Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009)
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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 altro 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 meno
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Opere di Stuart M. Kaminsky
Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed by Stuart Kaminsky and Photographed by Laurie Roberts (2005) 25 copie
Mystery in the Sunshine State: Florida Short Stories by Florida's Mystery Writers (1999) — Editor & Contributor — 14 copie
La vacanza di Rostnikov 2 copie
The Man from Capetown 2 copie
The Batman Memos 2 copie
The Man Who Laughs 1 copia
Una pallottola per Erroll Flynn 1 copia
Oculto 1995 1 copia
La paura corre sul filo 1 copia
Il camaleonte rosso 1 copia
Alba siberiana 1 copia
Giocarsi la pelle 1 copia
Find Miriam 1 copia
Scorpion’s Kiss 1 copia
Frequenz Mord 1 copia
L'orologio liquefatto 1 copia
L'uomo che uccise Lewis Vance 1 copia
Ne tirez pas sur Errol Flynn ! 1 copia
Morte di un prete russo 1 copia
Opere correlate
Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery and Detective Fiction (1999) — Collaboratore — 106 copie
Delitti d'autore: il nuovo e il classico del racconto poliziesco contemporaneo: 42 capolavori selezionati dalla… (1993) — Collaboratore — 62 copie
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: First Annual Collection (2000) — Collaboratore — 59 copie
Criminal Kabbalah: An Intriguing Anthology of Jewish Mystery and Detective Fiction (2001) — Collaboratore — 56 copie
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection (2001) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
The Eyes Have It: The First Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1984) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (1998) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Season 2, Episode 16: Immune To Murder — Screenplay — 1 copia
Murder at the Gardner | Think Fast, Mr. Peters | The Body in the Volvo — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Kaminsky, Stuart Melvin
- Altri nomi
- Камински, Стюарт
- Data di nascita
- 1934-09-29
- Data di morte
- 2009-10-09
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di morte
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Causa della morte
- hepatitis C
- Luogo di residenza
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sarasota, Florida, USA - Istruzione
- Northwestern University (PhD)
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
screenwriter
army medic
photographer
teacher - Organizzazioni
- Northwestern University
Florida State University
US Army - Premi e riconoscimenti
- MWA Grand Master (2006)
Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement, 2007)
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Recensioni
Still fun but not as good as the last one.
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.
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.… (altro)
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.… (altro)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 126
- Opere correlate
- 39
- Utenti
- 6,671
- Popolarità
- #3,670
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 161
- ISBN
- 803
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 13
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.… (altro)