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S'està carregant… Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen: A Novelde Sarah James
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I felt like I was in 1940s Hollywood. Loved it! ( ) This was a fast paced wise-cracking historical mystery set in World War II era Hollywood. Annie Laurence is a playwright who heads west after a New York City relationship goes bad. She is offered a screenwriting contract with a third-rate studio, and falls in with a crowd of movie types loosely based on the likes of Dorothy Parker, Anna May Wong, George Gershwin, and Judy Garland. A member of the “club” is murdered, and we’re off to the races. This was mostly fun, with an intriguing mystery and some great one-liners. The story lagged toward the end, when the pill popping and historical accuracy both went a bit out of control, and I was left wondering what actually happened. But I had a good time and recommend it to all fans of 1940’s historical mysteries. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book in exchange for an honest review. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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"Perhaps the best place in 1943 Hollywood to see the stars is the Hollywood Canteen, a club for servicemen staffed exclusively by those in show business. Murder mystery playwright Annie Laurence, new in town after a devastating breakup, definitely hopes to rub elbows with the right stars. Maybe then she can get her movie made. But Hollywood proves to be more than tinsel and glamour. When despised film critic Fiona Farris is found dead in the Canteen kitchen, Annie realizes any one of the Canteen's luminous volunteers could be guilty of the crime. To catch the killer, Annie falls in with Fiona's friends, a bitter and cynical group-each as uniquely unhappy in their life and career as Annie is in hers-that call themselves the Ambassador's Club. Solving a murder in real life, it turns out, is a lot harder than writing one for the stage. And by involving herself in the secrets and lies of the Ambassador's Club, Annie just might have put a target on her own back."-- No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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