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David Spandau #1
Simon & Schuster
March 2009
On Sale: March 3, 2009
Featuring: David Spandau
304 pages
ISBN: 1439101434
EAN: 9781439101438
Hardcover
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Mystery Private Eye
In Hollywood, you're not made until
you've made a movie.First-time author
Daniel Depp introduces private investigator David Spandau,
an ex-stuntman familiar with the ins and outs of Hollywood
-- a smart, tough, and wickedly funny observer of la vie
L.A. -- whose patience is almost sapped when he's hired
to protect actor Bobby Dye from a blackmailing scheme gone
wrong. Dye -- young, brash, and on the verge of becoming a
major star -- has been set up by gangster Richie Stella, a
nightclub owner and drug dealer with dreams of becoming a
Hollywood producer. And he has a movie perfect for Bobby;
problem is, it's the worst script anyone's ever read. But
Richie is not easy to say no to, and when he retaliates, the
game gets a little more deadly for more than a few of its
players. A Hollywood insider himself, Depp is no stranger
to the temptations and illusions of the City of Angels and
its ambitious, cutthroat denizens. Loser's Town is
charged with the elements of all great L.A. noir --
crackling dialogue, fast-paced plot, and seedy, jaded
characters -- and Depp brings a few new tricks to the genre
with sadistic talent agents, washed-up actors looking for
their second coming, and small-time hustlers just trying to
make a modest living outside the limelight. Loser's
Town is a deftly written thriller -- a gruesomely
hilarious, occasionally wistful depiction of what goes on
beneath those white letters on the mountainside.
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