"The first in a series of riveting behind-the-scenes mysteries, Renee Patrick's Design for Dying is a delightful romp through Hollywood's Golden Age."--Amazon.com.

When a brutal murder is scheduled for June 28th, detective Petra Connor must find the serial killer who, so far, has evaded the police.

When he discovers that his troubled younger brother, Nick, has been blackmailing their brother Paul, a would-be Hollywood mogul, psychologist Tom Crandall becomes caught in a terrifying conspiracy that threatens his own sanity.

Private detective Philip Marlowe's search for two lost wives leads him into a world of evil, corruption, and murder.

Frantically searching for his wife, Alexa, who vanished after a night out at L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully investigates the execution-style murder of an African-American gang member found in Alexa's car.

Hazie Coogan, who for decades has tended to the outsized needs of veteran actress Katherine "Miss Kathie" Kenton, discovers that bounder Webster Carlton Westward III has written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie's death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman-penned musical extravaganza. As the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans--and for posterity.

In nineteen-twenties Hollywood, film star Celeste DuFrane discovers that her mother has left a large inheritance to Dana Lundgren, the woman who was accused of, and spent time in prison for, killing Celeste's sister.

When the FBI discovers his ties to the motorcycle gang they're watching, former cop and ex-con Bruno Johnson is recruited to recover a stolen military drone armed with Hellfire missiles, while he tries to keep his wife out of the crossfire.

Eloise in her own inimitable style takes Hollywood by storm.