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“A wonderful series—fresh and fun and as good as mystery writing gets.” — Mark Schweizer, author of The Alto Wore Tweed “If I could get Stewart Hoag to ghostwrite my books they’d sell better, and I’d laugh myself silly. David Handler is a hoot, and his books are just the thing for what ails you.” —Parnell Hall, author of You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled “Handler’s breezy, unpretentious and warm-hearted hero provides a breath of fresh air in a world of investigative angst.” — Publishers Weekly From the Publisher Busted Flush Press is proud to rerelease all eight of Handler's charming and witty Hoagy & Lulu novels, in four omnibus volumes. Volumes #2-4 will be released in 2007. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap In The Man Who Died Laughing, celebrity ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag & his faithful, neurotic basset hound, Lulu, find themselves in Hollywood, where Hoagy is ghosting the memoirs of has-been funnyman Sonny Day. When it becomes apparent that someone wants to kill the book, Hoagy discovers that ghostwriting can be murder.In The Man Who Lived by Night, Hoagy is off to London to dig up the secrets of reclusive bad-boy superstar Tristam "T.S." Scarr, formerly of the legendary British rock group Us. T.S. is ready to reveal all, in a book destined to become a controversial best-seller. But then someone intends to send Hoagy to the top of the charts – with a bullet. Features original cover art by award-winning crime writer Colin Cotterill. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. David Handler (b. 1952) is the critically acclaimed author of several bestselling mystery series. He began his career as a New York City reporter, and wrote his first two novels— Kiddo (1987) and Boss (1988)—about his Los Angeles childhood. In 1988 he published The Man Who Died Laughing , the first of a series of mysteries starring ghostwriter Stuart Hoag and his faithful basset hound Lulu. Handler wrote eight of the novels, winning both Edgar and American Mystery awards for The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald (1990). The Cold Blue Blood (2001) introduced a new series character, New York film critic Mitch Berger, who fights his reclusive nature to solve crimes with the help of police Lieutenant Desiree Mitry. Handler has published eight novels starring the pair, with another, The Snow White Christmas Cookie , due out in 2012. In 2009 Handler published Click to Play , a stand-alone novel about an investigative reporter. He lives and writes in Old Lyme, Connecticut. From Library Journal One-time Hollywood great Sonny Day enlists the aid of skidding writer Stewart Hoag in composing his autobiography. Several people with secrets to hide want publication stopped, however, and eventually one of them becomes aggravated enough to murder Sonny. Handler employs his own television background to good effect, dishing up a slick and serviceableif transparentplot, frank language, currently voguish "secret," and recognizable Hollywood names. REKCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Read more
Features & Highlights
- First in the Edgar Award–winning series from “a novelist whose champagne-fizzy mysteries tickle the brain, heart, and funny bone in equal measure” (A. J. Finn, #1
- New York Times
- –bestselling author).
- Stewart Hoag’s first novel made him the toast of New York. Everyone in Manhattan wanted to be his friend, and he traveled the cocktail circuit supported by Merilee, his wife, and Lulu, his basset hound. But when writer’s block sunk his second novel, his friends, money, and wife all disappeared. Only Lulu stuck by him. The only opportunity left is ghostwriting—an undignified profession that still beats dental school. His first client is Sonny Day, an aging comic who was the king of slapstick three decades ago. Since he and his partner had a falling out in the late 1950s, Day has grown embittered and poor, until the only thing left for him to do is write a memoir. Hoagy and Lulu fly to Hollywood expecting a few months of sunshine and easy living. Instead they find Day’s corpse, and a murder rap with Hoagy’s name on it.
