
Searching for a chorus girl's stag film, Jack LeVine stumbles on a sinister political plot.
Like all chorus girls, Kerry Lane yearns to get her name on the marquee. After years of high-kicking, she lands a bit part in a Broadway smash hit which should lead to better things. The only thing holding her back is her past: specifically a series of stag films from her days as a struggling wannabe film starlet. When a blackmailer demands a payoff to keep them out of the public eye, Kerry comes to Jack LeVine. Stocky, sweaty, and bald, LeVine is a Jewish private detective who makes a living by being polite. But underneath his smile lies a bulldog.
Lured by long legs and a roll of crisp twenties, LeVine takes Kerry's case. But before he can speak to the blackmailer, the crook turns up dead. As LeVine hunts for Kerry's pictures, he finds that the heart of this case is even uglier than greed, lust, or murder. It's politics.
Genre: Mystery
Like all chorus girls, Kerry Lane yearns to get her name on the marquee. After years of high-kicking, she lands a bit part in a Broadway smash hit which should lead to better things. The only thing holding her back is her past: specifically a series of stag films from her days as a struggling wannabe film starlet. When a blackmailer demands a payoff to keep them out of the public eye, Kerry comes to Jack LeVine. Stocky, sweaty, and bald, LeVine is a Jewish private detective who makes a living by being polite. But underneath his smile lies a bulldog.
Lured by long legs and a roll of crisp twenties, LeVine takes Kerry's case. But before he can speak to the blackmailer, the crook turns up dead. As LeVine hunts for Kerry's pictures, he finds that the heart of this case is even uglier than greed, lust, or murder. It's politics.
Genre: Mystery

Used availability for Andrew Bergman's Big Kiss-Off of 1944
Hardback Editions
February 1975 : UK Hardback
1974 : USA Hardback
Paperback Editions
September 1983 : USA Paperback
May 1976 : UK Paperback
February 1975 : USA Mass Market Paperback
Kindle Editions
June 2014 : UK Kindle edition

Title: The Big Kiss-Off of 1944 (The Jack LeVine Mysteries)
Author(s): Andrew Bergman
Publisher: mysteriouspress.com
Availability: Amazon UK
February 2012 : USA, Canada Kindle edition