Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History Of The Great Depression (The Toby Peters Mysteries #19)

By: Stuart M. Kaminsky

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Synopsis: A PI performs some fancy footwork to protect Fred Astaire as &“Edgar winner Kaminsky effortlessly choreographs Hollywood history . . . and dirty doings&” (Publishers Weekly). Sometimes fools must step in where Fred Astaire fears to tap. Luna Martin, the moll of a well-known Los Angeles gangster nicknamed &“Fingers&” (because he likes to cut them off), has demanded dance lessons from Hollywood&’s finest hoofer—and whatever Luna wants, Luna gets. To sidestep the flirtations of the lead-footed lady, Astaire hires private investigator Toby Peters to pose as a dance instructor and take over the lessons. But when someone cuts in and cuts Luna&’s throat, the grieving gangster makes Peters an offer he can&’t refuse: Find the killer—or go from having two left feet to one foot in the grave. Now, instead of punishing the parquet, the silver screen&’s most famous song-and-dance man is pounding the pavement with his new partner—a rumpled, middle-aged gumshoe who just wants to live to shuffle through another day . . .