Renting Silence
by Mary Miley

Can 1920’s script girl Jessie do Mary Pickford’s bidding and uncover a real killer?

When Jessie is asked by her idol, the famous actress Mary Pickford, if she can do some private investigating for her, Jessie reluctantly accepts. A girl was found stabbed in her bedroom with another woman lying unconscious on the floor next to her, a bloody knife in her hand. With no police investigation into the murder, it’s up to Jessie to hone her amateur detective skills and prove the girls innocence before she hangs for murder.

But as Jessie travels through the roaring twenties world of Hollywood and movies, surreptitiously interviewing fellow travelling performers, she struggles to find the connection she needs. And with her love interest David seemingly involved in seedy dealings, can she uncover the killer’s identity before she too is endangered?

Reviews

With a well-developed and surprising plot twist, an appealing, resourceful amateur detective, and fascinating period details, this entertaining historical will delight fans of Old Hollywood

Library Journal

All the details of her journey not only advance the story but are fascinating in themselves

Publishers Weekly

Mary Miley

Mary Miley grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Virginia, and worked her way through the College of William and Mary in Virginia as a costumed tour guide at Colonial Williamsburg.As Mary Miley Theobald, she has published numerous nonfiction books and articles on history, travel and business topics. As Mary Miley, she is the author of the award-winning Roaring Twenties mystery series. The Mystic’s Accomplice is the first in the brand-new 1920s Chicago-set Maddie Pastore mystery series.

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Editions

Renting Silence by Mary Miley is available in the following formats

Hardback *978072788653831st August 2016143 X 228mm240£20.99
Hardback - Large Print *978072789556131st May 2017143 X 222mm352£22.99
Hardback - Large Print *978072789556131st March 2018143 X 222mm352$36.95
Paperback978184751754830th June 2017140 X 215mm240£13.99
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