Hollywood Murder Mysteries: THE MASKED MARAUDER MURDER MYSTERY By David S. Hager
Hollywood murder mystery books I like the author s writing style it s a bit reminiscent of Dashiell Hammett with its straight forwarded fact Kindle Edition So this one kept me up late one night to finish it I d started it two or three times previously and always seemed to get pulled away because of work or other things So on a recent business trip to Toronto I took my iPad determined to read it and started the minute we backed away from the gate Within the first 35 minutes I was hooked Lots of plot twists and turns some VERY interesting characters and a good story Initially I did struggle with keeping track of some of the characters but they show up enough after their initial introduction that it all comes together nicely I really enjoyed this book it was written very much in the style of the paperback detective novels that I ve read from the 1940s which I believe was the writer s intent I was not really prepared for the ending or some of the racy parts that I totally didn t expect but it was well worth the read I got about halfway through it on the plane and when I got to my hotel room later that day I picked it back up and finished it read for 3 solid hours I just received installment 2 of this same series here s to hoping that there are many many Nicely done Mr Hager Would love to see this be made into a movie Save me a part Kindle Edition
BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS AND REAL PEOPLE September 12 1943 Venice California A young man stumbles from his wrecked English car and dies in a bean field of a stab wound in his back But this young man is no ordinary young man He is the son of a rich New England Aristocratic family an alumnus of Yale and of all things the actor who portrayed The Masked Marauder in the Saturday matinee kiddie serial The investigating officers Lieutenant Adam Freeman and his young partner Detective Harry Lloyd are prodded by LAPD Chief Douglas Gaines for a quick case closure But that is made impossible due to being blocked in their investigations by every powerful institution in Los Angeles including the LAPD Pressured for a speedy end to the case Freeman enlists for the first time ever Female Officers of the department to assist in his investigations Sergeant Sarah Lovejoy is in charge of the female officers assigned to the Homicide Bureau She s mid Thirties and forceful And she has secrets of her own Raven Haired Officer Olive Branch has a wicked sense of humor that she doesn t dare show around Sergeant Sarah but is enjoyed by her associate Officer Laura Murphy and Olive s fianc Larry Officer Laura Murphy is blonde and efficient Her Cincinnati background comes in handy as they struggle with other ethnicities who don t speak much English Laura is unattached but she s working on changing that These three ladies prove invaluable to the investigation The case quickly centers on two locations RKO Studios and a mysterious walled and gated Tudor mansion high in the Hollywood Hills In that mansion reside the widow of the murder victim Madame Helga Heller and her maid Chelsea Also on the property is a German refugee who like the widow musical Diva Madame Heller fled Germany to avoid persecution and worse from Adolph Hitler Chelsea a lusty French Maid from Texas helps Detective Lloyd in ways he would never have suspected The case turns up very interesting characters and addresses a variety of subjects including the underworld of Gay Los Angeles Hollywood in the film and other communities Some unhappy discoveries lead to other members of the case from outside the department becoming victims themselves Played against the advent of Los Angeles in the era of World War II the ever present knife edge concern that the citizens felt for potential eminent death of loved ones or attack by the Japanese Empire the story takes on a separate urgency in an era of unexplored morality and concerns for most of the population As serious as the situation was it was also possible for the separate and lonely to find love and romance in addition to the sexually adventurous s the new War carried with it Lieutenant Adam Freeman a widower may have stumbled upon love in his own headquarters building Officer Laura Murphy Murph as the detectives begrudgingly called her hopes to find something lasting in the unlikely prospects of Detective Harry Lloyd the Playboy of the Precinct And each new discovery leads them ever deeper into the twisted lives of the rich and powerful in 1943 Los Angeles From studio heads studio stars studio henchmen corrupt state and local officials the masking of the activities of the Rich and Famous becomes the important issue to them The death of one minor actor means little to them if investigating that death could uncover their secretive lives But it does matter to Lieutenant Adam Freeman and his team Hollywood Murder Mysteries THE MASKED MARAUDER MURDER MYSTERY
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| Hollywood Murder Mysteries: THE MASKED MARAUDER MURDER MYSTERY By David S. Hager |
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It s 1943 on a Sunday and a man in a car crashes into a bean field He a Hollywood serial film actor was murdered