From Publishers Weekly
Even Fred Astaire can't dance his way out of trouble without help from Toby Peters, detective to the stars in wartime Hollywood. In Toby's 19th entertaining case (after Tomorrow is Another Day), mob moll Luna Martin wants dance lessons. Her boyfriend, nicknamed "Fingers" because he removes those of his enemies, invites the great dancer to instruct Luna?or suffer bodily harm. After Luna bats her eyelashes once too often at the star, however, a nervous Astaire, fearing wrathful Fingers, hires Toby to stand in. But Toby doesn't "know a tango from a funeral march." The disappointed Luna complains, but not for long; someone cuts her throat. As the bodies pile up, Toby also struggles with his ex-wife's decision to marry a B-movie actor and takes poundings from an enigmatic legbreaker named Kudlap Singh, formerly a professional wrestler known as the Beast of Bombay. Clues lead to a star-filled benefit at L.A.'s historic Wiltern Theatre, where danger lurks when Astaire takes the stage. As always in this engaging series, Edgar-winner Kaminsky effortlessly choreographs Hollywood history, colorful cast and dirty doings.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From Library Journal
Tinseltown during wartime: coffee perking on the hot plate, mobsters and ritzy nightclubs. Enter series hero Toby Peters (e.g., Tomorrow Is Another Day, Audio Reviews, LJ 4/1/96), shamus to the stars, hired by Fred Astaire to keep Fingers Intaglia's floozy from insisting on private dance lessons. When the floozy is murdered at Peters's feet, Fingers decides he will let the private eye live if he can find the murderer, who may well be Astaire. The atmosphere of the Golden Age of Hollywood is brought to life through reader Eliot Kohen's performance of Kaminsky's prose. Kohen perfectly captures that world-weary, snappy dialog listeners associate with movies of the Forties. Words and action move along with assistance from some wonderful big band sounds of the era. This is great period atmosphere and entertainment. Suitable for all popular collections.?Barbara Valle, El Paso P.L., Tex.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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