In July 2001, Groucho Marx and the Broadway Murders, the fourth in the
Ron Goulart mystery series, featuring Groucho Marx was released.

He glanced from me to Jane.

"Over the years I've realized that I have a real knack for detective work," he said. "Why, back during my vaudeville days, I was the one who found out who shot Ginsburg the Human Cannonball." Shoulders slouching, he began to pace on my threadbare imitation Persian rug. "Nobody much liked Ginsburg, because he was always going off half cocked. Still as Ben Franklin so wisely put it, half a Ah, but I shouldn't be jesting at a time like this."

"You're using humor to hide your true feelings of grief and sorrow," Jane told him.

Groucho stopped still, straightening up. "Jane, this woman is absolutely brilliant." He leaped clean over the coffee table and grabbed her hand up out of her lap. He did a deep bow and kissed it several times. Then he looked at me and added, "Get rid of her at the earliest opportunity, Rollo. Brilliant women can ruin a chap."

— from Groucho Marx, Master Detective

RON GOULART has published a number of mysteries, science fiction books, and several nonfiction books dealing with the world of the comic strip — most recently, The Funnies: 100 Years of the American Comic Strip. He lives in Weston, Connecticut.

Book jacket designs by Steve Sninder
Illustrations by Hal Just
Photograph by Roger Core
Published by St. Martin's Press


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