He Done Her Wrong is part of the Toby Peters series of books. It was published in 1993. Like many of the others in the series, it takes place in the 1940s, and revolves around Hollywood and its stars. The main star of this book is Mae West.
Toby gets involved in protecting Mae West at the instigation of his brother, Phil Pevsner, a Los Angeles Homicide lieutenant, who knew Mae before he got married. A manuscript Mae West had written about her life has gone missing, and someone has called her and offered to return it for $5000, but she feels something is funny about the deal, and thinks the guy is some kind of nut, and wants some protection during the exchange.
Turns out that Mae is right, the guy is nutty, and Toby ends up in the middle of a murder or two, gets involved with several other mentally ill people, calls on his friends for assistance, and has problems with his wardrobe and his car. Pretty much par for the course for Toby.
As with the other books in this series, I enjoyed the mystery and the feeling of being in the 1940s.
This is part of my 2014 Mt. TBR challenge. (bought 12/13/2013).
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