Vamp

Vamp is a hot new Valentino mystery by Loren D. Estleman, the master of the hard-boiled detective novel and recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.

Renowned film detective Valentino is on a quest to help restore The Comet, an extinct drive-in movie theater, and his trail leads him to Leo Kalishnikov, who requests a favor first--rid him of a blackmailer from his shady past, and he'll gladly hand over the money that The Comet needs.

With only an uncashed check for a clue, Valentino embarks on a treacherous path to save not only The Comet but the last remaining print of the 1917 film Cleopatra, which has been lost for over a century. The film is somewhere in Los Angeles, and Valentino is willing to risk it all to find it. He must navigate the shady underbelly of Hollywood once more, in a dangerous adventure that threatens not only his career--but his life.

Author: Loren D. Estleman
Publisher: Forge
Published: 11/07/2023
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250892478

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/04/2023
Booklist 10/01/2023 pg. 33

About the Author
LOREN D. ESTLEMAN has written six previous Valentino film murder mysteries, and more than eighty books all told, including the Amos Walker, Page Murdock, and Peter Macklin series. Winner of four Shamus Awards, five Spur Awards, and three Western Heritage Awards, he lives in Central Michigan.