The Monet Murders

✍ Scribed by Mort, Terry

• Book ID: 109190233
• Publisher: Pegasus
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 159 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781605986975

✦ Synopsis

Private-investigator-to-the-stars Riley Fitzhugh finds himself caught up in the case of a missing Hollywood beauty--and a stolen Monet--in a 1930s hardboiled caper as deadly as it is delightful.Hollywood, 1934. Prohibition is finally over, but there is still plenty of crime for an ambitious young private eye to investigate. Though he has a slightly checkered past, Riley Fitzhugh is well connected in the film industry and is hired by a major producer--whose lovely girlfriend has disappeared. He also is hired to recover a stolen Monet, a crime that results in two murders initially, with more to come.

Along the way Riley investigates the gambling ships anchored off L.A., gets involved with the girlfriend of the gangster running one of the ships, and disposes of the body of a would-be actor who assaults Riley's girlfriend. He also meets an elegant English art history professor from UCLA who helps Riley authenticate several paintings and determine which ones...