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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 05 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
Series |
Nils Shapiro ; |
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Matt, Goldman.
Nils Shapiro. Spoken word ;
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Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Performer |
Read by Bronson Pinchot. |
Summary |
In the words of Lee Child on Gone to Dust, "I want more of Nils Shapiro." New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award-winning author Matt Goldman happily obliges by bringing the Minneapolis private detective back for another thrilling, standalone adventure in Dead West. Nils Shapiro accepts what appears to be an easy, lucrative job: find out if Beverly Mayer's grandson is foolishly throwing away his trust fund in Hollywood, especially now, in the wake of his fiancée's tragic death. However, that easy job becomes much more complicated once Nils arrives in Los Angeles, a disorienting place where the sunshine hides dark secrets. Nils quickly suspects that Ebben Mayer's fiancée was murdered, and that Ebben himself may have been the target. As Nils moves into Ebben's inner circle, he discovers that everyone in Ebben's professional life―his agent, manager, a screenwriter, a producer―seem to have dubious motives at best. With Nil's friend Jameson White, who has come to Los Angeles to deal with demons of his own, acting as Ebben's bodyguard, Nils sets out to find a killer before it's too late. "Goldman is flat-out hilarious when he's satirizing Hollywood hustlers and their outlandish projects…Individually, these agents, managers, writers, producers, et al. are endearingly awful; but observing them in groups-pitching ideas, taking meetings and poisoning their best friends-is too funny for words." "Excellent…A dazzling tale." "Goldman continues to please with interesting twists, great peripheral characters, insights into specific communities, and enough peril to keep readers turning pages past bedtime." "A droll portrait of "a town where almost everything and everyone was for sale," with felonies obbligato." |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Private investigators -- Fiction.
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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Secrecy -- Fiction.
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Rich people -- Fiction.
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Actors -- Fiction.
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Assassins -- Fiction.
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Genre |
Mystery fiction.
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Added Author |
Pinchot, Bronson, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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ISBN |
9781982564773 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982564776 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT13942030 |
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