Mystery Writers of America Award-winner Mary Miley blends the glitz and glamour of 1920s America with a killer murder plot in this dazzling Roaring Twenties Mystery—a must-read for fans of Prohibition-era mysteries starring speakeasies, gangsters, murder, and more!
“Miley shows a deft touch and sets a blistering pace” DAVID BALDACCI
“Jessie’s travels bring to life the fascinating, vanished world of vaudeville” HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
“Jessie truly is a honey” THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Readers who enjoy Jacqueline Winspear and Carola Dunn will want to follow this series” BOOKLIST
“For fans of . . . Katharine Schellman’s Nightingale Mysteries” LIBRARY JOURNAL
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Jessie arrives in Hollywood and gets sucked into another murder case involving drugs, bribery, and greed in this dazzling and intriguing Roaring Twenties Mystery.
An invitation to die for . . .
Vaudeville veteran Leah—living under the alias Jessie Carr—is living the modest life of a script girl in Hollywood’s silent movie industry. She’s delighted when director Bruno Heilmann invites her to his party, and even more thrilled to run into a face from her past at his house. Until her old friend and Bruno are both found brutally murdered the next day . . .
Jessie’s devastated, but with her skill as an actress, access to the wardrobes and resources of a film studio, and a face not yet famous enough to be recognized, she’s uniquely positioned to dig into the circumstances surrounding these deaths. But will doing so put her own life directly in the path of a murderer?
Soon tangled in a web of drugs, bribery, and greed, Jessie finds herself a prime suspect as the bodies pile up . . .
Readers of BARBARA HAMBLY’s Silver Screen Historical Mysteries, JACQUELINE WINSPEAR’s Masie Dobbs series, and CAROLA DUNN’s Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries will adore Mary Miley’s Roaring Twenties Mysteries with their Prohibition-era backdrop of speakeasies, vaudeville houses, gangsters, and murder!
PRAISE FOR SILENT MURDERS:
“Miley captures both the elegance and the absurdity of Hollywood in the Jazz Age” The New York Times
“Absorbing . . . Readers will enjoy the novel’s taut climax, cameos by famous and future stars, and a resourceful heroine who uses her acting skills in investigating and escaping from trouble” Publishers Weekly
“Jessie’s adventures provide readers with a well-researched glimpse at life in Jazz Age Hollywood. Readers who enjoy Jacqueline Winspear and Carola Dunn will want to follow this series” Booklist
“A brisk, knowing adventure whose self-reliant but vulnerable heroine takes big risks” Kirkus Reviews
MORE GLAMOROUS ROARING TWENTIES MYSTERIES
1. The Impersonator
2. Silent Murders
3. Renting Silence
4. Murder in Disguise
5. Murder Off Stage
