NY, NY: St. Martins, 1977. 1st ed. 2nd Toby Peters. light soiling at page edges, else about fine in lightly soiled dust jacket, unclipped, $7.95 intact, one closed tear at front and rear, tiny chip out at front, minor rubbing. Kaminsky has garnered both The GRAND MASTER AWARD from Mystery Writers of America, 2006 and THE EYE LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD, 2007. Kaminsky reunites us with his flawed, but interesting detective, Toby Peters. This novel again combines real persons from our storied Hollywood past, with fascinating characters of Kaminsky's imagination. The continued exploration of Peters make-up makes for an interesting backdrop to the storyline. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Synopsis

"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: Murder By The Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000117
Title: MURDER ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Author: Kaminsky, Stuart M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0140051244
ISBN 13: 9780140051247
Publisher: St. Martins
Place of Publication: NY, NY
Date Published: 1977
Keywords: MYSTERY; MYSTERY & CRIME
Bookseller catalogs: CALIFORNIA; HOLLYWOOD;

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