Re-released for the first time in years, the hit action-packed thriller features the unforgettable, original P.I. Mike Haller. P.I. Mike Haller is on the case to find a newsman who suddenly went missing in Sacramento Valley. A tearful, boozy wife has paid him to find her husband, but someone else is attempting to dissuade him—using a .38 with Haller's name and address on it. Packed with crime-stopping action, romance, and suspenseful twists and turns, California Thriller is an exhilarating journey full of snowballing leads and Mike Haller in a race to save thousands of lives. Max Byrd is the award-winning author of 14 books, including four bestselling historical novels, and California Thriller, for which he received the Shamus Award. He was educated at Harvard and King's College Cambridge, England, and has taught at Yale, Stanford, and the University of California. Byrd is a Contributing Editor of The Wilson Quarterly and writes regularly for the New York Times Book Review. He lives in California.

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EPMOW lives music. Put it another way, it does for popular music what Grove has done for classical- David Brackett, Faculty of Music, McGill University, Montreal Highly recommended - Choice This is an extraordinary achievement - Lawrence Grossberg, Morris Davis Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This is a fabulous book. It will be indispensable to students of popular music not only as the ultimate work of reference, but also as a good read. Start browsing and it is almost impossible to stopl - Simon Frith, Department of Film and Media, University of Stirling In conjunction with the publication of EPMOW: Locations (0-8264-74536-5, 5 volume set), Continuum has made available, for the first time, Volume I and Volume II as a set. First published in 2003, together these volumes form the Part 1 of EPMOW: Volume I - Media, Industry and Society This volume contains two major sections: 'Social and Cultural Dimensions' and 'The Industry'. Volume II Performance and Production This volume is subdivided into four principal parts: 'Performers and Performing', 'Musical Production and Transmission', 'Musical Instruments' and 'Musical Form and Practise'. Entries in both volumes are 'encyclopeidc' - documented and authoritative - and include extensive bibliographies, discographical references, discographies, sheet music listings, visual recordings, film scores, stage shows, television shows/music. Both volumes include an index.