Not Enough Horses

Saxon #2

by Les Roberts

While investigating the murder of a homosexual actor, private detective Saxon encounters a bizarre game show host, a powerful network president, a vicious pimp, and a beautiful actress and becomes involved in a deadly game

Genres: Mystery

215 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Les Roberts is the author of 15 mystery novels featuring Cleveland detective Milan Jacovich, as well as 9 other books of fiction. The past president of both the Private Eye Writers of America and the American Crime Writer's League, he came to mystery writing after a 24-year career in Hollywood. He was the first producer and head writer of the Hollywood Squares and wrote for the Andy Griffith Show, the Jackie Gleason Show, and the Man from U.N.C.L.E., among others. He has been a professional actor, a singer, a jazz musician, and a teacher. In 2003 he received the Sherwood Anderson Literary Award. A native of Chicago, he now lives in Northeast Ohio and is a film and literary critic."

Reviews

[Chowhound88 (a.k.a. Ralph) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was okay. Good story. Good plot. I am a little bit disappointed because I was hoping it would have continued with Saxon's romance from the previous book.

[Maddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

PROTAGONIST: Saxon
SETTING: Hollywood
SERIES: #2 of 6
RATING: 4.5
WHY: PI and sometime actor Saxon is asked by a gay man to look into the death of his partner who was killed when a bomb in his car exploded. Saxon suspects that Robbie Bingham was just a means to murder movie executive Steve Brandon, whose car was next to Robbie's when it exploded. I really liked this book. Other than a tell-all ending, I thought the writing was excellent. Saxon is an empathetic and caring man who doesn't take any crap from anybody. My kind of guy.