MURDER IN THE LAND OF OZ

Kaminsky, Stuart M.

Murder on the Yellow Brick Road [SIGNED]

New York: Penguin, 1979. Mass Market Paperback.

A MUNCHKIN IS DEAD. JUDY GARLAND IS A SUSPECT. STUART KAMINSKY SENDS IN TOBY PETERS.
Stuart Kaminsky's second Toby Peters mystery sends the Los Angeles private detective onto the MGM back lot during the making of The Wizard of Oz. A Munchkin has been murdered, and Kaminsky populates the case with figures from Hollywood history, including Judy Garland, Louis B. Mayer, Clark Gable, and Raymond Chandler.

A particularly attractive copy of the 1979 Penguin paperback, personally inscribed and signed by Kaminsky on the title page. From the estate of Jeri Kandel, a central figure in the Florida West Coast science-fiction and fantasy community and an active member of ASFA.

CONDITION: Near Fine. Binding tight and square with minimal shelf handling; spine remains flat and uncreased. Text clean with light, even age-toning. No flaws or blemishes of consequence.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: HOLLYWOOD HISTORY BECOMES DETECTIVE FICTION. 
Kaminsky's Toby Peters novels occupy a distinctive corner of historical mystery fiction, placing a fictional private detective among recognizable personalities of Golden Age Hollywood. Murder on the Yellow Brick Road was the second book in the series and uses the production of The Wizard of Oz as both setting and source material.

SUBJECTS: Stuart Kaminsky, Toby Peters, The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland, MGM Studios, Golden Age Hollywood, Hollywood Mysteries, Signed Mystery Fiction, Motion Pictures, Raymond Chandler. Detective Fiction.

Item #22487
ISBN: 0140051244

Price: $24.00