Diamond Rock

This was the third and last of Schorr's loving parody of the pulp detectives in his Simon Jaffee/Red Diamond series. In this no holds barred, no punches pulled thriller former cab driver Simon Jaffee, or "Red Diamond, 1940's Private Eye" and tough guy as he believes himself to be, meets up with his former wife Milly (who's suing him for divorce), his genius All-American son Sean (who's searching for his underage slut runaway sister, and wants dad's help)and a host of music industry moguls and rock stars who are worried that someone seems to be methodically murdering them one by one. The irony of all this is vividly conveyed by author Schorr, who paints a sympathetic and believable picture of "Red" who refuses to believe either his son or ex wife's lawyer, but still helps the boy while trying to guard a group of obnoxious, spoiled, male rock stars. All throughout of course he's always on the lookout for his beloved moll "Fifi" and the evil "Rocco" criminal mastermind. The only bad part of this book is that Schorr stopped writing the series with it, but read it and judge whether or not he did well by his hard boiled multi-personality hero.