David Handler is the Edgar Award-winning, critically acclaimed author of several bestselling mystery series. He began his career as a New York City reporter, and wrote his first two novels—Kiddo (1987) and Boss (1988)—about his Los Angeles childhood. In 1988 he published The Man Who Died Laughing, the first of his long-running series of mysteries starring ghostwriter Stuart Hoag and his faithful basset hound Lulu.
One of my all-time favorite series! . . . David Handler is so good at writing one smart, funny page-turner after another that he makes it look easy. -- Harlan Coben Adultery, blackmail, trick-or-treaters, unseemly ties to organized crime, and New York in the 1990s. What's not to like? -- Kirkus Full of dark secrets and potential suspects, so many of each that they threaten to overwhelm Hoagy, although it should be noted that they never overwhelm author Handler, who keeps a sure hand on the steering wheel. -- Booklist If not for David Handler, I wouldn't be a writer. He's one of my very favorites . . . Love stylish, deftly plotted whodunits? Read David Handler. Love warm, witty, snort-out-loud comedy? Read David Handler. -- A. J. Finn Hoagy and Lulu tickle your funny bone and touch your heart. -- Carolyn Hart If I could get Stewart Hoag to ghostwrite my books they'd sell better, and I'd laugh myself silly. David Handler is a hoot, and his books are just the thing for what ails you. -- Parnell Hall David Handler has spent decades writing mystery novels that don't take themselves too seriously but are among the most solidly crafted around. . . . This is confection in the guise of a mystery novel; it goes down easy as a milkshake. -- Sarah Weinman - The New York Times Book Review