Review: Hounds of Hollywood Baskervilles

Synopsis:

Asta, the dog from the popular Thin Man series, has vanished, and production for his next film is pending. MGM Studios offers a huge reward, and that’s exactly what young private detectives Babs Norman and Guy Brandt need for their struggling business to survive. Celebrity dognapping now a growing trend, when the police and city pound ridicule Basil Rathbone and ask, “Sherlock Holmes has lost his dog?” Basil also hires the B. Norman Agency to find his missing Cocker Spaniel.

The three concoct a plan for Basil to assume his on-screen persona and round up possible suspects, including Myrna Loy and William Powell; Dashiell Hammett, creator of The Thin Man; Nigel Bruce, Basil’s on-screen Doctor Watson; Hollywood-newcomer, German philanthropist and film financier Countess Velma von Rache, and the top animal trainers in Tinseltown. Yet everyone will be in for a shock when the real reason behind the canine disappearances is even more sinister than imagined.

Jump into Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles, Book One of the Babs Norman Golden Age of Hollywood Mystery series, Finalist in the Killer Nashville Claymore Awards for Comedy and First Prize winner in the Chanticleer Review’s Mark Twain Awards for Comedy and Satire. Get ready for its sequel, Bye, Bye, Blackbird, featuring Humphrey Bogart and the cast of The Maltese Falcon.

Rating: 5-stars

Review:

Hounds of Hollywood Baskervilles by Elizabeth Crowens is a fantastic read! It is full of drama, fun, and mystery. Private detectives barely doing well until a celebrity contact them about a missing dog. There are plenty of suspects. Each with a possible motive. I love the dark mysterious atmosphere and the hunt for the truth from the detectives. I also enjoyed the Hollywood drama perspective. Readers who love exciting, yet suspenseful stories will enjoy this novel as much as I have. The plus side is it is a historical cozy mystery. Historical mysteries are always the best. The whodunnit is huge in this read.