Most Popular Books by Stuart M. Kaminsky

As a hard-boiled Hollywood PI enlists Al Capone''s help to save the Marx Brothers, Kaminsky "makes the totally wacky possible" (The Washington Post). It''s 1941 and the Marx Brothers'' first movie for MGM, Go West, has the country in stitches. But now Chico Marx is worried he''s going to need stitches when he receives a severed ear in the mail--a simple message from a Chicago bookie who wants $120,000, or else. Chico is baffled because, although he loves to gamble, he''s never made a bet in Chicago. Desperate, he turns to the king of Hollywood, Louis B. Mayer, who puts in a call to Toby Peters. A Hollywood private detective who''s proven himself adept at keeping scandals out of the tabloids, Peters flies to Florida for an interview with Al Capone, deposed lord of the Chicago underworld. The retired bootlegger''s mind has gone soft, and he doesn''t know anything about Chico''s bookie, but he suggests Peters speak to his brother. With Scarface''s good word as an introduction, the PI heads to Chicago. But it will take more than a good sense of humor to keep Groucho, Harpo, and especially Chico from getting axed. Edgar Award-winner Stuart Kaminsky''s "Toby Peters series was a delight. They were written with more than a dash of humor and featured a variety of improbable real-life characters, ranging from the Marx Brothers to Judy Garland" (Library Journal).

When it comes to sex, lies often follow... and in the dark heart of the city, death can be the ultimate payback! Moonstone Books, publisher of fine books and comics since 1995, is proud to present this landmark collection of all-new, original noir stories with the theme of ''sex for sale''. Written by some of today''s top crime writers, Sex, Lies and Private Eyes features a stunning cast of legendary characters from the best mysteries of the past and present, including Alo Nudger and Fred Carver (John Lutz), Blackshirt (Adi Tantimedh), Candy Matson (Christine Matthews), Domino Lady (Gail Mcabee), Jack Hagee, PI, Kolchak: the Night Stalker and Lai Wan (CJ Henderson), The Envoy (Gary Phillips), Johnny Dollar (David Tischman), Mr. Keen (Mike Bullock), Pat Novak (Steven Grant), Sherlock Holmes (Loren D. Estleman), The Silencers (Fred Van Vliet), The Maze Agency (Mike W. Barr), Toby Peters (Stuart Kaminsky), and Truxton Lewis (Robert Randisi).

Hollywood private eye Toby Peters is asked to find an aide to General Douglas MacArthur, who has disappeared with information that could ruin the general''s nascent political career

Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov fights to stop a vendetta against the acrobats of the Moscow circus. A drunk perches atop the statue of Nikolai Gogol in Arbat Square, and police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov sighs. After years fighting to become a top detective, he has suffered a demotion to the minor crimes unit, which means the lunatic on the statue is his responsibility. But the limping policeman fails to talk the distraught man down, and with a perfect somersault, acrobat Valerian Duznetzov makes the last leap of his storied career. Across town, Duznetzov''s partner, Oleg, waits for him under.

Sheldon Minck, le dentiste miteux qui partage un local avec le détective Toby Peters, est arrêté, accusé du meurtre de sa femme Mildred tuée par un carreau d’arbalète dans Lincoln Park. Une certaine Billie Cassin, qui n’est autre que l’actrice Joan Crawford, est témoin. Minck explique à son ami Toby qu’il s’entraînait au tir dans le parc, après avoir rejoint un groupe survivaliste dont l’inspirateur est John Fenimore Cooper.Joan Crawford charge Toby Peters d’éviter que son nom n’apparaisse dans la presse en lien avec une affaire criminelle. Mais Minck parvient à s’évader. Il est traqué par les survivalistes, tandis que John Crawford, elle, est prise en otage...C’est avec plaisir qu’on retrouve, dans ce divertissement concocté de main de maître par Stuart Kaminsky, tous les protagonistes des deux précédents romans de la série ; le nain bibliophile et polyglotte Gunter, et Mme Plaut la logeuse, aux terrifiantes recettes...

" Stuart Kaminsky relance Toby Peters, ce privé qui hante les studios d''Hollywood pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Peters, c''est d''abord un anti-héros toujours fauché mais diablement perspicace, un ex-flic au nez cassé par son grand frère et au dos en compote, obligé de dormir sur une planche de bois et qui se nourrit de céréales, largué par une épouse dont il n''arrive pas à faire le deuil. Un grand gamin qui n''arrivera jamais à devenir adulte et qui erre au milieu d''une bande de solitaires aussi brisés par la vie que sa colonne vertébrale" " Patrice Gagnant, Le Progrès. Traduit de l''américain par Simone Hilling