He Done Her Wrong

It all started when Hollywood PI, Tony Peters, is asked to do a favour for his brother, Phil. It involved Mae West.

Phil had known her when she came out to California in 1931. Over the years (it’s now 1942) she had written a book about her life. She only had the one copy and someone had stolen it. She was worried that someone would publish it and claim credit for writing it. Phil can’t handle the case as she wants no publicity on it. Something Toby is good at for his cases.

Meeting up with West, Toby gets the details from her. It seems the thief is a frustrated actor who excels in disguises and impersonations. He is also good at eluding capture! Each time Toby gets close to catching the thief, he slips away and Toby gets damaged. So show more much for a simple favour.

With the help of a couple of friends, Toby forges on. He runs into a family feud, some of Hollywood’s important people, a few dead bodies, a crazy psychiatrist, spends time in a loony bin and more bodily damage.

It isn’t all blood and guts, there is a layer of humour that runs through the case, like is found in all of the Toby Peters series. A fun read back in the Golden Years of Hollywood. show less

"The opening of this book came to me in a dream.
I have a friend named Gordon Hom. I saw him standing, dressed like Mae West, next to a pool surrounded by Mae Wests."
-Stuart M. Kaminsky

And so this novel begins, with Toby surrounded by Mae Wests, blackmail, murder, madness, and a brief stay in an asylum. All this and Toby's client is his own brother, who is looking out for an old flame: Ms West, herself.

Fun and a worthy addition to this great mystery series.