MURDER MAKES A COMEBACK - READY FOR ITS CLOSEUP!

Was Jeri Howard's grandmother a murder suspect?

That's a mind-boggling prospect.

The Oakland private investigator has a chance encounter in a movie memorabilia shop, where the odd little man behind the counter drops that bombshell. Now Jeri is on a quest to find out the truth.

Back in 1941, Jerusha Layne was an actress in Hollywood. Her dreams of movie stardom never came true. Instead, she works as a bit player, an actress who speaks a few lines in the background while the big stars emote in front of the cameras. She ekes out a living and shares a tiny cottage with three other aspiring stars, talking about parts as they eat meals in the MGM commissary. The changing cast of roommates is not always a good fit, though, and this leads to friction - and grudges.

British expatriate actor Ralph Tarrant has the reputation of a ladies' man. He puts the moves on Jerusha, but she rebuffs his unwanted advances. Then the actor is found dead, shot in his Hollywood bungalow. The cops have few suspects. But rumor and innuendo lead the police to question Jerusha and her housemates.

Jeri's determination leads her to Los Angeles, where she reads the file on the cold case. Tarrant's murder was never solved, she discovers when she delves into the seamy side of Golden Age Hollywood. Is the killer still out there? What really happened?

This case is personal. Oakland's most persistent private eye is determined to learn the truth, even if it means tracking down her grandmother's long-ago housemates and reading all those letters Jerusha wrote to her younger sister, Aunt Dulcie, who is still alive.

Murder never goes out of style. A man who collects Hitchcock movie memorabilia dies at his home. Are old movie posters so valuable that someone would kill for them?

Does this present-day crime have links to the past?

Find out, as Jeri auditions a deadly cast of killers!

DELIGHTFUL, SAYS PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. "IN FLASHBACKS, DAWSON DOES A FINE JOB BRINGING WWII-ERA LOS ANGELES TO LIFE."

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