Roger L. Simon Books

Moses Wine, now a recognized detective after his success in The Big Fix, faces a daunting challenge when Dr. Gunther Thomas seeks his help to exonerate best-selling author Jock Hecht, accused of murdering ABC anchorwoman Deborah Frank. As Moses delves into a web of perplexing questions and potential media backlash, he must navigate the complexities of the case to avoid being labeled a fool in a national magazine. The story intricately weaves mystery with the pressures of public scrutiny and personal reputation.

Introduction by Academy Award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, who portrayed Moses Wine in the acclaimed screen adaptation of 'The Big Fix.' With a new afterword by Roger L. Simon. Who Killed the Sixties-Or Was it a Suicide? Moses Wine thought he had put his interest in politics far behind him when he became a Los Angeles-based private detective. Sure, he'd once been an activist, but that had been during the Sixties. A lifetime ago'or so it seemed, before Lila Shea showed up on his doorstep. Lila was a woman who could have been the love of his life'had they remained together after their last night of passion in 1967. Nevertheless, she's back, and her political views are as strong as they were when Moses last saw her. Before he knows it, Moses finds himself at the campaign headquarters of Senator Miles Hawthorne. . The job Hawthorne offers seems simple: Locate Howard Eppis, chairman of the Free Amerika Party, and convince him to end the smear campaign he's been waging against the senator during his bid for presidency. But then Lila turns up dead, and suddenly politics are the last thing on Moses' mind'... You can share your thoughts about Roger Simon's The Big Fix in the new ibooks virtual readers' group at www.ibooksinc.com.

A MOSES WINE MYSTERY It's not a good time to be Moses Wine. After the events of California Roll, his life seems to have taken a turn for the worse-he's lost his high-paying security job at the Tulip Computer Corporation, his kids don't pay any attention to him, his love life's a mess, and his career as a top gumshoe is on the downslide. He's bored and depressed. So what else would a neurotic private eye do but see a shrink? Unfortunately, his psychiatrist's idea of helping is to get him involved in a case. A comic-the straight man in the country's most popular comedy team-has jumped off a building to his death. But was it suicide? His wife thinks not, and the trail of clues soon leads Moses from the swank beaches of Los Angeles to the mean streets of the South Bronx, bringing him into contact with some of the toughest, sexiest, weirdest characters he's ever encountered. Well, if anything is guaranteed to end Moses' depression, it's this case. There's only one it might also end his life....

Private detective Moses Wine heads for Prague to investigate sinister occurrences on a film set, but when the film's director winds up in the hospital and the campaign of sabotage escalates, Moses is forced to step in as director.

On a tour of Communist China, Moses Wine and his fellow travelers are accused of stealing a priceless artifact and detained indefinitely, until the hip detective devises a daring plan for breaking through the Bamboo Curtain

Rien de tel qu'un psy pour vous plonger dans la déprime, pense Moses Wine. Le psy en question, pour sortir Moses de la dépression, le pousse à s'occuper d'une affaire. Le clown blanc du tandem comique le plus populaire d'Amérique a trouvé la mort en sautant par la fenêtre d'un building. Suicide ? Sa femme assure qu'il s'agit d'un meurtre. Au cours de son enquête, Moses tombe sur les personnages les plus durs, les plus cinglés et les plus... sexuels de sa carrière. Roger Simon a été couronné par Mystery Writers of America pour «Le grand soir» qui fit découvrir en France Moses Wine, le privé le plus contestataire des Etats-Unis.«Le clown blanc» est la cinquième enquête de Moses Wine.« Dashiell Hammett revu par Rolling Stone. » (Michel Lebrun) «L'almanach du crime, 1980»

Moses Wine hat es weit gebracht: Er besitzt in L. A. eine lukrative Privatdetektei und er hat eine schöne Freundin. Trotzdem ist er nicht glücklich, denn er führt jetzt genau das stinknormale bürgerliche Leben, das er früher immer verachtet hat. Seine radikale Vergangenheit holt ihn ein, als er erfährt, dass sein Sohn von der Polizei gesucht wird: Er gehört zu einer Gruppe von Umweltaktivisten, und ihm wird vorgeworfen, schuld am Tod eines Holzfällers zu sein. Zusammen mit seiner Exfrau, mit der er seit Jahren kaum gesprochen hat, macht sich Moses Wine in den Nebelwäldern Nordkaliforniens auf die Suche nach seinem Sohn, bevor die Polizei ihn aufspürt.