COLUMBO UNDER GLASS (hardback)

Columbo, (1971-2003), an American television series starring Peter Falk in his Emmy Award-winning role as  a homicide detective, evolved from a 1960 episode of The Chevy Mystery Show, to a story in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, to a stage play starring Thomas Mitchell, Joseph Cotton, and Agnes Moorehead, and to an NBC TV Movie of the Week starring Falk.      Episodes were directed by such well-known filmmakers as Steven Spielberg, Ben Gazzara, and Patrick McGoohan. Guest stars included such renowned personalities as Johnny Cash, Leonard Nimoy, Vincent Price, Faye Dunnaway, William Shatner, and Dick Van Dyke, to name only a few.     Columbo Under Glass examines Columbo from every angle, noting the first clues that Columbo finds that set him on the trail of each murderer, and the final clues that lead to the murder’s arrest.   Features include: Foreword by Mark Dawidziak, author of The Columbo Phile. Synop