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Lillian Frost & Edith Head #3
Script for Scandal
1939, Los Angeles. Lillian Frost is shocked when her friend, glamorous costume designer Edith Head, hands her the script to a new film that's about to start shooting. Streetlight Story is based on a true crime: the California Republic bank robbery of 1936. Lillian's beau, LAPD detective Gene Morrow, was one of the officers on the case; his partner, Teddy, was tragically shot dead. It seems the scriptwriter has put Gene at the centre of a scandal, twisting fact with fiction - or has he? With Gene reluctant to talk about the case, the movie quickly becoming the hottest ticket in town, a suspicious death on the Paramount studio lot and the police reopening the investigation into Teddy's death, Lillian is determined to find answers. Can Lillian and Edith uncover the truth of what happened that fateful day and clear Gene's name?
240 pages, Hardcover
Published January 7, 2020
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Renee Patrick
6 books132 followersRenee Patrick is the pseudonym for married authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan. Rosemarie is a research administrator and a poet. Vince is a screenwriter and a journalist. Both native New Yorkers, they currently live in Seattle, Washington.
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January 6, 2020
This is the third book in a golden age of Hollywood mystery series full of interesting little side pieces of long dead stars. I'm not so up on that era so no idea how much of these are fact or fiction. I'm assuming a lot of the people were real based on a couple of reviews I read. It gave the book a nice charm.
I liked the change of pace in the noir style from some of the other crime books I've read. The main two cosy detectives trying to clear the police officers name are fun and lively. A fun glamorous book to start my new year reading.
I liked the change of pace in the noir style from some of the other crime books I've read. The main two cosy detectives trying to clear the police officers name are fun and lively. A fun glamorous book to start my new year reading.
January 8, 2020
In 1936, a bank robbery took place in Los Angeles. While the robbers were killed, the money was never found, and rumors have circulated that there was someone else involved. Most suspect that the someone else was LAPD Detective Gene Morrow, the boyfriend of Lillian Frost. While the rumors have mostly died down, they are about to come out again in 1939 thanks to a new movie being filmed at Paramount. Costume designer Edith Head has seen the script, and she gets a copy to her friend Lillian so she and Gene can be prepared. Lillian is more concerned than Gene and actively tries to find out who the writer is claiming is his source for this movie. She hasn’t been looking for too long before someone turns up dead. Can Lillian and Edith figure out what happened back then and how it is impacting what is happening today?
I was so happy when this series found a new home because I enjoyed the first two books so much. This book is just as strong. The authors mix real people with the fictional characters so expertly I am sure I missed some of the cameos. Yet everyone comes across as real. I did think the plot was wandering a bit early on, but everything became an important part of the story before it was over. Not that I was complaining since I was hooked for most of the book and couldn’t wait to see how it would all turn out. Both Edith and Lillian are instrumental to solving the crime in the end. Meanwhile, there is a delightful subplot involving Lillian’s boss preparing for a job as an extra that leads to a hilarious scene. This book brings old Hollywood to life in every detail, and I enjoyed every minute spent in that world. This book will delight Edith and Lillian’s fans and win them new ones.
Read my full review at Carstairs Considers.
I was so happy when this series found a new home because I enjoyed the first two books so much. This book is just as strong. The authors mix real people with the fictional characters so expertly I am sure I missed some of the cameos. Yet everyone comes across as real. I did think the plot was wandering a bit early on, but everything became an important part of the story before it was over. Not that I was complaining since I was hooked for most of the book and couldn’t wait to see how it would all turn out. Both Edith and Lillian are instrumental to solving the crime in the end. Meanwhile, there is a delightful subplot involving Lillian’s boss preparing for a job as an extra that leads to a hilarious scene. This book brings old Hollywood to life in every detail, and I enjoyed every minute spent in that world. This book will delight Edith and Lillian’s fans and win them new ones.
Read my full review at Carstairs Considers.
June 19, 2020
Patrick has written all the modern day effects of Film Noir, with its snappy dialogue and hints of Hollywood, in this Mystery. The friendship between Lillian and Edith Head continues in Book Three. However, the story mostly focuses on Lillian's relationship with an LAPD boyfriend, who cannily resembles a character in a Grade B Manuscript, about to be published. That Officer planned a robbery and managed to get his friend killed and then became involved with the friend's wife in the script. This is a real scandal that has hung over Gene Morrow, so did the script fit? I think I could have followed a lot better if I had read Book One and Two which I recommend you do. But the expressions of the time frame are just "swell."
I like film noirs with a lot of mystery and characters. So, the book was right up my alley, with another suspicious death adding to the background. This won't be to everyone's taste but the tidbits fed you of stars and the back production works of movies, will make it palatable. Certainly, the lines fed to Starlets with growing aspirations read well...just like in the Movies.
My thanks to Netgalley and Severn House Publishers
I like film noirs with a lot of mystery and characters. So, the book was right up my alley, with another suspicious death adding to the background. This won't be to everyone's taste but the tidbits fed you of stars and the back production works of movies, will make it palatable. Certainly, the lines fed to Starlets with growing aspirations read well...just like in the Movies.
My thanks to Netgalley and Severn House Publishers
February 10, 2020
Script for Scandal is the third in the Golden Age of Hollywood historical mystery series written by Renee Patrick, and the authors (the writing team of Rosemarie and Vince Keenan) pull out all the stops in this one. You gotta love a book dedicated to Eddie Muller, the Turner Classic Movies noir king!
Lillian Frost is the social secretary to Addison Rice – a movie-mad fan with lots of money, who loves to throw big parties. Lillian always manages to find herself involved in Hollywood murder and mayhem, lucky for us readers. The crux of the plot is a 1936 bank robbery and how Lillian’s boyfriend, policeman Gene Morrow is tainted by it. The proceeds of the robbery are still missing. Did he plan it? Does he have the money? Of course, Lillian wants to “fix” this – he’s her man and she wants to help. All the while rubbing shoulders with a whole bunch of Hollywood elite at Paramount Studios, where her friend and follow connoisseur of mysteries works – the famous costume designer, Edith Head.
A movie script supposedly “tells all” – the scriptwriter is an ex-con. Coincidentally, the investigation into the robbery is being reopened. It’s not a good time for Gene. She needs to find out what the scriptwriter knows and how he knows it. To do this she needs to get in the gates at Paramount and meet with "people," and of course Edith can help with that. And Edith can help with ferreting out a lot more, as we know from previous books.
Pretty soon a shifty character is murdered – what did he know? Something to do with the bank robbery? Lillian has to know, 'cause there's trouble all around and it's getting closer to Gene.
Oh, and did I say that Benjamin Siegel is part of the plot, too? And Virginia Hill? And talk of Nazi sympathizers, and the mob muscling in to movie extras’ unions? Karma will rear its pretty (ugly?) little head, too, especially for that "Bugsy" guy (you'll find out more about the nickname), enough for plenty of people and for plenty of years to come. You’ll see. It might be a little too much, when you think about it. So, don’t think about it. Just enjoy the show.
While all this is going on, we are treated to the Hollywood star stories that make up the vignettes we’ve come to know from these books. We’ll catch glimpses of Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, George Raft, even Edward G. Robinson. But the best has to be the contretemps between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. I won’t tell you why they’re there – you’ll have to read that for yourself.
Finally, there’s another murder that pulls it all together. And Edith observes, and the wheels turn behind those large dark frames. As Miss Head tells everyone, “Sometimes you have to look at the story from a new angle.”
Thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for a copy of this book, in exchange for this review.
Lillian Frost is the social secretary to Addison Rice – a movie-mad fan with lots of money, who loves to throw big parties. Lillian always manages to find herself involved in Hollywood murder and mayhem, lucky for us readers. The crux of the plot is a 1936 bank robbery and how Lillian’s boyfriend, policeman Gene Morrow is tainted by it. The proceeds of the robbery are still missing. Did he plan it? Does he have the money? Of course, Lillian wants to “fix” this – he’s her man and she wants to help. All the while rubbing shoulders with a whole bunch of Hollywood elite at Paramount Studios, where her friend and follow connoisseur of mysteries works – the famous costume designer, Edith Head.
A movie script supposedly “tells all” – the scriptwriter is an ex-con. Coincidentally, the investigation into the robbery is being reopened. It’s not a good time for Gene. She needs to find out what the scriptwriter knows and how he knows it. To do this she needs to get in the gates at Paramount and meet with "people," and of course Edith can help with that. And Edith can help with ferreting out a lot more, as we know from previous books.
Pretty soon a shifty character is murdered – what did he know? Something to do with the bank robbery? Lillian has to know, 'cause there's trouble all around and it's getting closer to Gene.
Oh, and did I say that Benjamin Siegel is part of the plot, too? And Virginia Hill? And talk of Nazi sympathizers, and the mob muscling in to movie extras’ unions? Karma will rear its pretty (ugly?) little head, too, especially for that "Bugsy" guy (you'll find out more about the nickname), enough for plenty of people and for plenty of years to come. You’ll see. It might be a little too much, when you think about it. So, don’t think about it. Just enjoy the show.
While all this is going on, we are treated to the Hollywood star stories that make up the vignettes we’ve come to know from these books. We’ll catch glimpses of Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, George Raft, even Edward G. Robinson. But the best has to be the contretemps between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. I won’t tell you why they’re there – you’ll have to read that for yourself.
Finally, there’s another murder that pulls it all together. And Edith observes, and the wheels turn behind those large dark frames. As Miss Head tells everyone, “Sometimes you have to look at the story from a new angle.”
Thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for a copy of this book, in exchange for this review.
January 15, 2020
It's 1939 in Hollywood, and costume designer Edith Head lets her friend, Lillian Frost, know about a script for an upcoming film. The story is based on a real-life bank robbery, and to Lillian's horror, the character based on her detective beau, Gene Morrow, is the crooked, murderous cop in all of it in Script for Scandal by authors Renee Patrick.
So! It was a little strange diving into this third Lillian Frost & Edith Head mystery, written with British punctuation and spelling and no page breaks between chapters, after reading the first two novels with American English and chapter breaks. But those technical differences weren't as important as my interest in this continuing series and the story at hand.
Like its predecessors, this novel has its share of real figures from Hollywood's Golden Age, the glamour of it all balanced with its seamier side, and Lillian's first-person narration has dry, clever irony throughout, which sometimes smooths into dry comedy.
Now, it took me longer to get through this read than I'd anticipated. The unfolding of the plot was slow for me in places, my prior history with the main characters being what urged me to continue. Also, in connection with something I said in my review of Book Two ("...one of [Lillian's] love interests isn't compelling enough to make me see why he's still in the running for her"), I think it's now safe to say outright that I'm still not a fan of Gene as a beau for Lillian.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed the twists as the mystery got down to the nitty-gritty, and I'm already ready for a Book Four of this series from the married duo of authors behind the pseudonym Renee Patrick.
So! It was a little strange diving into this third Lillian Frost & Edith Head mystery, written with British punctuation and spelling and no page breaks between chapters, after reading the first two novels with American English and chapter breaks. But those technical differences weren't as important as my interest in this continuing series and the story at hand.
Like its predecessors, this novel has its share of real figures from Hollywood's Golden Age, the glamour of it all balanced with its seamier side, and Lillian's first-person narration has dry, clever irony throughout, which sometimes smooths into dry comedy.
Now, it took me longer to get through this read than I'd anticipated. The unfolding of the plot was slow for me in places, my prior history with the main characters being what urged me to continue. Also, in connection with something I said in my review of Book Two ("...one of [Lillian's] love interests isn't compelling enough to make me see why he's still in the running for her"), I think it's now safe to say outright that I'm still not a fan of Gene as a beau for Lillian.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed the twists as the mystery got down to the nitty-gritty, and I'm already ready for a Book Four of this series from the married duo of authors behind the pseudonym Renee Patrick.
January 7, 2020
Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
Script for Scandal is the third book in the Lillian Frost & Edith Head mysteries by Renee Patrick. Released 7th Jan 2020 by Severn House, it's 240 pages and available in hardcover and ebook formats.
This is a well written and diverting period mystery in and around the Hollywood film industry of the late 1930s. Written around a skeleton of real historical figures and movies of the time, this is a fun read. One of the central plot elements, a bank robbery from 1936, is fictionalized, but many of the secondary characters who have cameos are actual celebrities and real figures from the time period.
These books are always full of well researched links and titles (movies and books) for further reading. The author is gifted with a knack for descriptive prose and the 'golden' age of Hollywood and the glittering productions come alive in the narrative. The plot is straightforward and moves slowly but surely to the satisfying denouement.
One of the high points of these books for me is the author's note at the back with extra historical tidbits and interesting trivia. They are always full of background info about the settings, movies, and characters and are always fun to read.
This is a fun read, lighthearted, clean, not gritty or very violent, and satisfying. Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
Script for Scandal is the third book in the Lillian Frost & Edith Head mysteries by Renee Patrick. Released 7th Jan 2020 by Severn House, it's 240 pages and available in hardcover and ebook formats.
This is a well written and diverting period mystery in and around the Hollywood film industry of the late 1930s. Written around a skeleton of real historical figures and movies of the time, this is a fun read. One of the central plot elements, a bank robbery from 1936, is fictionalized, but many of the secondary characters who have cameos are actual celebrities and real figures from the time period.
These books are always full of well researched links and titles (movies and books) for further reading. The author is gifted with a knack for descriptive prose and the 'golden' age of Hollywood and the glittering productions come alive in the narrative. The plot is straightforward and moves slowly but surely to the satisfying denouement.
One of the high points of these books for me is the author's note at the back with extra historical tidbits and interesting trivia. They are always full of background info about the settings, movies, and characters and are always fun to read.
This is a fun read, lighthearted, clean, not gritty or very violent, and satisfying. Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
May 12, 2022
Interesting and convoluted plot and plenty of Hollywood stars tossed in, sometimes more smoothly than others.
March 4, 2020
Sometimes the movies hit close to home. Lillian hears from Edith (Head, the infamous costume designer and best friend) that the studio is making a 'fictionalized' versions of the robbery that ended up with her beau's Gene's partner killed. The film, hints that Gene is dirty, so Lillian get her detective's hat on. The case takes her from screenwriters, to film extras, to the infamous mobster Benjamin (don't call him Bugsey) Siegel. What did happen at the California Republic Bank Robber? The answers prove unexpected and force Lillian to face some unpleasant truths. A good addition to the series while also providing some unexpected Hollywood history.
March 14, 2021
I enjoyed this investigation by Edith and Lillian into the source of a new script being filmed on the Paramount lot. It involves the old bank hold up in which Lillian's boyfriend's partner Eddie Lawrence is killed.
The Streetlight Story script is written by an ex con who claims to know who was involved in master minding the series of bank robberies done by the now dead robbers. He throws the responsibility onto Lillian's boyfriend and Detective Gene Morrow.
In the course of checking out whether this story is fact or fiction, Lillian meets the ex con Clyde Fentress and his screenwriting co writer George Dolan. A third voice is also influencing the story in Sylvia Ward, who has contacts with Ben Siegel and Virginia Hill.
Other fun cameos include Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, who both attempt to give Addison acting lessons for his non speaking part in the movie, George Raft, Paulette Goddard, Billy Wilder and Fred MacMurray.
Be sure to read the author's note at the end for the real scoop on which characters are real people and which are taking on the role of a real person.
Loved the references to Musso & Frank Grill, the Ebell Club and Stanley Rose Bookshop.
I own a copy of this fun historic mystery.
The Streetlight Story script is written by an ex con who claims to know who was involved in master minding the series of bank robberies done by the now dead robbers. He throws the responsibility onto Lillian's boyfriend and Detective Gene Morrow.
In the course of checking out whether this story is fact or fiction, Lillian meets the ex con Clyde Fentress and his screenwriting co writer George Dolan. A third voice is also influencing the story in Sylvia Ward, who has contacts with Ben Siegel and Virginia Hill.
Other fun cameos include Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, who both attempt to give Addison acting lessons for his non speaking part in the movie, George Raft, Paulette Goddard, Billy Wilder and Fred MacMurray.
Be sure to read the author's note at the end for the real scoop on which characters are real people and which are taking on the role of a real person.
Loved the references to Musso & Frank Grill, the Ebell Club and Stanley Rose Bookshop.
I own a copy of this fun historic mystery.
December 13, 2023
The third entry in the Lilian Frost series is a real pleasure. Patrick maintains quality with her intelligent, funny, intrepid heroine. This time, Lily and her pal designer Edith Head become entangled in blackmail, espionage, and, 0h yes, murder. Patrick deftly weaves in historical events for suspense and excitement. Now, Lillian has to help clear her sometime, maybe-boyfriend Gene (the detective) from scandal as a movie is being shot that implicates him in the theft of a huge bankroll and the murder of his former partner years back. Everyone from Virginia Hill and (Don't call him Bugsy) Seigal to Paulette Godard to Billy Wilder and Fred MacMurray shows up. Yikes! Do we see the inception of Wilder and MacMurray's collaboration in Double Indemnity here? Don't miss the dueling acting coaches, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford - double yikes! Of course, I have to support Bette since she's my home girl. On another note, I genuinely appreciate how the novels develop Lillian's relationship with Gene and a kind of friend/rival for her affections in Simon. Reading the books in this series is much like enjoying a classic film noir, A or B budget. This time out, I did find a little too much descriptiveness of clothes and setting - but just a shade.
October 16, 2019
Los Angeles, 1939 Edith Head hands over a script of a new film, entiled Streetlight Story to her friend Lillian Frost. It tells the 'true' story of the California Republic bank robbery in 1936. A case Lillian's frend LAPD detective Gene Morrow and his partner Teddy Lomax were involved in. Which resulted in the dead of Lomax, and the $20,000 still missing, with the three robbers also dead. The script revealing that there was a mastermind behind the robbery who was a member of the police. But why has the D.A Burin Fitts decided to investigate Morrow. Can Lillian and Edith prove Gene's innocence.
An enjoyable and well-written historical mystery, with a likeable style of writing and cast of characters. Quite a slow paced story but which kept my interest.
A NetGalley Book
An enjoyable and well-written historical mystery, with a likeable style of writing and cast of characters. Quite a slow paced story but which kept my interest.
A NetGalley Book
November 16, 2019
Lillian is still working as Addison's social secretary as this volume of the series opens. George Raft, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and other Hollywood luminaries waft through as Lillian and her friend costume designer Edith Head try to solve a couple of murders and prove that Lillian's boyfriend is not a corrupt cop. Paramount in 1939 is a busy place where ex-con writers, European refugees and mobsters like Bugsy Siegel all mix on the social scene. A visit to Howard Greer's salon and a few gorgeous gowns provide great atmosphere even as gritty noir Los Angeles intrudes on the hedonism. Patrick does such a good job of painting the scene and making her characters - even the world famous ones - completely believable and situation appropriate. The best part? I didn't see the murderer coming.
November 14, 2020
Fans of this marvelously entertaining series featuring Lillian Frost and Edith Head will love the latest sterling installment. What I enjoy most about all the books in this series, including Script for Scandal, is the seamless manner in which the authors incorporate so many fascinating historical tidbits and real life cameo appearances into the story. In the case of this book, one of my favorite moments was reading the section in which Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were dueling "acting coaches" for Lillian's boss, tycoon Addison Rice. If you are new to the books, do yourself a favor and start with the first Design for Dying, and revel in the Golden Age of Hollywood mystery goodness the authors consistently deliver.
December 24, 2019
Yes you can read this as a period mystery where Lillian tries to prove that her love interest Gene, a police officer, was not in on the bank robbery where his partner was shot to death. More fun, though, is to read it for the cameos of Old Hollywood. Who knew Edith Head liked to solve mysteries? Well she does here along with Lillian, who works as a social secretary. There are some red herrings in the robbery plot (always a good thing). This might be the third in the series but it was the first one I've read and it was fine as a standalone. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. Loved the parts set on the Paramount lot!
March 29, 2020
This was a solid entry in the Lillian Frost/Edith Head series, but not my favorite. I did like the way the plot works, interconnecting Bugsy Seigel and others with events of the fictional plot. Looking up more about Bugsy, Virginia Hill, and other Hollywood figures and incidents of the time that are mentioned in the book was again a highlight for me. For some reason (and it could just be the stress of the times and the stay at home order), this book dragged somewhat for me. It wasn't bad and I enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't as delightful as the first two.
January 12, 2020
It's the first book I read in this series and I'm hooked.
I loved the mix of historical and fictional characters, the well researched background, and the solid mystery that kept me guessing.
The cast of characters is interesting and fleshed out, the plot well crafted and engrossing.
It was an excellent and entertaining read.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to Severn House and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
I loved the mix of historical and fictional characters, the well researched background, and the solid mystery that kept me guessing.
The cast of characters is interesting and fleshed out, the plot well crafted and engrossing.
It was an excellent and entertaining read.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to Severn House and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
March 31, 2020
This 3rd book picks up right after #2. Neither as much fun nor as historically informative as previous volumes. Focus was more on movie making process covering acting, screenwriting, extras, even lighting. Also touched on police corruption and influence of Chicago mobsters. Edith had a more active part this time. Enjoyed the filmdom namedropping. A cool look at Old Hollywood both the glamor and warts.
November 6, 2020
An ex con who claims to have the inside story has written a screenplay that identifies Lillian Frost’s policeman friend Gene Morrow as the mastermind behind a bank robbery. Lillian is determined to investigate to clear his name and, for a sounding board, she turns to her friend Edith Head (whose eight academy awards are still well in the future). As usual in this series, I wish that it had a graphic version or, better yet, a movie so I could see the costumes.
October 11, 2020
I enjoyed this third book in the series for the same reasons I loved the first two. That said, the romance between Detective Murrow and Lillian Frost lacks the sparkle and pizzazz that make the rest such fun. I like her bad boy friend better. . . and will keep reading to see if she has the courage to go with him!
January 15, 2021
I really like this series, find all the old Hollywood stuff interesting. Unlike the previous book that dealt with what was happening to deal with nazi infiltration, there was any of that in this book. Bugsy (don't call him that) Seigel and the mobs interest in the unions is here. Nice twists to a mystery and murders.
May 15, 2023
I enjoy this series, but this one dragged for me a bit. It seemed like a long time before Gene reassured Lillian that he wasn't guilty, and I think that was a problem for me. Fortunately it was not a problem for her and Lillian went to work finding out who really masterminded the robbery that resulted in all the bandits dying-- and where the money disappeared to!!!
July 3, 2023
I love this golden age series that takes place during the Hollywood days. The tidbits about movies and stars are interesting, and the info about the styles back then is intriguing even though I’m not into that. The dialogue is snappy and amusing. A film is being produced about a bank robbery from a few years ago. Only problem is that Lillian’s policeman boyfriend is implicated.
July 22, 2024
This series is marvelous!
The dialogue and asides is wonderful and takes one back in time into the golden age of hollywood. The cast of characters is amazing and the starpower! Feels like you are there - I've purchased the entire series - love the mystery, comedy, glamour and pace of the books! Do yourself a favor and read these!
The dialogue and asides is wonderful and takes one back in time into the golden age of hollywood. The cast of characters is amazing and the starpower! Feels like you are there - I've purchased the entire series - love the mystery, comedy, glamour and pace of the books! Do yourself a favor and read these!
May 15, 2020
Once again, golden Hollywood comes alive in this snappy next entry in the series. Filled with classic star cameos and noir lingo, this mystery would’ve been right at home on movie screens in the 1930s.
April 8, 2020
It was good, but for some reason - Blame Covid 19 - I couldn't concentrate on it and enjoy it to the same degree that I have other books in this fun series.
May 30, 2020
3.5 stars
April 25, 2021
Another peek behind the scenes in old Hollywood. Bette and Joan show up at the same place at the same time. Popcorn anyone?
June 4, 2021
Paramount Studios in 1939, murder, glamour, real people, made-up ones too. I enjoyed this entry in the series. The authors dedicated the book to Eddie Muller of Turner Classic Movies fame.
December 24, 2021
3.5 stars
Set in Hollywood's heyday, this series features famous costume designer Edith Head and her young friend Lillian Frost, who is a social secretary for a wealthy party lover.
Someone has written a script about a true crime which involved Lillian's kind of boyfriend police officer. Lillian wants to find out the truth and, against his wishes, starts probing.
The insertion of several script segments slowed down the narrative for me.
Set in Hollywood's heyday, this series features famous costume designer Edith Head and her young friend Lillian Frost, who is a social secretary for a wealthy party lover.
Someone has written a script about a true crime which involved Lillian's kind of boyfriend police officer. Lillian wants to find out the truth and, against his wishes, starts probing.
The insertion of several script segments slowed down the narrative for me.
January 17, 2022
Excellent Hollywood noir mystery
Excellent read on Hollywood noir. Love the character development and twists in the plot. Can't wait to start the next book in this series
Excellent read on Hollywood noir. Love the character development and twists in the plot. Can't wait to start the next book in this series
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