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Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009)

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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af Stuart M. Kaminsky

Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1977) 268 eksemplarer
Death of a Dissident (1981) 231 eksemplarer
A Cold Red Sunrise (1988) 224 eksemplarer
Bullet for a Star (1977) 211 eksemplarer
Never Cross a Vampire (1980) 168 eksemplarer
Black Knight in Red Square (1983) 168 eksemplarer
A Fine Red Rain (1987) 139 eksemplarer
The Man Who Walked Like a Bear (1990) 131 eksemplarer
People Who Walk in Darkness (2008) 124 eksemplarer
You Bet Your Life (1978) 121 eksemplarer
Vengeance (1999) 120 eksemplarer
He Done Her Wrong (1983) 118 eksemplarer
Blood on the Sun (2006) 118 eksemplarer
A Whisper to the Living (2010) 115 eksemplarer
Deluge (2007) 115 eksemplarer
Red Chameleon (1985) 114 eksemplarer
Rostnikov's Vacation (1991) 113 eksemplarer
Dead of Winter (2005) 112 eksemplarer
Blood and Rubles (1996) 111 eksemplarer
The Fala Factor (1984) 111 eksemplarer
Death of a Russian Priest (1992) 111 eksemplarer
Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express (2001) 110 eksemplarer
The Howard Hughes Affair (1978) 108 eksemplarer
Fall of a Cosmonaut (2000) 107 eksemplarer
Lieberman's Folly (1991) 105 eksemplarer
Midnight Pass (2003) 102 eksemplarer
The Dog Who Bit a Policeman (1998) 102 eksemplarer
High Midnight (1981) 98 eksemplarer
Hard Currency (1995) 97 eksemplarer
Catch a Falling Clown (1981) 96 eksemplarer
Always Say Goodbye (2006) 91 eksemplarer
Retribution (2001) 90 eksemplarer
Dancing in the Dark (1996) 90 eksemplarer
The Devil Met a Lady (1993) 90 eksemplarer
Tarnished Icons (1997) 89 eksemplarer
Denial (2005) 88 eksemplarer
Buried Caesars (1989) 84 eksemplarer
Bright Futures (2009) 84 eksemplarer
Poor Butterfly (1990) 83 eksemplarer
Lieberman's Choice (1993) 83 eksemplarer
Down for the Count (1985) 82 eksemplarer
Smart Moves (1986) 81 eksemplarer
The Melting Clock (1991) 81 eksemplarer
Mildred Pierced (2003) 77 eksemplarer
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1995) 77 eksemplarer
Not Quite Kosher (2002) 74 eksemplarer
Terror Town (2006) 73 eksemplarer
Think Fast, Mr. Peters (1987) 73 eksemplarer
To Catch a Spy (2002) 73 eksemplarer
Lieberman's Law (1996) 71 eksemplarer
Lieberman's Day (1994) 71 eksemplarer
The Dead Don't Lie (2007) 69 eksemplarer
A Few Minutes Past Midnight (2001) 68 eksemplarer
A Fatal Glass of Beer (1997) 67 eksemplarer
Lieberman's Thief (1995) 66 eksemplarer
The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (1986) 61 eksemplarer
The Last Dark Place (2004) 61 eksemplarer
On a Raven's Wing: New Tales in Honor of Edgar Allan Poe (2009) — Redaktør — 57 eksemplarer
Now You See It (2004) 54 eksemplarer
When the Dark Man Calls (1983) 28 eksemplarer
Show Business Is Murder (2004) — Redaktør — 24 eksemplarer
John Huston, maker of magic (1978) 20 eksemplarer
Exercise in Terror (1985) 12 eksemplarer
Writing for Television (1988) 9 eksemplarer
Clint Eastwood (1974) 6 eksemplarer
The Final Toast {play} (2008) 3 eksemplarer
The Final Toast {short story} (1987) 3 eksemplarer
Camaleón rojo (1985) 3 eksemplarer
The Man from Capetown 2 eksemplarer
Il est minuit, Charlie Chaplin (2002) 2 eksemplarer
Coups de feu dans les étoiles (1996) 2 eksemplarer
Judy et ses nains (1997) 2 eksemplarer
Le Fondu déchaîné 2 eksemplarer
L'Affaire Howard Hughes (2000) 2 eksemplarer
El fáctor fala (1984) 2 eksemplarer
Rostnikov à Cuba (1997) 2 eksemplarer
Fantasia à l'opéra (1991) 2 eksemplarer
Et le diable rencontra la femme (1998) 2 eksemplarer
Du sang sous le soleil (2007) 2 eksemplarer
Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] (1986) 2 eksemplarer
The Batman Memos 2 eksemplarer
Double Shot (Abe Lieberman) (2010) 2 eksemplarer
Alba siberiana 1 eksemplar
Il camaleonte rosso 1 eksemplar
Oculto 1995 1 eksemplar
Soleil post-mortem (2009) 1 eksemplar
Behind the Mystery 1 eksemplar
Giocarsi la pelle 1 eksemplar
Don Siegel : Director (1974) 1 eksemplar
Biscotti à Sarasota (2007) 1 eksemplar
Déluge (2008) 1 eksemplar
Scorpion’s Kiss 1 eksemplar
The Man Who Laughs 1 eksemplar
Find Miriam 1 eksemplar
Snow [Short Story] (1999) 1 eksemplar
American Television Genres (1985) 1 eksemplar
Du sang et des roubles (1998) 1 eksemplar
Frequenz Mord 1 eksemplar
La loi de lieberman (1998) 1 eksemplar
Der Tod des kubanischen Kochs (2003) 1 eksemplar
LES VACANCES DE ROSTNIKOV (1994) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1976) — Bidragyder — 357 eksemplarer
The Further Adventures of Batman (1989) — Bidragyder — 346 eksemplarer
Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2001) — Bidragyder — 286 eksemplarer
Dark Love (1995) — Bidragyder — 251 eksemplarer
The Mysterious West (1994) — Bidragyder — 229 eksemplarer
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe (1988) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver; Bidragyder — 200 eksemplarer
The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 (2005) — Bidragyder — 189 eksemplarer
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (1998) — Bidragyder — 178 eksemplarer
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988) — Bidragyder — 161 eksemplarer
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (2002) — Bidragyder — 159 eksemplarer
The Further Adventures of the Joker (1990) — Bidragyder — 156 eksemplarer
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories (2015) — Bidragyder — 141 eksemplarer
A Century of Noir: Thirty-two Classic Crime Stories (2002) — Bidragyder — 78 eksemplarer
The Ultimate Witch (1993) — Bidragyder — 75 eksemplarer
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000) — Bidragyder — 69 eksemplarer
Erklæret skyldig (1996) — Bidragyder — 63 eksemplarer
Murderous Schemes (1996) — Bidragyder — 58 eksemplarer
Chicago Noir: The Classics (2015) — Bidragyder — 50 eksemplarer
First Cases: New and Classic Tales of Detection (1999) — Bidragyder — 42 eksemplarer
Crème de la Crime (2000) — Bidragyder — 23 eksemplarer
Flesh & Blood: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2001) — Bidragyder — 19 eksemplarer
Sex, Lies and Private Eyes (2009) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Mystery for Short: Short Story Collections (1999) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 [Audio Book, abridged] (2002) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories (1996) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Soviet Sources | Poor Butterfly | Lautrec (1990) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer

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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 andre anmeldelser | Mar 15, 2024 |
Still fun but not as good as the last one.
 
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cdaley | 6 andre anmeldelser | 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 andre anmeldelser | 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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ChazziFrazz | 8 andre anmeldelser | Jul 21, 2023 |

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129
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Medlemmer
6,633
Popularitet
#3,691
Vurdering
½ 3.7
Anmeldelser
161
ISBN
803
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