Never-Cross A-Vampire [Paperback]

Stuart M. Kaminsky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1995

Hollywood 1942: detective Toby Peters agrees to track down whomever is sending death threats to Bela Lugosi. The case deepens when William Faulkner is accused of shooting an agent, and Peters realizes he must find the elusive connection between the two cases--before the death threats become all too real.

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"Eldredge's trademark passion and personal transparency offer another inspiring challenge that could revolutionize lives as did his Wild at Heart." (on Beautiful Outlaw Christian Retailing )

"Bestselling author Eldredge (Wild at Heart), founder of Ransomed Heart Ministries, uses his playful style to uncover the truth about who Jesus really was. With an eyebrow-raising warning about the "poison of religion," he urges readers to turn from religious power displays and legalism and instead spend time falling in love with the man, Jesus. Eldredge repeats tales from the Gospels to reveal a leader who was both humorous and confrontational, generous and moody. Eldredge clearly loves his subject, almost chuckling in delight at Jesus' antics. Readers get an intriguing glimpse of Jesus waiting his turn in line, "snorting" in anger, and artfully outsmarting his enemies. On the other hand, many of the themes are recycled (e.g., Jesus is your friend, suffering happens for a reason), and the book lacks opportunities for application and reflection (e.g., study questions). Still, readers will find a three-dimensional Jesus and may find themselves re-reading scripture with an eye on characters' feelings." (Publishers Weekly ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

John is part of the leadership of Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own heart in his love, and learn to live in his Kingdom. John grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles. John earned his undergraduate degree in Theater at Cal Poly, and directed a theater company in Los Angeles for several years before moving to Colorado with Focus on the Family, where he taught at the Focus on the Family Insitute. John earned his master's degree in Counseling from Colorado Christian University, under the direction of Larry Crabb and Dan Allender. He worked as a counselor in private practice before launching Ransomed Heart in 2000. John and his wife Stasi live in Colorado Springs with their three sons. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: Mysterious Pr (March 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446401900
• ISBN-13: 978-0446401906
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,205,820 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)