Pg. 69: Linda L. Richards' "Death Was in the Picture"

The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Death Was in the Picture by Linda L. Richards.

About the book, from the publisher:

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.

Learn more about the author and her work at Linda L. Richards' website.

View the Death Was in the Picture trailer.

Linda L. Richards is the editor and co-founder of January Magazine and a regular contributor to The Rap Sheet.

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--Marshal Zeringue