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Groucho Marx, Master Detective

by Ron Goulart · 1998

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In this inventive mystery set in Hollywood's golden era, Ron Goulart revives America's favorite cigar-wielding comic—Groucho Marx. Needing a project to occupy him between movie stints, Groucho agrees to act in a radio serial. But when a beautiful starlet is found dead before production even begins, Groucho is determined to find out who killed her.

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 262 pages

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