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Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009)

Auteur van Moord op de weg naar Oz

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Stuart M. Kaminsky is head of the radio/television/film department at Northwestern University in Illinois. He is also a writer of textbooks, screenplays, and mystery novels. The more popular of his two series of detective novels features Toby Peters. Set in the 1930s and 1940s, the Peters books toon meer draw on Kaminsky's knowledge of history and love of film by incorporating characters from the film industry's past in nostalgic mysteries. Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1978), for example, features Judy Garland while Catch a Falling Clown (1982) stars Emmett Kelley as Peters's client and Alfred Hitchcock as a murder suspect. His other critically acclaimed series chronicles the cases of Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov. Kaminsky's detailed studies of Russian police procedure combined with aspects of life in Russia have earned the Series an Edgar nomination for Black Knight in Red Square (1984) and the 1989 Edgar Award for A Cold Red Sunrise (1988). Stuart Kaminsky was born in Chicago in 1934 and died in 2009. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Stuart M. Kaminsky

Moord op de weg naar Oz (1977) 268 exemplaren
Death of a Dissident (1981) 231 exemplaren
A Cold Red Sunrise (1988) 224 exemplaren
Bullet for a Star (1977) 211 exemplaren
Vampiers willen rode lopers (1980) 167 exemplaren
Black Knight in Red Square (1983) 167 exemplaren
A Fine Red Rain (1987) 139 exemplaren
The Man Who Walked Like a Bear (1990) 131 exemplaren
People Who Walk in Darkness (2008) 124 exemplaren
You Bet Your Life (1978) 121 exemplaren
Vengeance (1999) 120 exemplaren
He Done Her Wrong (1983) 118 exemplaren
Blood on the Sun (2006) 118 exemplaren
A Whisper to the Living (2010) 115 exemplaren
Deluge (2007) 115 exemplaren
Red Chameleon (1985) 113 exemplaren
Rostnikov's Vacation (1991) 113 exemplaren
Dead of Winter (2005) 112 exemplaren
Blood and Rubles (1996) 111 exemplaren
The Fala Factor (1984) 111 exemplaren
Death of a Russian Priest (1992) 111 exemplaren
De zaak Howard Hughes (1978) 108 exemplaren
Fall of a Cosmonaut (2000) 106 exemplaren
Lieberman's Folly (1991) 105 exemplaren
Midnight Pass (2003) 102 exemplaren
The Dog Who Bit a Policeman (1998) 101 exemplaren
Klokslag middernacht (1981) 98 exemplaren
Hard Currency (1995) 97 exemplaren
Vangnet voor een clown (1981) 96 exemplaren
Always Say Goodbye (2006) 91 exemplaren
Retribution (2001) 90 exemplaren
Dancing in the Dark (1996) 90 exemplaren
The Devil Met a Lady (1993) 90 exemplaren
Tarnished Icons (1997) 88 exemplaren
Denial (2005) 88 exemplaren
Bright Futures (2009) 84 exemplaren
Poor Butterfly (1990) 83 exemplaren
Buried Caesars (1989) 83 exemplaren
Lieberman's Choice (1993) 83 exemplaren
Down for the Count (1985) 82 exemplaren
Smart Moves (1986) 81 exemplaren
The Melting Clock (1991) 81 exemplaren
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1995) 77 exemplaren
Mildred Pierced (2003) 76 exemplaren
Not Quite Kosher (2002) 74 exemplaren
Terror Town (2006) 73 exemplaren
Think Fast, Mr. Peters (1987) 73 exemplaren
To Catch a Spy (2002) 73 exemplaren
Lieberman's Law (1996) 71 exemplaren
Lieberman's Day (1994) 70 exemplaren
The Dead Don't Lie (2007) 69 exemplaren
A Few Minutes Past Midnight (2001) 68 exemplaren
A Fatal Glass of Beer (1997) 67 exemplaren
Lieberman's Thief (1995) 66 exemplaren
The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (1986) 61 exemplaren
The Last Dark Place (2004) 61 exemplaren
On a Raven's Wing: New Tales in Honor of Edgar Allan Poe (2009) — Redacteur — 57 exemplaren
Now You See It (2004) 54 exemplaren
When the Dark Man Calls (1983) 28 exemplaren
Show Business Is Murder (2004) — Redacteur — 24 exemplaren
John Huston, maker of magic (1978) 20 exemplaren
Exercise in Terror (1985) 12 exemplaren
Writing for Television (1988) 9 exemplaren
Clint Eastwood (1974) 6 exemplaren
The Final Toast {play} (2008) 3 exemplaren
The Final Toast {short story} (1987) 3 exemplaren
Camaleón rojo (1985) 3 exemplaren
The Man from Capetown 2 exemplaren
Il est minuit, Charlie Chaplin (2002) 2 exemplaren
Coups de feu dans les étoiles (1996) 2 exemplaren
Judy et ses nains (1997) 2 exemplaren
Le Fondu déchaîné 2 exemplaren
L'Affaire Howard Hughes (2000) 2 exemplaren
El fáctor fala (1984) 2 exemplaren
Rostnikov à Cuba (1997) 2 exemplaren
Fantasia à l'opéra (1991) 2 exemplaren
Et le diable rencontra la femme (1998) 2 exemplaren
Du sang sous le soleil (2007) 2 exemplaren
Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] (1986) 2 exemplaren
The Batman Memos 2 exemplaren
Double Shot (Abe Lieberman) (2010) 2 exemplaren
Alba siberiana 1 exemplaar
Il camaleonte rosso 1 exemplaar
Oculto 1995 1 exemplaar
Soleil post-mortem (2009) 1 exemplaar
Behind the Mystery 1 exemplaar
Giocarsi la pelle 1 exemplaar
Don Siegel : Director (1974) 1 exemplaar
Biscotti à Sarasota (2007) 1 exemplaar
Déluge (2008) 1 exemplaar
Scorpion’s Kiss 1 exemplaar
The Man Who Laughs 1 exemplaar
Find Miriam 1 exemplaar
Snow [Short Story] (1999) 1 exemplaar
American Television Genres (1985) 1 exemplaar
Du sang et des roubles (1998) 1 exemplaar
Frequenz Mord 1 exemplaar
La loi de lieberman (1998) 1 exemplaar
Der Tod des kubanischen Kochs (2003) 1 exemplaar
LES VACANCES DE ROSTNIKOV (1994) 1 exemplaar

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For the last few years I have been working my way through the Toby Peters series of mysteries by Stuart Kaminsky. These are not particularly spectacular in any way but I am a sucker for 1940s Hollywood and Toby Peter is a private detective that works in and around the film studios during the 1940s. In this outing he is assisting Gary Cooper who is being pushed into making a film that he has no interest in. What is interesting is who is doing the pushing as it appears to be a mafia boss.

Toby as always is stuck in the middle between the mafia, Gary Cooper, the desperate film crew that think that making this film with Gary Cooper is their ticket to fame and his surly brother, a cop who thinks that Toby is always in the wrong. Eventually Toby sorts through the beatings and bodies and figures out that this is a giant ruse and what someone really wants is for Gary Cooper to be killed.

While not my favorite of the series, I did enjoy this one. Gary Cooper comes across as a nice man who women loved and that men wanted to be like. As the story advanced we also get to meet Cooper’s friends Ernest Hemingway and Babe Ruth which added to the fun. I am looking forward to continuing on with the series.
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DeltaQueen50 | 4 andere besprekingen | Mar 15, 2024 |
Still fun but not as good as the last one.
 
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cdaley | 6 andere besprekingen | Nov 2, 2023 |
Very light read but if you are looking for something fun and fast this is it. Double bonus that the Wizard of Oz plays a big part of the back story.
 
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cdaley | 4 andere besprekingen | Nov 2, 2023 |
Stuart Kaminsky’s PI, Toby Peters is on the case for Warner Brothers Studios. Seems there is a photo of Errol Flynn in a compromising situation, with a very young girl. Warner Brothers wants to know if it is real or fake. Flynn says it’s a fake. Damage control is desperately needed or Flynn’s career will be down the tubes!

A ransom demands has been made and Toby is to be the delivery boy. Toby is skeptical about being given the original negative when he delivers the money. His suspicions of the exchange being a set-up are confirmed when he is hit over the head at the drop and wakes up to being in the company of a dead body!

As Toby tries to solve the murder and get the original negative, dead bodies keep turning up. Not a good thing.

A romp through 1940s Hollywood and the world of movie studios, with appearances of Peter Lorre, William Faulkner, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart and more make this book a delight. The turns are sharp and the pace is steady, with humour interlaced with danger.

I’ve read a couple of books in the series and enjoyed them. This was the first of the series, and it did not disappoint.
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Leden
6,622
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ISBNs
803
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