Robert S. Levinson, Author . Forge $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-87902-0
Levinson's long experience in music public relations, the handling of rock stars, and writing and producing has provided him with material and styles enough for three novels, but not enough of substance for any one novel. Following hot on the...
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Robert S. Levinson, Author . Forge $26.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0231-1
More than paint is hot in this ambitious and showbizzy return (after 2001's The John Lennon Affair) of divorced Hollywood amateur sleuths, long-running columnist Neil Gulliver and popular actress Stevie Marriner. When underworld boss and...
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Robert S. Levinson, Author . Five Star $25.95 (452p) ISBN 978-1-59414-255-0
Best known as a series author (the well-received Neil Gulliver and Steve Marriner mysteries: Hot Paint
, etc.), Levinson now spins a novel that not only stands alone but stands tall. Writing with considerable invention, grace and energy, the author,
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Robert S. Levinson, Author . Five Star $25.95 (385p) ISBN 978-1-59414-647-3
This clunky thriller from Levinson (Ask a Dead Man
) offers a superficial look at the Los Angeles music industry. Ex-cop Josh Wainwright, who runs a private security firm, has been one of the walking wounded ever since an unknown sniper killed his...
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Robert S. Levinson, Author . Five Star $25.95 (377p) ISBN 978-1-59414-852-1
Bloodthirsty killer Emil Grass abducts teen Tracy Collins from an Eden Highlands, Calif., pizza parlor, after shooting dead a high school friend of hers, at the start of this far-fetched thriller from Levinson (In the Key of Death
). Jack Sothern, a
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Robert S. Levinson, Author Forge $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-87268-7
Sexy soap opera star Stevie (aka Stephanie) Marriner and her former husband, reporter Neil Gulliver, return for a second romp through Hollywood scandals, past and present. Stevie convinces Neil to attend a ceremony at the Hollywood post office for...
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Robert S. Levinson, Author Forge $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-86968-7
The discovery of love letters between Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe supplies the premise for Levinson's stylish and droll debut. This intricate caper, set in L.A., combines the manners of hard-boiled detective fiction with the seriocomic antics...
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Robert S. Levinson. Five Star, $25.95 (350p) ISBN 978-1-4328-2497-6
Depression-era Hollywood forms the backdrop for this sharp-edged noir from Levinson (The Traitor in Us All). In 1933, Chris Blanchard's career as an LAPD detective comes to an abrupt end after he refuses to look the other way when his colleagues...
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Robert S. Levinson. Five Star, $25.95 (358p) ISBN 978-1-4328-2679-6
Levinson follows A Rhumba in Waltz Time (2011), a well-crafted noir, with this subpar 1930s Hollywood thriller. Charlie Dickens, a struggling screenwriter, has a screenplay he wants to deliver personally to Cecil B. DeMille for the producer's...
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Robert S. Levinson. Five Star Publishing, $25.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-4328-2781-6
The music industry provides the backdrop for this effective crime novel from Levinson (Phony Tinsel). Rock and roll icon Nat Axelrod saw his career and life come crashing down as the result of a spurious rape conviction in Indianapolis, Ind., in...
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Robert S. Levinson. Five Star Publishing, $25.95 (342p) ISBN 978-1-4328-2967-4
Lainie Davis Gardner is the desperate woman at the center of this impenetrable tangle of plots and seriously flawed characters from Levinson (Finders Keeper, Losers Weepers). Once a top-flight L.A. record producer, Lainie was indicted for unlawful...
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Robert S. Levinson. Five Star Publishing, $25.95 (348p) ISBN 978-1-4328-3160-8
Early in Levinson’s workmanlike sixth novel featuring L.A. reporter Neil Gulliver and actress Stevie Marriner (after 2010’s The Andy Warhol Affair), the manager of the Heathcliffe Arms, the building in Westwood where Neil lives, asks for his help....
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