Pay him a little bit, he's a little bit tough. Pay very much, he's very much tough. Pay too much, he's too much tough.
1940s Hollywood private eye Toby Peters returns—unfortunately, with an awful case of the flu. Peters is coughing and sniffling his way through the Chicago underworld in a desperate attempt to clear the name of Chico Marx, who is accused of owing $120,000 in gambling debts to the mob.
In addition to gangsters, Peters has to deal with Chico's partners. One of them doesn't speak—he's a silent partner—and the other one goes around with a black mustache. Though if he had his choice, he'd go around with a little blonde.
Things may be looking rough, but with the help of a few other tough guys who're siding with him—Al Capone, Richard Daley, and Ian Fleming—Peters just may have a chance.
In this "Toby Peters" mystery, the cast of characters includes the Chicago Mob, the Marx Brothers, and Ian Fleming, and a plot in which Chico Marx is being threatened because of nonpayment of a gambling debt he did not incur. Peters, a California native, arrives in wintry Chicago wearing only a summer suit and promptly becomes ill with the flu, which he passes on to most of the characters, along with Ian Fleming's cure of drinking orange juice mixed with a raw egg, followed by an alcoholic chaser. Tom Parker's entertaining rendition includes mostly on-target voices--Peters's voice is quite convincing--with good pacing and tempo. There's plenty of humor in this highly improbable story, which Parker conveys successfully. S.S.R. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Stuart Kaminsky received the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best mystery novel, as well as France’s Grand Prix de Roman d’Aventures in 1991. His love of the movies and long career as a professor of film history led him to create the popular and critically acclaimed Toby Peters series. He lives in Florida with his wife and children.
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