Mary Pickford Mystery
by William Baer
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Pub Date 22 Jul 2024 | Archive Date 5 Oct 2024
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Description
In 1919, Hollywood film star Mary Pickford, “the most famous woman in the world,” is currently in between pictures and recovering from the Spanish Flu when a man shows up at her Malibu hideaway one night asking for help.
The man, who’s been shot twice in the back, then dies in her garden, and Mary makes up her mind to figure out what’s going on. Assisted by her resourceful young driver, Billy Kidd, a rodeo rider and wrangler from Arizona, she soon finds herself involved in a series of dangerous abductions, abandonments, and murders that lead to San Francisco, Death Valley, then back to Los Angeles.
Who’s the mysterious man who died in her Malibu garden?
What’s happened to Suzanne Smith’s missing baby?
What’s the involvement of Mary’s close friend, the powerful Hollywood tycoon Adolph Zukor?
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781962168762 |
| PRICE | US$3.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 204 |
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Featured Reviews
Jan T, Reviewer
historical-figures, historical-mystery, historical-novel, historical-places-events, historical-research, historical-setting, history-and-culture, local-law-enforcement, amateur-sleuth, murder, investigations, cover-up, entertainment-scene, entertainers, suspense*****
I was really tempted to opt out of writing a review because it was only offered to me as PDF without TTS and I often need that. So I confess to skipping a lot of the book to avoid my problem. But. The stuff I read was a lot of good historical research into the people (riddled with name dropping), culture, and attitudes in the Hollywood entertainment scene in 1919. Also. The murder investigation was well thought out and executed. I really liked it and would enjoy audiobook very much, so I'll give it a 5* anyway.
I requested and received a free temporary EARC from BooksGoSocial via NetGalley. Thank you!
Tracy S, Librarian
I don't know if this book is based on true mystery but I loved how the tale is based with real people.
I loved the mystery, it is well developed and I just adored the setting and the era.
It has an air of glamour along with the whodunnit and questions raised and it ended well. I loved this book. It is escapism at its finest and I enjoyed my reading time
Kathryn M, Reviewer
This uses Mary Pickford and a mystery perfectly together, I enjoyed the historical element to this. I thought the overall concept was unique and well written. The characters felt like real people and that they were supposed to in this universe and old Hollywood. I hope there is more in this world and enjoyed how good William Baer wrote this.
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