Let's All Kill Constance, Ray Bradbury

Nerd Confession:
When I was a kid, maybe around 10, I used to save up my allowance to buy books. I remember going to the WaldenBooks in the Millcreek Mall and running right to the Science Fiction/Fantasy section. One day I came home with a book by Ray Brabury . As of today I have 28 books with his name on their spine, including his newest: Let's All Kill Constance.
Nerd Confession #2:
I was in the Pittsburgh Airport Mall, killing time before my flight, when I saw this book. I grabbed it, yelled "I can't believe it! A new Bradbury book!" and ran to the front counter to buy it.
Anyway, now I've read it. Look out, here I go!
This is mystery and not science fiction, if you can believe it. Bradbury has published two previous mysteries, Death is a Lonely Business and A Graveyard for Lunatics. Having read both of these, I was well prepared for his third. A young screenwriter (one must assume Bradbury, himself) is confronted by an aging Hollywood actress, Constance, on a dark and stormy night. I'm not the first to say this, but who else could pull off using that line, and using it well? She disappears, leaving two macabre books. All the names contained therein are old Hollywood personalities already dead or on their way to dying. Among the graveyard lists is Constance's own name, circled in red. What follows is a madcap adventure through Venice, California, following Constance and whatever she might chasing after, or running from. Bradbury's mysteries are full of fast-paced dialogue that is enchanting and confusing all at once. Being too young to have known and appreciated the Hollywood of yesteryear, I'm afraid some the puns and references are over my head. This will force me to re-read the book at a slower pace, which I'm actually looking forward to. Others might not feel the same. If you're looking for a straight-forward, colored-in-the-lines mystery, buy James Patterson. If you want a crazy phantasmagoria of words, phrases, dialogues, and descriptions...this is your book!