Murder by the Book

• Cast: Robert Hays, Catherine Mary Stewart, Christopher Murney, Fred Gwynne, Celeste Holm
• Duration: 100 minutes
• Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
• Rating: 5.9/10
• Release Date: 1987-03-17

Mild-mannered mystery writer D. H. Mercer has become so immersed in his material that his creation, hard-boiled private eye Biff Deegan, constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of Biff, and replacing him with a more civilized detective, Mercer soon finds himself in a genuine mystery involving art fraud, murder, and a beautiful lady in peril.