L.A. Private Eyes examines the tradition of the private eye as it evolves in films, books, and television shows set in Los Angeles from the 1930's through the present day. This book explores the metamorphosis of the solitary detective figure and the many facets of the genre itself.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jonathan Kellerman's Guilt. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The voice belongs to a woman, but Dr. Alex Delaware remembers a little girl. It is eleven years since seven-year-old Melissa Dickinson dialed the hospital help line for comfort—and found it in therapy with Alex Delaware. Now the lovely young heiress is desperately calling for the psychologist’s help once more. Only this time it looks like Melissa’s deepest childhood nightmare is really coming true. “A page-turner from beginning to end.”—Los Angeles Times Twenty years ago, Gina Dickinson, Melissa’s mother, suffered a grisly assault that left the budding actress irreparably scarred and emotionally crippled. Now her acid-wielding assailant is out of prison and back in L.A.—and Melissa is terrified that the monster has returned to hurt Gina again. But before Alex Delaware can even begin to soothe his former patient’s fears, Gina, a recluse for twenty years, disappears. And now, unless Delaware turns crack detective to uncover the truth, Gina Dickinson will be just one more victim of a cold fury that has already spawned madness . . . and murder.

Part of the Howdunit series, Private Eyes is written by a professional in the field. It provides the inside details that writers need to weave a credible-and salable-story. essential buy for any serious author...Will cut research time in half!

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"Contains a collection of 25 'biographies' of some of the greatest crimefighters of our time. Includes James Bond, Father Brown, Nick and Nora Charles, Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Sam Spade, Nero Wolfe and others." -- Amazon.com viewed January 29, 2021.

Mind Warp chronicles the amazing history of Corman's 'New World' - the films, the facts and the fantastic feats of budget ingenuity! The ultimate guide to drive-in thrills and chills at their best.

Nothing much ever happens in the small town of Cypress, Texas. Until one day, a local teen disappears. And this stunning suspense novel is off and running.In The Private Eyes, four young boys set out on an adventure to discover the truth about the missing teen. They end up uncovering more than they could ever imagine, finding a mysterious potion with a link to the Civil War, underground caves, as well as a bizarre kidnapping plot that endangers their own lives.Suddenly, one of the four boys investigating the case also disappears, almost as though he stepped off the face of the Earth. Now the private eyes have to save one of their own.Meanwhile, everyone in town is terrified that the missing boys are gone for good, and perhaps one of their own children could also disappear. The police have no leads, no suspects, and no idea that the missing boys are right under their noses doing their best to unravel the mystery.Will the Private Eyes Detective Agency's first case be its last? The Private Eyes proves that even the smallest person can make a difference in the biggest way.First-time author Rhonda Riskey is a fourth grade teacher. She formed the idea for her book as she was sitting with her father, who was dying of cancer. She is now writing her second book in the series, The Ghost at City Hall. She lives with her husband and children in Celeste, Texas.

Rane Rivers gets into a fight with his wife, Haley, and walks out on her. By allowing foolish pride to paint pictures of hate in his heart, he turns his back on God's Masterpiece of love and forgets his true identity. A year later, he has a strange dream that deeply troubles him. While lying in bed pondering its meaning, his detective wife pops into the room with a peculiar watch in her hand and scares him out of his wits. Although he has no memory of her or the genius king she declares him to be, he winds up agreeing to help her solve one of the most baffling mysteries of all time—a case so perplexing that even the British Intelligence can't figure it out. As Haley begins her investigation, she discovers her suspect has a few tricks up his sleeve. He is a master of disguise and doesn't seem to leave any fingerprints. Determined to track him down, she and Rane follow up on a lead from a playing card and head to one of the art galleries in London. While snooping around in the gallery, they get caught up in a realm of virtual reality and a deadly plot against Rane. To escape, they must overcome their fears and trust God's love to save them and their marriage. Masterpiece is a romantic story filled with mystery and excitement. The fantasy will keep you on the edge of your seat and will make you laugh too.

Described by Richard Sherwin of New York Law School as the law and film movement's 'founding text', this text is a second, heavily revised and improved edition of the original Film and the Law (Cavendish Publishing, 2001). The book is distinctive in a number of ways: it is unique as a sustained book-length exposition on law and film by law scholars; it is distinctive within law and film scholarship in its attempt to plot the parameters of a distinctive genre of law films; its examination of law in film as place and space offers a new way out of the law film genre problem, and also offers an examination of representations of an aspect of legal practice, and legal institutions, that have not been addressed by other scholars. It is original in its contribution to work within the wider parameters of law and popular culture and offers a sustained challenge to traditional legal scholarship, amply demonstrating the practical and the pedagogic, as well as the moral and political significance of popular cultural representations of law. The book is a valuable teaching and learning resource, and is the first in the field to serve as a basic guidebook for students of law and film.

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