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The Devil Met a Lady (Hardcover)

by Stuart M. Kaminsky (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 194 pages
  • Publisher: Mysterious Pr (Oct 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0892964367
  • ISBN-13: 978-0892964369
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,998,333 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a detective series worth following, 25 Sep 2007
By M. Hisbent "silkiemh" (Loughborough, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Devil Met a Lady (The Toby Peters Mysteries) (Paperback)
PI Toby Peters is a 3 dimensional character in a rather surrealistic world (not counting his exploits with Dali). He's a tough character who gets battered around in his adventures, as much by family as by the bad guys. His adventures are set in the heyday of Hollywood, the 40's, when the biggest stars that we still see on our tv screens everyday were famous world wide. Once you buy into the basic premise that they have their problems and occasionally need a PI to do their mucky work, the exploits of a former security guard at Warner Studios are very believable. With a supporting cast that are as colourful as the main characters these books are fun and pretty satisfying mysteries. The main characters - in this episode it is Bette Davis - are well drawn against the image that we all know and there is always a nugget drawn from real life to drive the plot. With little to offer in contradiction, who's to say they would not have found themselves in these scrapes? The dialogue is authentic sounding, both for Peters and his celebrity clients.
If anything, this story adds more colour to the persona of Davis, highlighting her marriage, her career and the way that everyday America lived and saw the Second World War and perceived movie stars as very, very VIP's. Kaminsky adroitly avoids repeating himself through the series and even Peters obsession with his ex-wife is pretty poignant, surfacing occasionally to torture the PI. The reader can pretty much start anywhere in the series (handy, since the books can be hard to get) and Kaminsky's exposition of Peter's PI back story is handled with a deft, light, unobtrusive touch in each of the books. The PI is a developing character, growing older but no wiser, making him all the more interesting for that.
Highly recommended.
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