Losers Town by Daniel Depp

This collection of excerpts is from the novel "Loser’s Town" by Daniel Depp, published in 2009 by Penguin Canada. The text details the activities of several characters, primarily focusing on David Spandau, a private detective who gets involved in a case involving the famous but troubled actor Bobby Dye. Spandau is reluctantly hired by Dye's agent, Annie Michaels, to investigate a death threat, leading him into the orbit of Richie Stella, a manipulative club owner and criminal, and his associate Potts, a violent henchman. The narrative also includes Spandau's complicated personal life, marked by his separation from his wife Dee, and the parallel story of Potts's descent into crime, culminating in a violent confrontation with Spandau's colleague Terry and multiple murders. Ultimately, Spandau manages to retrieve compromising evidence—a roll of film—only to be betrayed and cut loose by Bobby Dye, who is now under the control of powerful figures like the mobster Salvatore Locatelli and the film's producer Jurado