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A MAJOR PRODUCTION!

A Barney Moon, P.I. Mystery Thriller

by Thomas B. Sawyer

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“In Tom Sawyer’s lightning-paced thriller, A MAJOR PRODUCTION!, non-driver Manhattan P.I. Barney Moon is again reluctantly in La La Land, his Hell-on-Earth, where his simple investigation quickly explodes -- into humor and mayhem. From a vengeful mob boss convinced Barney murdered his actress-wife, to massively bored Homeland Security Agents, fake terrorists, a glory-hound DA, Hollywood Wannabe’s and a thieving talent agent. With wit and unbounded creativity, Sawyer gathers these disparate, desperate characters into a totally satisfying, smile-on-your-face finale.” Dick Lochte, award-winning author of SLEEPING DOG

In A MAJOR PRODUCTION!, New York Private-eye Barney Moon’s latest reluctant-but-hopefully-very brief journey to his least-favorite city in the World quickly becomes complicated – and terrifyingly, uniquely extended as he finds himself in the middle of several serious, whacko, very dangerous cases of WEBIT? (Where Else But In Tinseltown?) For starters, there’s the pair of desperately bored Homeland Security Agents who see a way out via Hollywood Success (almost their only areas of agreement), plus a crooked talent agent, an obsessed/ambitious ADA, an ineptly-planned, fake-terrorist plot – based on a stolen screenplay – to attack Los Angeles, harried LAPD Homicide Detectives, their already overflowing plates made maddeningly worse by Barney’s latest intrusion(s) onto their turf – until he unexpectedly and weirdly makes them look like heroes, the murder on Sunset Boulevard of a mob boss’s actress-wife, wannabes with outsized Movieland Dreams – and for Barney, a ticking clock – its deadline: his life. With smart, gorgeous Melodie Seaver at the wheel – and on his case – Barney Moon, with his customary wit, tenacity, ingenuity, and hilarious attitudes about-and-reactions-to LA, manages to clean up all of it – in ways not possible or even thinkable anywhere else – barely in time to rescue himself from execution by the mob – before making his narrow escape back to Civilization (aka New York City). Well-l-l, Almost…

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Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 244 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Apr 07, 2019)
ISBN10: 1977210686
ISBN13: 9781977210685
Genre: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

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Thomas B. SawyerEdgar and Emmy-nominated novelist, screenwriter, playwright Tom Sawyer was Head Writer/Showrunner of the classic CBS series, MURDER, SHE WROTE, for which he wrote 24 episodes. Head Writer/Showrunner or Producer on 15 network TV series, he sold and wrote TV movies, 9 series pilots, 100 episodes, both comedy and drama. Tom wrote/directed/produced the feature-film cult comedy, ALICE GOODBODY. His documentary film, REUNION, was honored by the New York Film Festival, the Rochester and Edinburgh Festivals, and received national theatrical release. Tom is co-librettist/lyricist of JACK, a musical drama about John F. Kennedy which, backed by the Shuberts, and has been performed to acclaim in the US and Europe . He is publisher of STORYBASE 2.0 writer’s software. Tom’s book, FICTION WRITING DEMYSTIFIED, and STORYBASE are Writer's Digest Book Club Selections. THE SIXTEENTH MAN, his bestselling mystery/thriller about the truth behind JFK’s assassination, was Tom’s first novel. His second, bestselling NO PLACE TO RUN, the first novel to make the case that there was much more about 9/11 than we were told. CROSS PURPOSES was his first novel about New York P.I. Barney Moon. Tom’s memoir, THE ADVENTURES OF THE REAL TOM SAWYER, was published recently, along with the co-authored 9 BADASS SECRETS FOR PUTTING YOURSELF IN LUCK’S WAY. Tom has taught writing at UCLA, at Pepperdine University, at numerous major writers conferences, and online at Screenwriters University. www.ThomasBSawyer.com
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