A. Night in Beverly Hills (Five Star First Edition Mystery) - Hardcover

Andrew J. Fenady

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594140685 ISBN 13: 9781594140686

Publisher: Five Star, 2003

Synopsis

Andrew J. Fenady

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From Booklist:

From its punny title (the central character's name is Alex Night) to its noir paraphernalia, this is more a mystery pastiche than a genuine crime novel. Night, the Beverly Hills sleuth who's trying to make a career change--he wants to write mysteries, not investigate them--can't seem to get rid of his last case, a jewel robbery that left one person dead and two others wounded, one of the two being Night himself. While he tries to make time with the beautiful writer in the office across the hall, Night also tries to figure out who was behind the jewel robbery. This is an affectionate, lighthearted homage to the noir mysteries of the 1930s and '40s, and it mostly succeeds. Unfortunately, the author tends to hit readers over the head with allusions to classic mysteries: not only is one character's name strikingly similar to that of a well-known figure in the genre, but Fenady, thinking we might miss it, takes time to point out the similarity. Entertaining (if not particularly subtle) fare for fans of the classic hard-boiled era. David Pitt
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Review:

"This is an affectionate, lighthearted homage to the noir mysteries of the 1930s and 40s . . ."
-- Booklist (Booklist )

About this edition

• Publisher: Five Star
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1594140685
• ISBN 13: 9781594140686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 257