Murder on the Yellow Brick Road: Stuart M. Kaminsky

The Toby Peters series is a historical mystery series set primarily in Hollywood, California. The protagonist is a private investigator and each title is centered around a celebrity. The books are humorous. There are 24 books in the series.Toby is a perpetually down-on-his-luck private eye who has previous connections to the Warner Brothers studio. In Murder on the Yellow Brick Road, he gets a call from Warren Hoff at Warner Brothers, who requests that he look into the death of a little person dressed up as a Munchkin. The body was found on an old set of The Wizard of Oz, which had come out the previous year. Toby soon meets Judy Garland, who had heard his name at a party recently and wants him to work on the case. In addition to the humor and the intricate mystery plot, this book also features cameos of Clark Gable and Raymond Chandler.About the author:Stuart M. Kaminsky (September 29, 1934 – October 9, 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is best known for the…