Imatge de l'autor

Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009)

Autor/a de Murder on the Yellow Brick Road

129+ obres 6,633 Membres 161 Ressenyes 13 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Stuart M. Kaminsky is head of the radio/television/film department at Northwestern University in Illinois. He is also a writer of textbooks, screenplays, and mystery novels. The more popular of his two series of detective novels features Toby Peters. Set in the 1930s and 1940s, the Peters books mostra'n més draw on Kaminsky's knowledge of history and love of film by incorporating characters from the film industry's past in nostalgic mysteries. Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1978), for example, features Judy Garland while Catch a Falling Clown (1982) stars Emmett Kelley as Peters's client and Alfred Hitchcock as a murder suspect. His other critically acclaimed series chronicles the cases of Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov. Kaminsky's detailed studies of Russian police procedure combined with aspects of life in Russia have earned the Series an Edgar nomination for Black Knight in Red Square (1984) and the 1989 Edgar Award for A Cold Red Sunrise (1988). Stuart Kaminsky was born in Chicago in 1934 and died in 2009. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Stuart M. Kaminsky

Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1977) 268 exemplars
Death of a Dissident (1981) 231 exemplars
A Cold Red Sunrise (1988) 224 exemplars
Bullet for a Star (1977) 211 exemplars
Never Cross a Vampire (1980) 168 exemplars
Black Knight in Red Square (1983) 168 exemplars
A Fine Red Rain (1987) 139 exemplars
The Man Who Walked Like a Bear (1990) 131 exemplars
People Who Walk in Darkness (2008) 124 exemplars
You Bet Your Life (1978) 121 exemplars
Vengeance (1999) 120 exemplars
He Done Her Wrong (1983) 118 exemplars
Blood on the Sun (2006) 118 exemplars
A Whisper to the Living (2010) 115 exemplars
Deluge (2007) 115 exemplars
Red Chameleon (1985) 114 exemplars
Rostnikov's Vacation (1991) 113 exemplars
Dead of Winter (2005) 112 exemplars
Blood and Rubles (1996) 111 exemplars
The Fala Factor (1984) 111 exemplars
Death of a Russian Priest (1992) 111 exemplars
The Howard Hughes Affair (1978) 108 exemplars
Fall of a Cosmonaut (2000) 107 exemplars
Lieberman's Folly (1991) 105 exemplars
Midnight Pass (2003) 102 exemplars
The Dog Who Bit a Policeman (1998) 102 exemplars
High Midnight (1981) 98 exemplars
Hard Currency (1995) 97 exemplars
Catch a Falling Clown (1981) 96 exemplars
Always Say Goodbye (2006) 91 exemplars
Retribution (2001) 90 exemplars
Dancing in the Dark (1996) 90 exemplars
The Devil Met a Lady (1993) 90 exemplars
Tarnished Icons (1997) 89 exemplars
Denial (2005) 88 exemplars
Buried Caesars (1989) 84 exemplars
Bright Futures (2009) 84 exemplars
Poor Butterfly (1990) 83 exemplars
Lieberman's Choice (1993) 83 exemplars
Down for the Count (1985) 82 exemplars
Smart Moves (1986) 81 exemplars
The Melting Clock (1991) 81 exemplars
Mildred Pierced (2003) 77 exemplars
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1995) 77 exemplars
Not Quite Kosher (2002) 74 exemplars
Terror Town (2006) 73 exemplars
Think Fast, Mr. Peters (1987) 73 exemplars
To Catch a Spy (2002) 73 exemplars
Lieberman's Law (1996) 71 exemplars
Lieberman's Day (1994) 71 exemplars
The Dead Don't Lie (2007) 69 exemplars
A Few Minutes Past Midnight (2001) 68 exemplars
A Fatal Glass of Beer (1997) 67 exemplars
Lieberman's Thief (1995) 66 exemplars
The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (1986) 61 exemplars
The Last Dark Place (2004) 61 exemplars
Now You See It (2004) 54 exemplars
When the Dark Man Calls (1983) 28 exemplars
Show Business Is Murder (2004) — Editor — 24 exemplars
John Huston, maker of magic (1978) 20 exemplars
Exercise in Terror (1985) 12 exemplars
Writing for Television (1988) 9 exemplars
Clint Eastwood (1974) 6 exemplars
The Final Toast {play} (2008) 3 exemplars
The Final Toast {short story} (1987) 3 exemplars
Camaleón rojo (1985) 3 exemplars
Il est minuit, Charlie Chaplin (2002) 2 exemplars
Coups de feu dans les étoiles (1996) 2 exemplars
Judy et ses nains (1997) 2 exemplars
L'Affaire Howard Hughes (2000) 2 exemplars
El fáctor fala (1984) 2 exemplars
Rostnikov à Cuba (1997) 2 exemplars
Fantasia à l'opéra (1991) 2 exemplars
Du sang sous le soleil (2007) 2 exemplars
Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] (1986) 2 exemplars
The Batman Memos 2 exemplars
Double Shot (Abe Lieberman) (2010) 2 exemplars
Alba siberiana 1 exemplars
Il camaleonte rosso 1 exemplars
Oculto 1995 1 exemplars
Soleil post-mortem (2009) 1 exemplars
Behind the Mystery 1 exemplars
Giocarsi la pelle 1 exemplars
Don Siegel : Director (1974) 1 exemplars
Biscotti à Sarasota (2007) 1 exemplars
Déluge (2008) 1 exemplars
Scorpion’s Kiss 1 exemplars
The Man Who Laughs 1 exemplars
Find Miriam 1 exemplars
Snow [Short Story] (1999) 1 exemplars
American Television Genres (1985) 1 exemplars
Du sang et des roubles (1998) 1 exemplars
Frequenz Mord 1 exemplars
La loi de lieberman (1998) 1 exemplars
Der Tod des kubanischen Kochs (2003) 1 exemplars
LES VACANCES DE ROSTNIKOV (1994) 1 exemplars

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The Doorbell Rang (1965) — Introducció, algunes edicions1,365 exemplars
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1976) — Col·laborador — 357 exemplars
The Further Adventures of Batman (1989) — Col·laborador — 346 exemplars
Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2001) — Col·laborador — 286 exemplars
Dark Love (1995) — Col·laborador — 251 exemplars
The Mysterious West (1994) — Col·laborador — 229 exemplars
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe (1988) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions; Col·laborador — 200 exemplars
The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 (2005) — Col·laborador — 189 exemplars
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (1998) — Col·laborador — 178 exemplars
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988) — Col·laborador — 161 exemplars
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (2002) — Col·laborador — 159 exemplars
The Further Adventures of the Joker (1990) — Col·laborador — 156 exemplars
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories (2015) — Col·laborador — 140 exemplars
A Century of Noir: Thirty-two Classic Crime Stories (2002) — Col·laborador — 78 exemplars
The Ultimate Witch (1993) — Col·laborador — 75 exemplars
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001) — Col·laborador — 69 exemplars
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000) — Col·laborador — 69 exemplars
Guilty As Charged (1996) — Col·laborador — 63 exemplars
Murderous Schemes (1996) — Col·laborador — 58 exemplars
Chicago Noir: The Classics (2015) — Col·laborador — 50 exemplars
First Cases: New and Classic Tales of Detection (1999) — Col·laborador — 42 exemplars
Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1986) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Crème de la Crime (2000) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Flesh & Blood: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2001) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
Sex, Lies and Private Eyes (2009) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
Mystery for Short: Short Story Collections (1999) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 [Audio Book, abridged] (2002) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories (1996) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Soviet Sources | Poor Butterfly | Lautrec (1990) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars

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For the last few years I have been working my way through the Toby Peters series of mysteries by Stuart Kaminsky. These are not particularly spectacular in any way but I am a sucker for 1940s Hollywood and Toby Peter is a private detective that works in and around the film studios during the 1940s. In this outing he is assisting Gary Cooper who is being pushed into making a film that he has no interest in. What is interesting is who is doing the pushing as it appears to be a mafia boss.

Toby as always is stuck in the middle between the mafia, Gary Cooper, the desperate film crew that think that making this film with Gary Cooper is their ticket to fame and his surly brother, a cop who thinks that Toby is always in the wrong. Eventually Toby sorts through the beatings and bodies and figures out that this is a giant ruse and what someone really wants is for Gary Cooper to be killed.

While not my favorite of the series, I did enjoy this one. Gary Cooper comes across as a nice man who women loved and that men wanted to be like. As the story advanced we also get to meet Cooper’s friends Ernest Hemingway and Babe Ruth which added to the fun. I am looking forward to continuing on with the series.
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DeltaQueen50 | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Mar 15, 2024 |
Still fun but not as good as the last one.
 
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cdaley | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Nov 2, 2023 |
Very light read but if you are looking for something fun and fast this is it. Double bonus that the Wizard of Oz plays a big part of the back story.
 
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cdaley | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Nov 2, 2023 |
Stuart Kaminsky’s PI, Toby Peters is on the case for Warner Brothers Studios. Seems there is a photo of Errol Flynn in a compromising situation, with a very young girl. Warner Brothers wants to know if it is real or fake. Flynn says it’s a fake. Damage control is desperately needed or Flynn’s career will be down the tubes!

A ransom demands has been made and Toby is to be the delivery boy. Toby is skeptical about being given the original negative when he delivers the money. His suspicions of the exchange being a set-up are confirmed when he is hit over the head at the drop and wakes up to being in the company of a dead body!

As Toby tries to solve the murder and get the original negative, dead bodies keep turning up. Not a good thing.

A romp through 1940s Hollywood and the world of movie studios, with appearances of Peter Lorre, William Faulkner, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart and more make this book a delight. The turns are sharp and the pace is steady, with humour interlaced with danger.

I’ve read a couple of books in the series and enjoyed them. This was the first of the series, and it did not disappoint.
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ChazziFrazz | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Jul 21, 2023 |

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Obres
129
També de
39
Membres
6,633
Popularitat
#3,691
Valoració
½ 3.7
Ressenyes
161
ISBN
803
Llengües
11
Preferit
13

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