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Title: You Bet Your Life
Author: Stuart M. Kaminsky
Narrator: Jim Meskimen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
Toby Peters goes to Chicago to clear up a famous comic's gambling debts
There's nothing funny about the package that comes for Chico Marx. It's a severed ear, a simple message from a Chicago bookie who wants $120,000 from the world-renown Marx brother. The strange thing is that, though Chico likes to gamble, he hasn't been making bets in Chicago. Terrified, he goes to the studio for help. Louis B. Mayer, king of Hollywood, places a call to Toby Peters.
Peters's first lead is promising. Traveling on the studio's dime, he makes his way to Florida where he gets an interview with Al Capone, deposed lord of the Chicago underworld. The retired bootlegger's mind has gone soft, and he doesn't know anything about Chico's bookie, but he suggests Peters speak to his brother. With Scarface's good word as an introduction, Peters goes to Chicago, where it will take more than a good sense of humor to keep the Marxes from getting axed.
Members Reviews:
Four Stars
A fun mystery set in 1930s Hollywood. Not great literature, but a good, fun period mystery.
Why A Duck?
I love the Marx Brothers, especially Groucho, so it was an easy sell to pick up this novel. I read the first book in the Toby Peters series and enjoyed it. This sequel was a decent read, with a believeable plot. I plan to buy and read the rest of the series soon!
and so far You Bet Your Life is the worst of the first three
Many years after I finished the Toby Peters series I have started re-reading it, and so far You Bet Your Life is the worst of the first three. Marx Brothers provide much less entertainment than one would expect, the plot makes little sense and the action quickly becomes boring. The bright spot is Ian Flemingâs appearance.
Toby Peters and the Marx Brothers
I like Kaminsky and the Toby Peters series is fun. This book has a lot of zingers that read like the Marx brothers - that plus the description of Chicago in the winter from a guy who has lived his whole life in LA made the story fun. The plot is not too thin for enjoyment and the characters are pretty evocative. I recommend getting Kaminsky from the library unless you have money to burn.
Like hanging out with the Marx Brothers
Kaminsky beautifully depicts the world of his story, and as an added bonus, conversations with the Marx Brothers, offstage and offscreen. There's no one like Stuart Kaminsky.
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Title: You Bet Your Life
Author: Stuart M. Kaminsky
Narrator: Jim Meskimen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
Toby Peters goes to Chicago to clear up a famous comic's gambling debts
There's nothing funny about the package that comes for Chico Marx. It's a severed ear, a simple message from a Chicago bookie who wants $120,000 from the world-renown Marx brother. The strange thing is that, though Chico likes to gamble, he hasn't been making bets in Chicago. Terrified, he goes to the studio for help. Louis B. Mayer, king of Hollywood, places a call to Toby Peters.
Peters's first lead is promising. Traveling on the studio's dime, he makes his way to Florida where he gets an interview with Al Capone, deposed lord of the Chicago underworld. The retired bootlegger's mind has gone soft, and he doesn't know anything about Chico's bookie, but he suggests Peters speak to his brother. With Scarface's good word as an introduction, Peters goes to Chicago, where it will take more than a good sense of humor to keep the Marxes from getting axed.
Members Reviews:
Four Stars
A fun mystery set in 1930s Hollywood. Not great literature, but a good, fun period mystery.
Why A Duck?
I love the Marx Brothers, especially Groucho, so it was an easy sell to pick up this novel. I read the first book in the Toby Peters series and enjoyed it. This sequel was a decent read, with a believeable plot. I plan to buy and read the rest of the series soon!
and so far You Bet Your Life is the worst of the first three
Many years after I finished the Toby Peters series I have started re-reading it, and so far You Bet Your Life is the worst of the first three. Marx Brothers provide much less entertainment than one would expect, the plot makes little sense and the action quickly becomes boring. The bright spot is Ian Flemingâs appearance.
Toby Peters and the Marx Brothers
I like Kaminsky and the Toby Peters series is fun. This book has a lot of zingers that read like the Marx brothers - that plus the description of Chicago in the winter from a guy who has lived his whole life in LA made the story fun. The plot is not too thin for enjoyment and the characters are pretty evocative. I recommend getting Kaminsky from the library unless you have money to burn.
Like hanging out with the Marx Brothers
Kaminsky beautifully depicts the world of his story, and as an added bonus, conversations with the Marx Brothers, offstage and offscreen. There's no one like Stuart Kaminsky.