The Tinseltown Murders: A Mac Slade Mystery by Blumenthal, John - 1985

N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1985. 1st ed. Near fine copy of this Paperback Original. Detective Mac Slade is being hounded by a pair of Mob goons with the combined IQ of a ficus tree. In the nick of time, he gets a frantic call from the wife of Hollywood private eye Jack Mushnik. Arriving on the Coast after eluding the goons, Slade goes to a glitzy Hollywood bash in search of Jack and finds him -- curled up in a refrigerator, dead as can be. A lady private eye, a runaway farm girl, a movie star, a hostile homiciede detective named Lieutenant Lou Tennant, a Chinese houeboy, a Nazi cleaning lady, a Hollywood agent, a gay hairdresser, a celebrity psychic and behemoth named Moose Lebowitz all do their utmost to impede Slade's sleuthing - but to no avail. He not only solves the numerous murders but answers the burning question, 'Who is Peaches Moskowitz?'. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Paperback Original.