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Description

1. 240, 9 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "In the next novel in David Handler's Edgar award-winning series, Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag and his beloved basset hound, Lulu, investigate a murder in a fabled Connecticut summer playhouse. Hollywood ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag has chronicled the rise, fall, and triumphant return of many a celebrity. At last he's enjoying his own, very welcome second act. After hitting a creative slump following the success of his debut novel, Hoagy has found inspiration again. Ensconced with his faithful but cowardly basset hound, Lulu, on a Connecticut farm belonging to his ex-wife, Oscar-winning actress Merilee Nash, he's busy working on a new novel. He's even holding out hope that he and Merilee might get together again. Life is simple and fulfilling--which of course means it's time for complications to set in"--
2. Hollywood ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag hit a creative slump following the success of his debut novel, but finds inspiration again on a Connecticut farm belonging to his ex-wife, actress Merilee Nash. When the police call to ask if he knows the whereabouts of a man named R.J. Romero, Hoagy learns of a dark secret from his ex-wife's past. Merilee is directing a gala benefit production of Private Lives to rescue the famed but dilapidated Sherbourne Playhouse, and now her reputation, as well as the playhouse's future, is at stake. When one of the cast is found murdered, it will take Hoagy's sleuthing skills to solve the case before someone else faces the final curtain call. -- adapted from jacket

Series statement

1. A Stewart Hoag mystery
2. Handler, David, 1952- Stewart Hoag mystery.

Alternative title

1. Man who could not miss

Subject

1. Hoag, Stewart (Fictitious character) > Fiction
2. Ghostwriters > Fiction
3. Ghostwriters
4. Hoag, Stewart (Fictitious character)
5. FICTION / Humorous
6. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
7. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy

Genre/Form

1. Novels.
2. Detective and mystery fiction.
3. Fiction.

Call number

1. JFE 18-8049

Note

1. Includes "P.S. Insights, Interview & More..." : About the author, About the book, Read on.

Author

1. Handler, David, 1952- author.

Title

1. The man who couldn't miss : a Stewart Hoag mystery / David Handler.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. A Stewart Hoag mystery
2. Handler, David, 1952- Stewart Hoag mystery.

LCCN

1. 2018015440

Other standard identifier

1. 99977679980

ISBN

1. 9780062412850 paperback
2. 006241285X paperback
3. 9780062851147 hardcover
4. 0062851144 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFE 18-8049