The Man Who Died Laughing / The Man Who Lived by Night (Stewart Hoag & Lulu Series)

"One of my all-time favorite series!" --New York Times best-seller Harlan Coben"Some books deserve to go quietly into that good night, but the works of David Handler are not among them. Busted Flush Press has brought back to print a master of the mystery genre. Stewart Hoag, amateur private eye, has smarts and intelligence. Handler brings his characters to life instantly the voices are original and real. Best of all, though, Handler treats his audience with respect. He doesn t write down. And Lulu will steal your heart." --Carolyn Haines, author of Bones to Pick and Penumbra"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. I find it hard to begrudge him his Edgar!" --Parnell Hall, author of You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled 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. 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 x96 with a bullet. Features original cover art by award-winning crime writer Colin Cotterill. David Handler was born and raised in Los Angeles and published two highly acclaimed novels about growing up there, Kiddo and Boss, before resorting to a life of crime fiction. He has written eight novels featuring the witty and dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart Hoag, including the Edgar-Award-winning The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald. Read more