A Few Minutes Past Midnight (2015) - Plot & Excerpts
One of the weaker efforts in the Toby Peters' series. Also,sometimes the discrepancies evident from book to book are annoying. The Faraday (Farraday) building where Peters' office is located. Is the building 4,6 or 8 stories high? Is his office on the on the top floor or one floor below?Just how tall is Gunther Wherthman?...3 feet,just below 4 feet or in between?Mrs. Plaut's boarding house: Do the rental rooms have locks or don't they? and does Toby's room have a bed and mattress or just a mattress? Mrs. Plaut's husband's (The Mister) car which sits in the garage: What is the model and year? How many languages is Gunther proficient in? 4,6,8 or 12? Does he have a car or doesn't he?Of course there more of the same and I'm probably being a bit anal here. Still, you would think the editor(s) would notice and fix these inconsistencies at some point.Despite these proverbial bumps in the road I really enjoy this series as well as the Inspector Rostnikov and "Rabbi" Abe Lieberman series.Kaminsky is an adept stylist and his plotting is very good.It's a shame he passed away in 2009. He will be missed.
Toby Peters, Private Investigator to the stars! And in this case Toby finds himself involved with Charlie Chaplin who is planning a film entitled 'Lady Killer'.But thereis one man out there who feels that 'Lady Killer' is a bit too near the truth for him to take so he embarks on a project to kill Chaplin.He has already seen the back of a number of ladies and is after another whose name becomes known to Toby Peters. He sets about trying to find her and also to protect Chaplin.A roller-coaster ride follows as the pair duck and dive to try and keep out of the way of the killer and also as Peters tries to find the missing lady.Chaplin goes into hiding, with Mrs Plaut, who calls him Mr Voodoo and won't believe he is Chaplin while Peters enlists the help of his brother, who is a cop, to try to unravel the mystery. Needless to say he eventually does so and there follows a most sympathetic and heart-wrenching ending, which all goes to make the book an enjoyable read.
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