Bullet for a Star By Stuart M. Kaminsky 9781453236802 (Paperback)

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Crime & mystery books

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Wordery

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Open road media

Bullet for a Star : 9781453236802 : 16 Apr 2013 : The first in a mystery series set in 1940s Hollywood, where a hard-boiled private eye helps a cast of real-life stars: "Nostalgic fun" (Publishers Weekly).   Hollywood, 1940: It's been four years since security guard Toby Peters got fired from the Warner Brothers lot for breaking a screen cowboy's arm. Since then he's scratched out a living as a private detective?missing persons and bodyguard work mostly?but now his old friends, the Warners, have a job for him.   Someone has mailed the studio a picture of Errol Flynn caught in a compromising position with an underage woman. Although Flynn insists it's a fake, the studio is taking no chances. Peters is to deliver the blackmailer five thousand dollars and return with the photo negative. It should be simple, but Flynn, a swashbuckler on and off the screen, has a way of making things complicated.   Soon it's up to Peters to clear Flynn's name, following a twisted trail that surprisingly lea

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