The glamorous dead
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2017].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781496708120, 1496708121
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 21 cm
Status
Staff View
Loading Staff View.
Description
Loading Description...
More Details
Published
New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2017].
Language
English
ISBN
9781496708120, 1496708121
Notes
Description
"Set in the dream factory of the 1940s, this glittering debut novel follows a young Hollywood hopeful into a star-studded web of scandal, celebrity, and murder... The chipped pink nail polish is a dead giveaway--no pun intended. When a human thumb is discovered near a Hollywood nightclub, it doesn't take long for the police to identify its owner. Miss Penny Harp would recognize that pink anywhere: it belongs to her best friend, Rosemary. And so does the rest of the body buried beneath it. Rosemary, with the beauty and talent, who stood out from all other extras on the Paramount lot. She was the one whose name was destined for a movie marquee--not for the obituaries. And for an extra twist, now an LAPD detective thinks Penny is the one who killed her... Penny is determined to prove her innocence--with a little help from an unlikely ally, the world-famous queen of film noir, Barbara Stanwyck. Penny met 'Stany' on the set of Paramount's classic comedy, 'The Lady Eve,' where the star took an instant liking to her. With Stany's powerful connections and no-nonsense style, she has no trouble following clues out of the studio backlot, from the Los Angeles morgue to the Zanzibar Room to the dark, winding streets of Beverly Hills. But there's something Penny isn't telling her famous partner in crime solving: a not-so-glamorous secret that could lead them to Rosemary's killer--or send Penny to the electric chair..." -- Page [4] cover.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Actresses -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction.
Homicide investigation -- California -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.). -- Police Department -- Fiction.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction.
Motion picture industry -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Stanwyck, Barbara, -- 1907-1990 -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction.
Homicide investigation -- California -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.). -- Police Department -- Fiction.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction.
Motion picture industry -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Stanwyck, Barbara, -- 1907-1990 -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gates, S. (2017). The glamorous dead . Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gates, Suzanne. 2017. The Glamorous Dead. New York, NY: Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gates, Suzanne. The Glamorous Dead New York, NY: Kensington Books, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gates, Suzanne. The Glamorous Dead Kensington Books, 2017.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.