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The Howard Hughes Affair (Toby Peters #4)
Toby Peters is a private detective with sore feet, a bad back, and a tendency to bruise easily. He lives on a strict diet of hot dogs, tacos, shredded wheat, and disaster, and spends most of his time at the wrong end of a gun. Peters has a reputation for keeping his mouth shut...so when a young billionaire named Howard Hughes finds a spy at his dinner party, he wants Peter...more
Audio, Abridged
Published
December 12th 1991
by Blackstone Audiobooks
(first published 1979)
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Nice to return to a solidly written story, after another bout with a current author that was left alone by a good editor. Kaminsky does move this one very, very fast. The plot is very good, the mystery great and the characters very well done. As usual, Kaminsky nails the dialogue of the separate characters. Also, if you are a nostalgia nut like me, you'll love the appearances of the well-known during this 1940s setting. To some, I'm guessing, this all appears way too old fashioned. Cynics of thi...more
Toby Peters is a private detective from the 1940s with plenty of problems. It seems like every time he turns around someone is beating him up or shooting at him. He considers himself ugly, but I figure his face has lots of character.
In 1941, Toby is approached by Howard Hughes who wants him to figure out who's trying to steal plans for a new airplane from him. The bad guys abound, but help comes from an unexpected source by the name of Basil Rathbone.
I get the feeling that Stuart M. Kaminsky ha...more
In 1941, Toby is approached by Howard Hughes who wants him to figure out who's trying to steal plans for a new airplane from him. The bad guys abound, but help comes from an unexpected source by the name of Basil Rathbone.
I get the feeling that Stuart M. Kaminsky ha...more
This is the fourth in the Toby Peters mystery series, set in 1940's Hollywood; the first book is "Bullet for a star". In this novel, Peters is hired by Howard Hughes, who claims that secret plans in his study were copied during a recent dinner party - either by a guest or a member of his staff. This is a fun read, with cameo appearances by Basil Rathbone and Bertold Brecht, gangsters, suspicious German suspects and Peters usual ability to get beaten up on a regular basis. The book ends with the...more
1979, #4 Toby Peters, PI to the stars, 1941 Hollywood; classic PI, satirical. Hired to find secret plans that have been stolen from Hughes, Toby gets himself mixed up with spies, murderers, translators, nasty Nazis and inscrutable Japanese, but manages to wend his way through the dead bodies - and the plot - with his usual tongue-in-cheek panache.
Toby has an energizer bunny charm that’s a lot of fun, even as he continually gets himself beaten up again and again, and keeps on going. But undernea...more
Toby has an energizer bunny charm that’s a lot of fun, even as he continually gets himself beaten up again and again, and keeps on going. But undernea...more
Very Good; Continuing character: Toby Peters; Howard Hughes enlists the aid of the detective, when he believes his secret plans for military equipment have been copied by German or Japanese spies.
A well plotted PI story with lots of 1940's Hollywood lore though the main character, Toby Peters, takes a few too many blows to the head for my comfort.
Toby Peters w/ Howard Hughes and Basil Rathbone
Aug 17, 2012
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Stuart Kaminsky received the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best mystery novel, as well as France's Grand Prix de Roman d'Aventures in 1991. His love of the movies and long career as a professor of film history led him to create the popular and critically acclaimed Toby Peters series. He lives in Florida with his wife and children.
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Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) in 2007.
Stuart M. Kaminsky is author of 50 published novels, 5 biographies, 4 textbooks and 35 short stories. He also has screenwriting credits on four produced films including ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, ENEMY TERRITORY, A WOMAN IN THE WIND and HIDDEN FEARS. He is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and has been nomi...more
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Stuart M. Kaminsky is author of 50 published novels, 5 biographies, 4 textbooks and 35 short stories. He also has screenwriting credits on four produced films including ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, ENEMY TERRITORY, A WOMAN IN THE WIND and HIDDEN FEARS. He is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and has been nomi...more
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