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David Handler

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Joel Richards

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Stewart Hoag Mysteries

Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag always swore that he would never return to Oakmont, Connecticut, the small mill town where his family lived for generations. He certainly has no desire to interrupt his high life as the newest great American novelist to revisit the town that hates his family and will only bring back memories of his unhappy childhood. But when his childhood sweetheart phones to say that her mother, Mary McKenna, the librarian who inspired Hoagy's dream to be a writer, has died, Hoagy kn...

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David Handler

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Stewart Hoag Mysteries

Stewart Hoag and his new bride dive into married life with the discovery of a murdered millionaire in this mystery from early in the crime-solving career of the author-sleuth.January 1983: Stewart “Hoagy” Hoag is getting married to the love of his life Merilee at New York City Hall. Hoagy’s college chum, Ezra Spooner, stands up for him. Merilee’s lovely cousin, Phoebe, stands up for her. And their young basset hound Lulu stands up for both of them. After they say “...

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David Handler

The Edgar Award–winning author of the Stewart Hoag mysteries delivers a "fast-paced, frantic, and head spinning" crime thriller ( Booklist).In the summer of 1972, the country was rocked by the Bagley Bunch murders—a killing spree that targeted America's favorite TV sitcom family. A survivor of the slaughter, former child star Tim Ferris, is now dying of cancer. With only weeks to live, he needs the truth to come out. But the secrets he's kept for a lifetim...

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David Handler

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The Stewart Hoag Mysteries

In the Edgar Award–winning author's new mystery, a "breezy, unpretentious and warm-hearted hero" gets mixed up with an eccentric socialite—and murder ( Publishers Weekly).Few American novels are as beloved as Alma Glaze's Revolutionary War epic, Oh, Shenandoah. Although Glaze died before she could write a sequel, she left behind an outline for one, along with instructions that it not be written until fifty years after her death. The deadline has p...

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David Handler

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The Stewart Hoag Mysteries

The ghostwriting sleuth discovers a rock star's deadly side in this mystery by the Edgar Award–winning author—"one of my all-time favorite series" (Harlan Coben).From the first time they played on the Ed Sullivan Show, Us was the hottest band on earth. For more than a decade, the group tore through the charts and indulged in an endless cycle of drugs, women, and violence, until two musicians died—the drummer by drugs, the guitarist by a crazed gunman. Once the band...

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David Handler

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Berger and Mitry Mysteries

From Edgar-Award winning author David Handler comes The Cold Blue Blood, the first in a fresh, bright mystery series starring a highly mismatched romantic duo guaranteed to captivate readers.Mitch Berger, a top film critic with a major New York newspaper at a surprisingly young age, has become almost a recluse since his wife died one year ago. He spends his time secluded in his apartment or in the dark recesses of a screening room. Although he continues to...

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David Handler

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The Stewart Hoag Mysteries

Truth is deadlier than fiction in this "sleek, sophisticated, over-the-top story that's filled with red herrings, laugh-aloud humor, and plenty of suspense" ( Booklist).The author calls himself the Answer Man. He introduces himself to Stewart Hoag—onetime literary darling of the New York scene—with a letter begging for help with his first novel. Hoagy usually ignores such requests, but the Answer Man's sample chapter grabs his attention. It is a chilling, ...

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David Handler

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The Stewart Hoag Mysteries

Hollywood's funniest amateur sleuth must contend with a disgraced sitcom star and a mysterious killer in this Edgar Award–winning mystery series.Lyle Hednut, known to America as Uncle Chubby, has been the top draw in television comedy for three seasons straight. He is three hundred pounds of good humor and wholesome charm, beloved by children and adults alike . . . until the day the police find him enjoying the show at the wrong kind of movie theater in Times Squar...

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David Handler

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The Stewart Hoag Mysteries

A scandal-plagued author is killed in a mystery with "domestic repartee worthy of Nick and Nora Charles [and a] thoroughly entertaining cast of characters" ( Publishers Weekly).Stewart Hoag has quit ghostwriting. Living in Connecticut with his ex-wife, Hoagy works on a novel and tends to Tracy, his brand-new daughter, who's more beautiful than anything he's ever written and only took nine months to make. Life is peaceful, until Thor Gibbs arrives to tear i...

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David Handler

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Bibliomysteries

Ex-bestselling author Stewart Hoag is after a tell-all Hollywood diary in this short mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author.Once upon a time, Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag was a celebrity author married to a famous actress. But after a serious case of writer's block, Hoagy lost it all. Now, with nobody but his loyal basset hound, Lulu, by his side, Hoagy intends to get back on top by transcribing the salacious tell-all diary of recently deceased actress Anna Childress....

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David Handler

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The Stewart Hoag Mysteries

The "wickedly amusing" Edgar Award–winning mystery starring ghostwriter/sleuth Stewart Hoag and his "delightful" basset hound sidekick Lulu ( Publishers Weekly).Stewart Hoag knows how quickly fame can fade. The same critics who adored his first novel used his second for target practice, ending his literary career once and for all. To keep his basset hound fed, Hoagy ghostwrites memoirs for the rich, famous, and self-destructive. His newest subject reminds ...

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David Handler

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Stewart Hoag Mysteries

In this new installment of the Edgar award-winning Stewart Hoag mystery series, the ghostwriting sleuth investigates a trail of murder amidst Hollywood's rich and famous.Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag hasn't written any fiction since his debut novel rocked the literary world of the 1980s and then left him with a paralyzing case of writer's block. Since then, he's been reduced to ghostwriting celebrity memoirs. But his newest project could have him diving back into the world ...