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Summary: Excellent Read!
Review: I got the Elvis and Marilyn Affair as a Christmas gift, and what a gift it turned out to be. Wonderful characters and storytelling that took me through a lot of emotions, from laughter to tears, from the start to the finish. The story may upset a lot of loyal Elvis fans, but not me. If there's another book about Neil Gulliver and Stevie Marriner coming from Levinson, I'm ready to get in line for it now.
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Summary: elvis & marilyn affair
Review: I picked up this book because of its intriging title. The book is clever and a joy to read. The author is one to remember. It is a joy to discover a new author with such ability to make the story jump off of the page. I loved it.
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Summary: Very Highly Recommended
Review: I'd been waiting for the paperback edition ever since reading some of the great reviews when this book came out last year in hard cover. I wasn't the least bit disappointed. The Elvis and Marilyn names are what attracted me at first, but it was the whole story that kept me turning pages until way into the night. I love the main characters, Stevie and Neil, and can't wait to see what they'll be up to in the author's next book, which I'll probably wind up buying in hardcover. This is a real treat for people who are into movies and movie stars and like a lot of laughs and even some tears mixed in with their excitement.
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Summary: ELVIS AND MARILYN AND NEIL AND STEVIE
Review: Robert S. Levinson really knows how to tell a story. He also knows how to hook readers. THE ELVIS AND MARILYN AFFAIR is his first mystery effort. It mixes two popular culture legends with an unhappily divorced modern couple. Robert S. Levinson teases the reader throughout the book with suggestions of an affair between that singer and that blonde. A Los Angeles newspaperman/detective, Neil Gulliver, and his actress ex, Stevie Marriner, find themselves entangled in murders and danger attempting to discover the truth and catch the killer. Better debut novels are hard to find.
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Summary: ELVIS AND MARILYN AND NEIL AND STEVIE
Review: Robert S. Levinson really knows how to tell a story. He also knows how to hook readers. THE ELVIS AND MARILYN AFFAIR is his first mystery effort. It mixes two popular culture legends with an unhappily divorced modern couple. Robert S. Levinson teases the reader throughout the book with suggestions of an affair between that singer and that blonde. A Los Angeles newspaperman/detective, Neil Gulliver, and his actress ex, Stevie Marriner, find themselves entangled in murders and danger attempting to discover the truth and catch the killer. Better debut novels are hard to find.
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Summary: An interesting and fun read
Review: Soap superstar Stevie Marriner looks forward to her stage debut when she performs in a one-person show as Marilyn Monroe. However, Stevie finds the road to critical acclaim filled with potholes as her and director Black Jack Sheridan argue over the role. Their dispute ends when an unknown assailant murders Black Jack using the victim's Oscar as the weapon. The police feel Stevie had motive and opportunity, especially since she was at the crime scene at the time of the murder. Whenever Stevie faces trouble, which seems as she does every day, she turns to her former husband, reporter Neil Gulliver for help. Neil begins to investigate, starting with Stevie's alibi. As he digs deeper, he finds a tenuous link between the director's death and a rumored cache of letters proving Elvis and Marilyn shared a heated love affair. Apparently, someone will kill to make sure that no one substantiates the rumor. Is THE ELVIS AND MARILYN AFFAIR a novel version of the supermarket tabloids? In some respects the answer is yes as the story line centers on a rumor that excites people even though both parties have been dead for over two decades. However, to his credit Robert S. Levinson turns that rumor into an interesting who-done-it that makes the plot more than just a one-line tale. The lead characters are an intriguing duo, especially their off-kilter relationship that seems to fit Hollywood.. Mr. Levinson pulls out the sensationalism most readers try to hide, but makes it feel respectable. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Witty and wild! A delightful romp!
Review: The Elvis and Marilyn Affair' is sexy, and sophisticated, a wild and witty romp through Hollywood past and present, with ample doses of murder, mayhem, and gossip.. The main protagonists, Neil Gulliver and his ex-wife, Stevie Marriner (Sex Queen of the Soaps), remind me of a modern Nick and Nora Charles; intelligent, urbane, and undeniably in love. When Stevie is accused of murdering Blackie Sheridan, the director of a one woman play in which she is starring, Marilyn Remembers., she calls on Neil for help. One death quickly follows another, each of an aging star connected to a rumored love affair between Elvis Presely and Marilyn Monroe. Mr. Levinson's secondary characters are fully formed, as interesting and endearing as Neil and Stevie. His knowledge of, and apparently genuine fondness for, Hollywood shines through, making the plot believable... even probable. If you like intrigue, suspense, plenty of dead bodies, witty repartee, and affairs of the heart you?ll love ?The Elvis and Marilyn Affair?.
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Summary: Witty and wild! A delightful romp!
Review: The Elvis and Marilyn Affair' is sexy, and sophisticated, a wild and witty romp through Hollywood past and present, with ample doses of murder, mayhem, and gossip.. The main protagonists, Neil Gulliver and his ex-wife, Stevie Marriner (Sex Queen of the Soaps), remind me of a modern Nick and Nora Charles; intelligent, urbane, and undeniably in love. When Stevie is accused of murdering Blackie Sheridan, the director of a one woman play in which she is starring, Marilyn Remembers., she calls on Neil for help. One death quickly follows another, each of an aging star connected to a rumored love affair between Elvis Presely and Marilyn Monroe. Mr. Levinson's secondary characters are fully formed, as interesting and endearing as Neil and Stevie. His knowledge of, and apparently genuine fondness for, Hollywood shines through, making the plot believable... even probable. If you like intrigue, suspense, plenty of dead bodies, witty repartee, and affairs of the heart you¹ll love ŒThe Elvis and Marilyn Affair¹.
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