It’s 1924. Juliana Darrow is tall, blonde and drop-dead gorgeous. She’s one of the thousands of starry-eyed girls who flock to California every year dreaming of Hollywood glory. Like most, she’s barely scraping by, waiting for her big break.
War hero Nick Adams came home from “Over There” to found Adams Investigation, a small company specializing in insurance fraud. He’s in for a surprise when he’s hired to conduct a routine investigation into the accidental death of silver screen idol Harold X. Forster. Instead of a mundane case, he finds himself enmeshed in a seamy world of deceit, intrigue and murder.
He’s in for an even bigger surprise when he meets Juliana at the Cocoanut Grove and tumbles head over heels in love. She has a secret. People around her die.
COMING 2024 from Wallace Publishing, UK
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