The Devil Met a Lady

Stuart M Kaminsky

ISBN 10: 0892964367 / ISBN 13: 9780892964369

Published by Mysterious Press October 1993, 1993

About this Item

5.75 x 8.5 inches approximately. 194 pages. First printing. Blue cover with black spine and silver script. Dust jacket protected in Brodart. Signed by the author on the title page in black ink. Fine condition.

Seller Inventory # 503990

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Devil Met a Lady
• Publisher: Mysterious Press October 1993
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892964367
• ISBN 13: 9780892964369
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Printing.
• Printing: First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Brodart
• Signed: Signed By Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

In a case involving Nazi spies, stumblebum character actors trying to be tough, and top-secret bomber plans, Hollywood private eye Toby Peters is hired to protect Bette Davis from a threatened kidnapping. 15,000 first printing.

Reviews

Another pleasantly foolish outing for Toby Peters (The Melting Clock, 1991, etc.), shamus to Hollywood's Golden Age stars. The client this time (1943) is Bette Davis's husband Arthur Farnsworth, whose aeronautical research on a modified bombsight has brought him to the attention of a gang that wants to swap the plans for an old sound-recording that Toby would rather forget--a record of how Davis's first husband, Ham Nelson, blackmailed Howard Hughes over a little performance coaching she gave him--and threatens to kidnap the star if Farnsworth won't play ball. The byplay between Toby and Davis, who stops recycling dialogue from her movies only long enough to get snatched three times, is the high point here; better pass over the mystery in silence. Bright and insubstantial as a meringue. Not the best in this waggish, venerable series. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.