The Twenties LA Mysteries by Donna Daniel (#1 & Short Story)
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Overview: I’m Donna Daniel and I write the Twenties LA Mysteries. I grew up an Air Force brat and attended three schools before the age of nine. While my family transferred from state to state, I always felt at home in the pages of a good book. I still like to travel and find exciting things to do. I have taught English in France, ridden bikes in Japan and cooked tagliatelle in Italy. Recently, I am hanging my hat and picking up my pen in Austin, Texas. Most of all, I love to write stories about strong heroines in other places and other times. My sleuth Marnie Frederickson saw battle as a nurse in the Great War. Now she’s a reporter in the wonder city of Twenties LA. When someone is murdered, she’ll get the killer. And the story. I hope you enjoy Marnie’s adventures!
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
The Temple of Blue Light
Los Angeles in the 1920s is a New Athens, an American paradise of power and ambition. Former Great War nurse Marnie Frederickson now wields a Remington as a crime reporter. Incurably restless after her service in France, she finds the freedom she craves reporting in the many-faceted boomtown. Still haunted by her years as a nurse, she finds she has an affinity with the dead–she can’t rest until she uncovers why they died. In this short story, Marnie’s restless spirit has her exploring the exotic religions of 1921 LA. But even there, death follows her. A young woman seeking enlightenment is murdered. Will Marnie figure out who did it before the killer strikes again?
1. Death of a Producer
On a battlefield or at a cocktail party, a dead body is the ultimate secret. Lights out. Finished forever. But not for those with eyes to see. Fresh from serving as a nurse amid the carnage of the Great War, Marnie Frederickson sees what others don’t—hopes, apprehensions, the shadow under a smile. Marnie has transformed herself into a crime reporter, committed to speaking for the voiceless. When a small-time producer is shot dead at a drinking party filled with Hollywood types, even her editor warns her to stop when the police close the case. But Los Angeles in 1920 isn’t just a sun-drenched paradise; it’s a hotbed of schemes and ambition. As Marnie sets out on her own and tracks down every hustling actor, every reluctant witness, other motives emerge. Is the wrong person accused? A seemingly open-and-shut case reveals a deeper, darker mystery, while her search obliges Marnie to relive the war memories she’s trying so urgently to leave behind. Who will triumph in the end? War veteran Marnie, with her unique vision? Or a clever killer?
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