The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn

The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn pdf, epub

A gripping tell-all biography that explores the extraordinary life of Hollywood’s most notorious private detective and “fixer” to the stars, revealing newly uncovered shocking secrets from his previously unseen investigative files.

*”The Fixer* is a fascinating read, like peeking into someone’s medicine cabinet—you know you shouldn’t, but curiosity wins,” says the *New York Journal of Books.*

“This exhilarating biography, based on personal archives and investigative files, not only tells the story of Fred Otash and how he became the most powerful man in Hollywood’s shadows, but also tracks the rise of a celebrity culture that still thrives today,” writes *Town and Country*.

At the height of Hollywood’s golden era, one man reigned supreme over its seedy underworld of forbidden secrets and celebrity scandals: Fred Otash. A former Marine turned L.A.P.D. vice cop, Otash became the most in-demand private detective and fixer for the stars, mastering the dark arts that would eventually dominate the entertainment industry.

Otash earned his notorious reputation by bugging the homes, offices, and hideaways of movie stars, power brokers, and politicians, using cutting-edge electronic surveillance and wiretapping for a client list that read like a who’s who of Hollywood. He shielded Frank Sinatra from legal trouble by deceiving federal authorities, recorded Rock Hudson’s heartfelt confession to his estranged wife, lived with Judy Garland to aid her in getting sober, and captured the tragic affairs of President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy with Hollywood’s most iconic star, Marilyn Monroe—whom he overheard in her final moments.

Based on Otash’s previously unseen investigative files and personal archives, *The Fixer* takes readers deep inside the sensational and sordid world of the man whose life inspired the private eye characters played by Jack Nicholson in *Chinatown* and Russell Crowe in *L.A. Confidential.*