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The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Murder Case by George Baxt (1997, Hardcover) 
The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Murder Case by George Baxt (1997, Hardcover)

 
The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Murder Case by George Baxt (1997, Hardcover)

Author: George Baxt
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Publication Date: 1997-02-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0312151292
ISBN-13: 9780312151294
Product ID: EPID754804
Description: This celebrity murder mystery takes place in 1950 Los Angeles, while the country was still terrorized by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are all set to perform at a bridge building performance w...
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Synopsis
This celebrity murder mystery takes place in 1950 Los Angeles, while the country was still terrorized by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are all set to perform at a bridge building performance with a Russian ballet troupe, when they are asked to spy on them by the CIA.

Details
Publication Date:1997-02-01

Size
Length:200 pages
Height:8.8 in
Width:6.0 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:12.8 oz

Publisher's Note
It's 1953, and Hollywood's most legendary dancing duo is reunited after five years of semiretirement to dance with Russia's celebrated Baronovitch Ballet. With all the talk about Communists and conspiracies, it's all Fred and Ginger can do to concentrate on the showuntil there's a murder.

Industry Reviews
Los Angeles, 1953. A visiting Russian ballet company, America's legendary dancing partners, the era's anti-Communist hysteria and a pair of Hollywood detectives mix to a leaden effect in the latest in Baxt's celebrity series (The William Powell and Myrna Loy Murder Case, etc.). Sol Hurok has brought the legendary Baronovitch Ballet Company to America and will feature them with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in a highly touted TV special. A huge, celebrity-laden ball is given in Hollywood to welcome the corps. The CIA, urged on by the House Un-American Activities Committee, asks Fred and Ginger to spy on the troupe. The KGB spies on the CIA; romantic liaisons and clandestine meetings proliferate; and, when Ginger's psychiatrist, a Russian ?migr? and possible double agent, is poisoned at this fete, suspicion falls upon just about everyone. Two seasoned Hollywood police detectives and a henna-haired friend, who makes her living selling gossip, speed to the doctor's home and mix puns, wisecracks and nasty asides with their perfunctory police work. Zingy one-liners and zany cameo appearances by bygone celebs aren't enough to keep this tale on its toes. (Feb.)
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