Sunset Boulevard Murders: A Jeff Kelly Mystery

by William Hare

In the Spring of 1949 Hollywood detective Jeff Kelly is knocked out in the parking lot of one of his local watering holes. Lila Lamont, the beautiful blonde actress he was escorting to her car, is abducted and killed minutes later. The tragic murder sets off shock waves throughout Los Angeles and sends Kelly on a hunt to find her killers. His relentless journey finds him encountering many famous film personalities, including Columbia Studios boss Harry Cohn and detective novel and screenplay scenarist Raymond Chandler. Meanwhile he also meets the beautiful star he has always admired, Rita Hayworth. The major action takes place on and near Sunset Boulevard, one of the world's most famous and fascinating streets.

292 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2015

Reviews

[Malika Binny · Rating 5 out of 5]

What would the Hollywood scene of the late forties be without detective author and screenwriter Raymond Chandler? When detective Jeff Kelly becomes a drinking partner of Chandler's at popular Hollywood film business hangout Nickodells he puts the famous author to work when he is stumped at he tries to solve the murder of a blonde actress. This is one of many interesting twists in a book set in and around Sunset Boulevard.

[Megha Sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Hollywood history because the film industry has had so many colorful characters. One of the most interesting was Harry Cohn, head man at Columbia Studios. Movie historian William Hare has pegged the colorful studio boss accurately and along with the actual history he provides and appearances from actual big names from the period he also serves up a nail biting mystery and introduces us to Chicago transplant and 1949 Hollywood detective Jeff Kelly.

[Alvaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hollywood's Sunset Strip was plunged into the news with the 1949 murder of beautiful blonde actress Lila Lamont.

This tragic slaying forms the story backdrop for William Hare's noir detective work SUNSET BOULEVARD MURDERS as Hollywood detective Jeff Kelly attempts to solve a brutal murder that rocks the film community.

William Hare is a film noir historian. SUNSET BOULEVARD MURDERS rings with the realism of post-World War Two Hollywood during one of film history's most exciting periods.