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Doan, a chubby, wisecracking private eye, and Carstairs, a Great
Dane so huge he ought to be considered a new species, follow a
trail of mayhem and confusion from Hollywood to the Mojave Desert
town of Heliotrope, a place so thoroughly offensive that neither
California nor Nevada will admit that it lies within its borders.
It's 1943 and Doan is persuaded by government agents to sweet-talk
the location of a valuable ore deposit out of an old desert rat
with a mad-on for the government. But first they have to deal with
a number of other equally odd characters, including film star Susan
Sally, the very lovely and very wacky Harriet Hathaway, who's about
to become a WAAC, Doc Gravelmeyer, the sinister local medico who
also doubles as an undertaker, and Mr. Blue, a man of mystery who
claims he doesn't even know there's a war going on. There's plenty
of action, including a wild chase through Hollywood studio
backlots, and even more laughs, before Carstairs finally gets his
man.
Doan, a chubby private eye with a fondness for weak women and
strong drink, and Carstairs, his enormous Great Dane sidekick, have
been hired by 54-year-old but still glamorous beauty maven Heloise
of Hollywood to make sure that no young lovely tries to steal her
26-year-old hunk of a husband, Eric Trent. Originally published in
1946.
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