Mystery of the Matinee Murders is now available at Amazon.com in
Kindle format.
In Matinee Murders, Republic Studio flack Curly Woods
embarks on a public relations road trip that travels the length of California
with western film heroes Hoot Gibson and Crash Corrigan, Radio drama thespians
Orson Welles and Ray Collins, two lovely radio actresses, a voice impersonator,
an announcer and a mute sound-effects specialist. The goal is to entertain at
theater Saturday matinees and children’s hospital wards while promoting
Republic’s latest serial, The Painted Stallion, and a potential radio mystery
presentation, The Man of the Mist. Along the way, they encounter an unknown
assassin who leaves a trail of victims killed by cobra venom, a doomed psychic
medium who warns of death, and an underground base camp of Nazis who are
attempting to build an army of the dead. Western film star Ken Maynard joins
the entertainers in an attempt to save a theater full of young fans of the
Three Mesquiteers from a fate worse than death. The Hollywood Cowboy Detectives
know they must use all of their western skills to defeat an enemy so evil that
the future of the life on Earth hangs in the balance - all the while, the
unique entertainers must do everything possible to avoid their impulses to
strangle each other.
Mystery of the Matinee Murders will soon be the third
paperback in the series as (Vol. 1) Mystery at Movie Ranch and (Vol. 2) Mystery
of the Arizona Dragon are currently available. Vol. 1 includes the short story
Mystery of the Murdered Badman and Vol. 2 includes Mystery of the Stuntman’s
Ghost.
The Hollywood Cowboy Detectives series honors the great
western and adventure serial stars of silent and talking motion pictures. These
stories are written and illustrated in the style of the classic pulps of the
1930s.
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