mayer, legendary studio head of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. His job: to track down a murderer stalking the back lots of one of Hollywood's most powerful movie companies. Peters sets to work, plumbing the depths of a world of dreamers, child stars, and half-sized philosophers, helped by none other than Clark Gable, Raymond Chandler, and Judy Garland. It¹s a treacherous trail of clues that Peters must follow‹one as winding as the Yellow Brick Road, and deadlier than a field of poppies. But does Toby Peters possess enough brains, heart, and courage to solve this bizarre case before he becomes the latest victim of Hollywood¹s new Wicked Witch of the West...?

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005872
Title: Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
Author: Kaminsky, Stuart M
Illustrator: Joel Iskowitz jacket painting.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine condition.
Jacket Condition: Very Good++ dust jacket.
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0312553188
ISBN 13: 9780312553180
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: 1977
Size: 8vo. (x), 197pp.

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