This “enjoyable lark” is a road-trip mystery with an old Hollywood
backdrop, starring PI Toby Peters and the great comic W. C. Fields
(Library Journal). Under names like Otis J. Raisincluster, Quigley
E. Sneersight, and Cormorant Beecham III, W. C. Fields squirreled
away nearly a million dollars in banks across the country during his
vaudeville days—before he became one of the silver screen’s most
recognizable funnymen. But it’s no laughing matter when a burglar
has the audacity to rob him blind, stealing his bankbooks and cleaning
out his accounts. Steaming, the comedian hires Hollywood private
investigator Toby Peters to track down the missing dough and protect
what remains of his nest egg. On a cross-country road trip through
small-town 1940s America, a frequently inebriated Fields and a
frequently exasperated Peters encounter complications in the form of
the Amish, John Barrymore, and the Ku Klux Klan. But can they catch
their elusive quarry—Lester O. Hipnoodle? “Even on the printed
page . . . Fields’ nasal rap seems to rise up and envelop you”
in the Edgar Award–winning author’s “mesmerizing” comic
mystery (Chicago Sun-Times).
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ISBN
9781453247402
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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