I love fiction books about Hollywood and all the blitz and Sparks of the older periods.

I love even more to read about what happens behind the curtain where many of these actors and people in the industry think they can hide anything from any prying eyes.

Private investigator Aloysius Archer has no fear in finding out what happened when his now employed, Eleonor Lamb, is missing after he stumbled on a dead body in her house.

In true Baldacci style, the suspenseful moments kept me intrigued throughout the book and each chapter made me quests who was the actual culprit for these turns and twisted pieces of a bigger picture.

I haven't read the previous books in the series, but I felt I could read this one with no issues as a standalone novel.

I really liked Aloysius. He doesn't back up a second and is not afraid to rub elbows with more dangerous people and with the elite of Hollywood. I also enjoyed the romance parts because I’m a big romantic at heart and I will always look up for those small scenes where the main characters act on their own story and share feelings and emotions that otherwise hide in their professional fields.

Another must read novel with all the glam and darker spark of the 50s.


4.5 stars
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