Never Cross a Vampire (Toby Peters Mystery) [Hardcover]

Stuart Kaminsky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2000

PI Toby Peters is--as usual-- down on his luck in World War II era Hollywood, when his strangest case ever suddenly swoops in. It seems that someone is sending the mysterious master of the night, Bela Lugosi, threatening letters-- and a bat in a box with a stake through its heart. Boris Karloff asks Toby to take the case, and it's not long before Toby and Bela find themselves tangling with a demonically devoted group of vampire fans called the Dark Knights of Transylvania. Meanwhile, William Faulkner is being acused of killing a literary agent, after the murder weapon was found in his hotel room. Toby suddenly finds himself up to his neck in work. But could the two cases be connected? Figuring that one out could drive him batty, as a trail of clues leads him straight to Bedelia Sue Frye, a vivacious vixen who likes to make love dressed as a vampire!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 215 pages
• Publisher: ibooks, Inc.; Book Club Edition edition (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739412450
• ISBN-13: 978-0739412459
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #815,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the better Toby Peters mysteries, January 24, 2001

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Brendt Waters (Kennesaw, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Never Cross a Vampire (A Toby Peters Mystery) (Paperback)

I have read and enjoyed most (if not all) of the Toby Peters mysteries, and this was one of the better ones. Toby represents both Bela Lugosi and William Faulkner at the same time -- Lugosi is being stalked, Faulkner is accused of murder -- and the cases quickly become entwined, with Toby not knowing where one case ends and the other begins. One of the differences to this book (that I don't remember in any other) is that it doesn't begin with the "bad guy" chasing or confronting Toby. There *is* some flashback, but it is expository. As usual, the era references are interesting, and in the re-printed version (that came out in October 2000) there is an good afterword by Kaminsky about the Peters novels and about Bela Lugosi.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bela Lugosi returns from the Grave....AGAIN!, June 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Never-Cross A-Vampire (Paperback)

I read "Never Cross a Vampire" almost ten years ago and I enjoyed the endearing portrait of Bela Lugosi. The book also features a cameo by Boris Karloff and does not shrink from his rivalry with Lugosi. It is fun to read how a "B-Movie Star Villain" can save the day.

Also, the Asian Professor's account on the myth of internation vampires deserves special mention.

5.0 out of 5 stars lugosi as a character great stuff, January 13, 2009

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lovemurakami "tooty2" (uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Never Cross a Vampire (A Toby Peters Mystery) (Paperback)

I love the Toby Peters series I wish they were re issued over here in the UK they are great stories, each covers a specific movie star involved in some sort of crime story. They are well written and highly enjoyable reads and I wish I could get more than I own. In this one Toby finds himself helping out Bela Lugosi (the clue to the star is in the title)