Scavenger Hunt

Philip Marlow and Lew Archer would recognize a kindred spirit in Jimmy Gage reporter for SLAP magazine troublemaker by trade and inclination and the hero of Robert Ferrigno’s sinuous new crime novel. While taking part in a Hollywood scavenger hunt Jimmy meets Garret Walsh a bad-boy movie maker in the truest sense: He’s just been released from prison after serving seven years for the murder of a teenaged girl. But Walsh claims he was framed and is writing a screenplay to prove it. He wants Jimmy to help him peddle it sight unseen. . The next time Jimmy sees the director he’s floating face-down in a koi pond and “The Most Dangerous Screenplay in Hollywood” has disappeared. Is Walsh a casualty of bad habits or has somebody crossed him off a list? And is Jimmy next? Combining nerve-shredding suspense and heat-seeking satire Scavenger Hunt is an addictive read.