{"product_id":"the-laurel-and-hardy-murders-by-marvin-kaye-paperback","title":"The Laurel and Hardy Murders, by Marvin Kaye (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Who in hell are the Sons of the Desert?\" Hilary Quayle asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We're an organization devoted to Laurel and Hardy films. \u003cem\u003eSons of the Desert\u003c\/em\u003e is the name of one of the best of the Laurel and Hardy feature films.\" But what Hilary Quayle's secretary, Gene, didn't tell her was that women were not permitted to join the organization. When Hilary found out, she wasn't pleased, so she crashed a Sons of the Desert meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe wasn't intending to stir up major trouble; she certainly didn't expect to witness an on-stage murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs always, it is Hilary who must solve the crime. Smart, independent, and enterprising, Hilary conducts her search for the killer in her usual methodical way. She takes the reader with her on a journey deep down into a show business netherworld that is rarely seen by outsiders. The characters in \u003cem\u003eThe Laurel and Hardy Murders \u003c\/em\u003einclude several real people -- some of them celebrities -- who are members of the society of film buffs founded by the late Stan Laurel as a parody of all fraternal organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarvin Kaye, in real life the one-time president of the Sons of the Desert, recreates the outrageously rowdy atmosphere of the club, shatters it with a spectacular murder, and then leads the reader through the tortuous process of finding and apprehending the killer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184442933457,"sku":"9781587154621","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781587154621_FC.jpg?v=1784068643","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/the-laurel-and-hardy-murders-by-marvin-kaye-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}