Shoot the dog

Description

"In upstate New York, Virgil Cain is drawing hay behind his team of massive Percherons when two movie scouts show up and offer $500 a day to use the horses in a film to be shot in the area. Virgil, in need of cash, reluctantly pockets the money, but he soon finds the chaotic set of Frontier Woman to be more trouble than it's worth. Savvy producer Sam Sawchuk is in over her head; when she's not propping up her talent-challenged husband-cum-director, she's trying to keep tabs on a new investor, the Native American casino owner Ronnie Red Hawk, a rambling egomaniac with designs on an infamous starlet. When the film's leading lady turns up dead, Virgil discovers that more is at stake than the carnal interests of a casino magnate and the production of a major motion picture. And although he'd rather leave the whole bunch to stew in their own juices, he realizes he needs to step in before a charming ten-year-old actress named Georgia becomes the next victim."--Dust jacket flap.

Description

In upstate New York, Virgil Cain's Percherons are pulling a hay wagon when two movie scouts show up and offer him $500 a day to use the horses in a film. Virgil accepts the needed cash, but soon finds the chaotic set of 'Frontier Woman' is more trouble than it's worth. Producer Sam Jonson clearly has her heart in the wrong place with her husband-cum-director Robb, who costs her a major financier, not to mention the Native American casino owner Ronnie Red Hawk, who has a vested interest in an alternate leading lady. After one -- and then a second -- young woman is found dead, Virgil discovers that more is at stake than the interests of a casino magnate, and he'd better step in before the charming ten-year-old actress Georgia ends up the next victim of this deadly production.

Subjects

Series Statement

• A Virgil Cain mystery -- bk. 3
• Thorndike Press large print crime scene

Other Editions

• Shoot the dog: a novelScribner2013-01-01
• Shoot the dogThorndike Press2013