A Killing On Catalina: An Island Mystery

Belle Publishing [Published date: 1995]. Soft cover, 224 pp. Stated First Printing, October 1995. [From back cover] "A Killing on Catalina" brings together the best elements of travel writing with a thrilling murder mystery. Meet high spirited travel writer Cody Green, his lanky, loose cannon wife movie/music critic Jo Beth Dalton and a looney tune movie crew and cast making "Phantom of the Avalon Casino" directed by crazed, suspected cannibal Michael Benton-Wolfe. Hot pants rocker Roxxi is the star, and her band 'Roxxi's Rockets' are there to rock away the nights. Roxxi's husband, mob boss, gutter smart Tony "Big Tuna" Di Carlo and other heavies join them for a heady, rich slew of super raunchy mayhem and murder. The film begins with "Big Tuna' literally losing his head during movie sword play, then quickly moves to foreplay. party time. naked violence and rowdy parties, until more bodies fall. Then the chill sets in as Cody and Jo Beth are forced to flee and fight for their lives. alone at night and at sea in the fog off Catalina. As they say, any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is strictly coincidental. On the e other hand. most of the locations from the Avalon Ballroom to the harbor, Main Street to the ice cream shop are pretty accurate, making this book a mystery and travel guide rolled into one.