New York: St Martins Press, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a small spot of white-out on the front free end paper (presumably obscuring a former owner's name), and a small remainder mark on the bottom of the text block. There are no other marks or wear. The navy covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is also in very good condition, with a price-clip on the upper corner of the front flap, light wear and folding at the top of the spine area. and a small chip at the bottom of the rear panel. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. .

Synopsis

"Someone had murdered a Munchkin. The little man was lying on his back in the middle of the yellow brick road with his startled eyes looking into the overhead lights of an M.G.M. sound stage. He might have looked kind of cute in a tinsel-town way if it hadn¹t been for the knife sticking out of his chest." The year is 1940, and Los Angeles-based private eye Toby Peters has been called before the real-life Wizard of Oz himself, Louis B. Mayer, legendary studio head of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. His job: to track down a murderer stalking the back lots of one of Hollywood's most powerful movie companies. Peters sets to work, plumbing the depths of a world of dreamers, child stars, and half-sized philosophers, helped by none other than Clark Gable, Raymond Chandler, and Judy Garland. It¹s a treacherous trail of clues that Peters must follow‹one as winding as the Yellow Brick Road, and deadlier than a field of poppies. But does Toby Peters possess enough brains, heart, and courage to solve this bizarre case before he becomes the latest victim of Hollywood¹s new Wicked Witch of the West...?

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Bookseller: Granny Goose Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007010
Title: Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
Author: Kaminsky, Stuart M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0312553188
ISBN 13: 9780312553180
Publisher: St Martins Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1977
Keywords: Mystery & Detective Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery & Detective Fiction;

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