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"Excellent . . . Everything feels just right: the characters are abundantly human, the mystery is beautifully constructed, and the Hollywood milieu is vividly realized" Booklist Starred Review
LA, 1924. Between her new job writing painfully historically inaccurate scenes for Foremost Studios and wrangling her silent movie star sister-in-law Kitty out of the arms of her many suitors, young British widow Emma Blackstone is settling into new her life in the golden state of California.
So, when another one of Kitty's old flames, renowned film director Ernst Zapolya, calls Emma and tells her it's imperative that he meet with Kitty that morning, she's not surprised. Until, that is, he adds that lives depend on it.
What can have scared him so badly--and what on earth does Kitty have to do with it?
When Kitty and Emma arrive at the set of Ernst's extravagant new movie, they make a shocking--and deadly--discovery. Will they stay alive long enough to solve the murderous puzzle?
The gripping Silver Screen historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Hambly brings the sights and sounds of golden-age Hollywood to life. Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Carola Dunn.
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Read the full Silver Screen historical mystery series:
Scandal in Babylon
One Extra Corpse
Saving Susy Sweetchild
Barbara Hambly
<DIV>Barbara Hambly (b. 1951) is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction, as well as historical novels set in the nineteenth century. After receiving a master's degree in medieval history, she published The Time of the Dark, the first novel in the Darwath saga, in 1982, establishing herself as an author of serious speculative fiction. Since then she has created several series, including the Windrose Chronicles, Sun-Cross, and Sun Wolf and Starhawk, in addition to writing for the Star Wars and Star Trek universes.<br><br>Besides fantasy, Hambly has won acclaim for the James Asher vampire series, which won the Locus Award for best horror novel in 1989, and the Benjamin January mystery series, featuring a brilliant African-American surgeon in antebellum New Orleans. She lives in Los Angeles.</DIV>
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