Glitz is a 1985 novel by author Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

Elmore John Leonard Jr. , better known as Elmore Leonard, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.Among his...

, following the story of Detective Vincent Mora who's being stalked by Teddy Magyk, the serial rapist he put away. It was made into a 1988 TV movie starring Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as Congressman Matt Santos on The West Wing...

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Synopsis

Psycho mama's boy Teddy Magyk has a serious jones for the Miami cop who put him away for raping a senior citizen—but he wants to hit Vincent Mora where it really hurts before killing him. So when a beautiful Puerto Rican hooker takes a swan dive from an Atlantic City high-rise and Vincent naturally shows up to investigate the questionable death of his "special friend," Teddy figures he's got his prey just where he wants him. But the A.C. dazzle is blinding the Magic Man to a couple of very hard truths: Vincent Mora doesn't forgive and forget ... and he doesn't die easy.

Characters in Glitz

• Vincent Mora – Miami homicide investigator
• Teddy Magyk – crazy serial rapist
• Iris Ruiz – hooker
• Lorendo Paz – Puerto Rico criminal affairs investigator
• Linda Moon – singer and Vincent's girlfriend
• Dixie Davies – Atlantic City major crime squad homicide officer
• Tommy Donovan – Puerto Rico casino owner
• Jacky Garbo – Atlantic City casino operator
• Sal Catalina – Atlantic City wise guy
  Wise guy
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• Ricky Catelina aka 'the Zit' – collector
• LaDonna Padgett – Jacky's girlfriend and former Miss America
• Frank Cingoro – wise guy
• DeLeon Johnson aka 'Moose' – defensive qauterback & body guard

Film

In the film version for cable television, the Atlantic City detective Vincent Mora was played by Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as Congressman Matt Santos on The West Wing...

, the villain Teddy Magyk by John Diehl and the lounge singer Linda Moon by Markie Post

Markie Post

Marjorie Armstrong "Markie" Post is an American actress, best known for her roles as bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in The Fall Guy on ABC from 1982 to 1985, as public defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1985 to 1992, and as Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the CBS sitcom...

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External links

• Glitz at Elmore Leonard.com
  Elmore Leonard
  Elmore John Leonard Jr. , better known as Elmore Leonard, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.Among his...
  
  
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095223=Glitzat the Internet Movie Database