has anyone read this book?

karmaz00 · 02-05-2009, 10:44 PM

Smoking Out a Killer
by Harry P. Lonsdale

about:Roll the Stogies...

Once, Nick Chase was a New York homicide detective. But he traded in the grime of the Naked City for a new life as the proprietor of a cigar store called The Happy Smoking Ground in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For fifteen years it's been paradise. But lately, there's been an unwelcome customer hanging around--called murder...... Roll the Film!

Movie producer Natalie Goodman has just begun filming a flick based on Nick Chase's first case, so she's invited a few people out to her New England island estate to celebrate with a weekend of cigars and murder. But she only planned a murder game, not to become the target of a murderer herself. There's no shortage of suspects: a major investor with whom she had a very intimate relationship, the hot young actor who's very eager to recover an incriminating videotape, the co-producer anxious to gain control of the studio, the writer who was shut out of onscreen credit. All these guests and more have plenty of reasons to smoke Natalie. But Nick better wrap this case fast--because as more bodies keep turning up, it's clear that somebody's bent on snuffing out a few aficionados! [via]

any thoughts i was going to buy it from amazon..

alley00p · 02-05-2009, 11:32 PM

Well, I just checked in my Cooperative catalog and our Michigan Library catalog, and no one has the book at this time.

Is this a brand new book?

Most of our libraries carry a bunch of mysteries, but I can't find it anywhere...

karmaz00 · 02-05-2009, 11:51 PM

i think its a few years old..early 2000's

alley00p · 02-06-2009, 12:12 PM

I work in a library cooperative, and I was able to find the book in WorldCat, which is a library catalog that many libraries all across the U.S. subscribe to.

My Inter-library loan clerk ordered for me, so hopefully I'll have it to read in a few weeks.

I can let you know what I think of it, once it shows up.....

Kreth · 02-06-2009, 12:16 PM

I was able to find it on Advanced Book Exchange. It's a handy way to find hard-to-find or out-of-print books.

karmaz00 · 02-06-2009, 01:56 PM

it sounds good, im trying to order it online right now

taltos · 02-06-2009, 04:06 PM

I would be curious to find out what the author's real name is. In the first four pages of a google search the only Harry P. Lonsdale was this thread.

02-05-2009, 10:44 PM	#1
karmaz00 Habanos Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Jason Location: victoria Posts: 1,855 Trading: (1)	has anyone read this book? Smoking Out a Killer by Harry P. Lonsdale about:Roll the Stogies... Once, Nick Chase was a New York homicide detective. But he traded in the grime of the Naked City for a new life as the proprietor of a cigar store called The Happy Smoking Ground in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For fifteen years it's been paradise. But lately, there's been an unwelcome customer hanging around--called murder...... Roll the Film! Movie producer Natalie Goodman has just begun filming a flick based on Nick Chase's first case, so she's invited a few people out to her New England island estate to celebrate with a weekend of cigars and murder. But she only planned a murder game, not to become the target of a murderer herself. There's no shortage of suspects: a major investor with whom she had a very intimate relationship, the hot young actor who's very eager to recover an incriminating videotape, the co-producer anxious to gain control of the studio, the writer who was shut out of onscreen credit. All these guests and more have plenty of reasons to smoke Natalie. But Nick better wrap this case fast--because as more bodies keep turning up, it's clear that somebody's bent on snuffing out a few aficionados! [via] any thoughts i was going to buy it from amazon.. __________________ Habanos Collector Since 2003

02-05-2009, 11:32 PM	#2
alley00p Adopted MassHole Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Charlie Location: HOCKEYTOWN! Posts: 1,770 Trading: (41)	Re: has anyone read this book? Well, I just checked in my Cooperative catalog and our Michigan Library catalog, and no one has the book at this time. Is this a brand new book? Most of our libraries carry a bunch of mysteries, but I can't find it anywhere... __________________ Alley00p - I may be a FOG, but I'm still trying to dance!! Just don't trip over my cane!

02-05-2009, 11:51 PM	#3
karmaz00 Habanos Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Jason Location: victoria Posts: 1,855 Trading: (1)	Re: has anyone read this book? i think its a few years old..early 2000's __________________ Habanos Collector Since 2003

02-06-2009, 12:12 PM	#4
alley00p Adopted MassHole Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Charlie Location: HOCKEYTOWN! Posts: 1,770 Trading: (41)	Re: has anyone read this book? I work in a library cooperative, and I was able to find the book in WorldCat, which is a library catalog that many libraries all across the U.S. subscribe to. My Inter-library loan clerk ordered for me, so hopefully I'll have it to read in a few weeks. I can let you know what I think of it, once it shows up..... __________________ Alley00p - I may be a FOG, but I'm still trying to dance!! Just don't trip over my cane!

02-06-2009, 12:16 PM	#5
Kreth Ronin smoker Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Jeff Location: Oneonta, NY Posts: 3,620 Trading: (14)	Re: has anyone read this book? I was able to find it on Advanced Book Exchange. It's a handy way to find hard-to-find or out-of-print books.

02-06-2009, 01:56 PM	#6
karmaz00 Habanos Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Jason Location: victoria Posts: 1,855 Trading: (1)	Re: has anyone read this book? it sounds good, im trying to order it online right now __________________ Habanos Collector Since 2003

02-06-2009, 04:06 PM	#7
taltos Really, really old Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Paul Location: Saugus, MA Posts: 2,486 Trading: (3)	Re: has anyone read this book? I would be curious to find out what the author's real name is. In the first four pages of a google search the only Harry P. Lonsdale was this thread. __________________ Jimmy, some of its magic, some of its tragic, but I had a good life all the way. He Went to Paris, J. Buffett