The DVD Murders
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: West Conshohocen, USA
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 265
Description: | Someone is killing the A-List actors of Hollywood and leaving a defaced DVD of one of their films at the crime scene. A deranged film critic? A disgruntled fan? Who? Who is intent on depriving the movie-going public of their greatest national treasures, and why? | 
  | Follow Detective Frank Callahan, a big, rough and tumble sort of guy who happens to be gay, as he and his fellow Irish Catholic sidekick, Barry,  pursue the DVD killer across the streets of Hollywood, through gay bars and cruising grounds, on a chase around Six Flags Magic Mountain, Forest Lawn, and other L.A. landmarks. Witness Callahan’s about face from a seeker of personal glory to team player, his running battle with a gay-bashing rival detective, the brutish Moose Kohler, and his on-again, off-again romance with his estranged lover, a fascinating character named Car. In the end, it’s good, old-fashioned police work with an assist from Barry’s Aunt Bee, a walking encyclopedia of film lore that leads to the killer’s downfall in an exciting climax reminiscent of Hollywood’s legendary gangster film, White Heat. |
Table of contents: title: For classic movie buffs: Most of the chapter headings are names of movies. The remaining headings are altered movie titles.; title: 1. Out of the Dark; title: 2. The Loved One; title: 3. I Love a Mystery; title: 4. Walk, Don’t Run; title: 5. Knock on any Door; title: 6. Face of a Fugitive; title: 7. Tarzan, the Ape Man; title: 8. Panic; title: 9. The Friends of Dorothy; title: 10. You Ought to Be in Pictures; title: 11. The Interrogation; title: 12. The Leak; title: 13. They Came from Outer Space; title: 14. The Over the Hill Gang; title: 15. Glory Road.; title: 16. Idle Hands; title: 17. Going My Way; title: 18. Two for the Seesaw; title: 19. The Chase; title: 20. New York Minute; title: 21. Running Free; title: 22. Viva Callahan; title: 23. To Protect and Serve; title: 24. The Room; title: 25. Hot Dog . . .The Shooting; title: 26. A New Leaf.; title: 27. The Devil and Reverend Moody; title: 28. Falling From Grace; title: 29. Bring Me the Head of Police Commissioner Shockley; title: 30. Old Gringo; title: 31. On the Fringe; title: 32. The Human Tornado; title: 33. Hide in Plain Sight; title: 34. Illustrated Man; title: 35. The Big Idea; title: 36. Snapshots; title: 37. Meet John Doe; title: 38. White Heat; title: 39. Les Girls