{"product_id":"fixer-moguls-mobsters-movie-stars-and-marilyn","title":"Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting tell-all biography that delves into the extraordinary life of Hollywood's most infamous private detective and \"fixer\" to the stars, revealing newly discovered shocking revelations from his never-before-seen investigative files. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the height of Hollywood's Golden Age, one man lorded over the city's lurid underbelly of forbidden sin and celebrity scandal like no other: Fred Otash. An ex-Marine turned L.A.P.D. vice cop, Otash became the most sought-after private detective and fixer to the stars by specializing in the dark arts that would soon dominate the entertainment industry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Otash was notorious for bugging the homes, offices, and playpens of movie stars, kingmakers, and powerful politicians, employing then state-of-the-art methods of electronic surveillance and wiretapping for a who's who list of clients for whom he'd do \"anything short of murder.\" He lied to federal authorities to protect Frank Sinatra from criminal liability; recorded Rock Hudson's coming out confession to his estranged wife; moved in with Judy Garland to help her get sober; taped President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's tragic love affairs with the greatest sex symbol of all time, and listened to Marilyn Monroe die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on Otash's never-before-seen investigative files and personal archives, \u003ci\u003eThe Fixer\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers inside the sensational and nefarious world of the man whose life inspired the private eye characters portrayed by Jack Nicholson in \u003ci\u003eChinatown \u003c\/i\u003eand Russell Crowe in \u003ci\u003eLA Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Manfred Westphal, Josh Young","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46353129472236,"sku":"9781538751428","price":40.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46353129505004,"sku":"9781538751435","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781538751428.jpg?v=1744263393","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/fixer-moguls-mobsters-movie-stars-and-marilyn","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}