num_pages: 324
description: Philip Marlow and Lew Archer would recognize a kindred spirit in Jimmy Gage, reporter for SLAP magazine, troublemaker by trade and inclination, and the hero of Robert Ferrigno’s sinuous new crime novel. While taking part in a Hollywood scavenger hunt, Jimmy meets Garret Walsh, a bad-boy movie maker in the truest He’s just been released from prison after serving seven years for the murder of a teenaged girl. But Walsh claims he was framed and is writing a screenplay to prove it. He wants Jimmy to help him peddle it, sight unseen.The next time Jimmy sees the director, he’s floating face-down in a koi pond and “The Most Dangerous Screenplay in Hollywood” has disappeared. Is Walsh a casualty of bad habits or has somebody crossed him off a list? And is Jimmy next? Combining nerve-shredding suspense and heat-seeking satire, Scavenger Hunt is an addictive read.
language: English
title: Scavenger Hunt
titlecomplete: Scavenger Hunt
genres: Crime, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 164
places: Hollywood, California
series: Jimmy Gage Mystery
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best PI Novel
publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard