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Toby Peters Series

24 primary works • 24 total works
Toby Peters is a 1940s Hollywood P.I. in Los Angeles, California who deals with cases involving the stars of the time.

Book 1

Bullet for a Star
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3.63 · 1203 Ratings · 127 Reviews · published 1977 · 48 editions
Hard-boiled Hollywood detective Toby Peters finds …

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    Book 2

    Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
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    3.61     · 993 Ratings · 113 Reviews · published 1977 · 50 editions
    Someone had murdered a Munchkin. The little man wa…

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    Book 3

    You Bet Your Life
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    3.74     · 521 Ratings · 60 Reviews · published 1978 · 1 edition

    Pay him a little bit, he's a little bit tough. Pay…

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    Book 4

    The Howard Hughes Affair
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    3.72     · 381 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 1979 · 27 editions
    Toby Peters is a private detective with sore feet,…

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    Book 5

    Never Cross a Vampire
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    3.71     · 498 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 1980 · 1 edition
    Toby Peters's services have just been retained by …

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    Book 6

    High Midnight
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    3.81     · 294 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1981 · 26 editions

    Someone wants Gary Cooper to make a movie he isn't…

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    Book 7

    Catch a Falling Clown
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    3.73     · 288 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1982 · 1 edition
    Book by Kaminsky, Stuart M.

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    Book 8

    He Done Her Wrong
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    3.75     · 321 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 1983 · 1 edition
    Goodness has nothing to do with it as a hard-luck …

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    Book 9

    The Fala Factor
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    3.80     · 294 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1984 · 2 editions
    First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt turns to Toby Peters …

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    Book 10

    Down for the Count
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    3.75     · 234 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1985 · 19 editions
    A sensational boxing scam and intrigue follow when…

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    Book 11

    The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance
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    3.84     · 205 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1986 · 18 editions
    Vance got shot. A detective got drugged. A hooker …

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    Book 12

    Smart Moves
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    3.77     · 192 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 1987 · 20 editions
    Toby Peters, a L.A. private detective, is determin…

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    Book 13

    Think Fast, Mr. Peters
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    3.96     · 213 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1988 · 21 editions
    When he becomes the prime suspect in the shooting …

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    Book 14

    Buried Caesars
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    3.87     · 211 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 1989 · 24 editions
    Hollywood private eye Toby Peters is asked to find…

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    Book 15

    Poor Butterfly
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    3.62     · 200 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 1990 · 22 editions
    1991, mass market paperback reprint edition, Myste…

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    Book 16

    The Melting Clock
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    3.76     · 232 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1991 · 22 editions
    In wartime L.A., milk prices are up. Margarine and…

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    Book 17

    The Devil Met a Lady
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    3.90     · 212 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 1993 · 25 editions
    Why has fabulous Bette Davis - the best known face…

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    Book 18

    Tomorrow Is Another Day
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    3.72     · 203 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1995 · 20 editions
    It's 1938 and P.I. Toby Peters is watching Atlanta…

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    Book 19

    Dancing in the Dark
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    3.81     · 243 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1996 · 29 editions
    Fred Astaire hires Toby Peters to help him get rid…

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    Book 20

    A Fatal Glass of Beer
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    3.97     · 226 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1997 · 20 editions
    What an amazing--and not famous enough by half--my…

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    Book 21

    A Few Minutes Past Midnight
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    3.91     · 171 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2001 · 21 editions
    Toby Peters is an unusual private eye. He's alread…

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    Book 22

    To Catch a Spy
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    3.92     · 223 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 2002 · 24 editions
    With a hilarious new Hollywood thriller and in the…

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    Book 23

    Mildred Pierced
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    3.82     · 245 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2003 · 14 editions
    That down-at-the-heels gumshoe Toby Peters again p…

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    Book 24

    Now You See It
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    3.88     · 171 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2004 · 17 editions
    Illusion gets more deadly than reality on Toby Pet…

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