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Pegasus
September 2015
On Sale: September 15, 2015
Featuring: Riley Fitzhugh
352 pages
ISBN: 1605986976
EAN: 9781605986975
Kindle: B00LADUN5S
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Mystery Historical
Private-investigator-to-the-stars Riley Fitzhugh finds
himself caught up in the case of a missing Hollywood
beauty—and a stolen Monet—in a 1930s hard-boiled caper as
deadly as it is delightful. Hollywood, 1934. Prohibition is finally over, but there is
still plenty of crime for an ambitious young private eye to
investigate. Though he has a slightly checkered past, Riley
Fitzhugh is well connected in the film industry and is hired
by a major producer—whose lovely girlfriend has disappeared.
He also is hired to recover a stolen Monet, a crime that
results in two murders initially, with more to come. Along the way Riley investigates the gambling ships anchored
off L.A., gets involved with the girlfriend of the gangster
running one of the ships, and disposes of the body of a
would-be actor who assaults Riley’s girlfriend. He also
meets an elegant English art history professor from UCLA who
helps Riley authenticate several paintings and determine
which ones are forgeries. Riley lives at the Garden of Allah Hotel, the favorite
watering place of screenwriters, and he meets and
unknowingly assists many of them with their plots.
Incidentally one of these gents, whose nom de plume is
‘Hobey Baker,’ might actually be F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . Evoking the classic hardboiled style, The Monet
Murders is a charmingly cosy murder mystery by a
novelist whose "lucid, beautifully written books are a
pleasure to read." (The Wall Street Journal)
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