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Duration
9h 17m
Year
2013
Language
English

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The highly anticipated, laugh-out-loud third installment in the fan-favorite Junior Bender mysteries There are not many people brave enough to say no to Irwin Dressler, Hollywood's scariest mob boss turned movie king. Even though Dressler is ninety-three years old, LA burglar Junior Bender is quaking in his boots when Dressler's henchmen haul him in for a meeting. Dressler wants Junior to solve a crime he believes was committed more than seventy years ago, when an old friend of his, once-famous starlet Dolores La Marr, had her career destroyed after compromising photos were taken of her at a Las Vegas party. Dressler wants justice for Dolores and the shining career she never had. Junior can't help but think the whole thing is a little crazy. After all, it's been seventy years. Even if someone did set Dolores up for a fall from grace, they're probably long dead now. But he can't say no to Irwin Dressler-no one can, really-so he starts digging. What he finds is that some vendettas never die; they only get more dangerous.

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"In Hallinans satisfying third Junior Bender novel, the LA burglar/PI continues to excavate show business forgotten past, investigating in this installment the also-rans of postwar Hollywood…Hallinan de-emphasizes the series dark humor and recurring characters…offering instead convincing flashbacks to Doloress early Hollywood adventures and a sincere look at her eternally deferred Hollywood dreams
Publishers Weekly
"The Fame Thief has everything Ive come to expect in a Hallinan novel: indelible, complex characters, fantastic plot, and moments of hold-your-breath suspense."
Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author
"Could not stop laughing. Tim Hallinan is sharp as a blade, has a wicked eye for human nature and keeps the reader guessing and rooting for Junior Bender all the way."
Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author

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