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Death was in the picture / Linda L. Richards.

by Richards, Linda, 1960-

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Minotaur Books, c2009.

Private investigators -- California -- Fiction.

Nineteen thirties -- Fiction.

Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction.

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction.

280 p. ; 22 cm.

"In 1931, while most of Los Angeles is struggling to survive the Depression, the business of Hollywood is booming. And everyone wants a piece. The movies have always been cutthroat and, as girl Friday Kitty Pangborn is about to find out, that’s more than a metaphor. Kitty’s boss, private detective Dexter Theroux, has been asked to help leading man Laird Wyndham prove his innocence. The actor was the last person to be seen with a young actress who died under very suspicious circumstances, and the star has fallen from the big screen to the big house. Wyndham’s a dreamboat, but that isn’t the only thing that has Kitty hot under the collar. Dex has already signed a client---one who’s hired him to prove Wyndham’s hands are not as clean as they look. Mixing Hollywood glitz with hard-boiled grit, Death Was in the Picture captures the essence of life in Depression-era Los Angeles: a world where times are tough, talk is cheap, and murder is often just one scene away."--Publisher description.

Historical mystery fiction.

Hard-boiled detective fiction.

Canadian fiction.

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