Paperback, 208 pages
Expected publication: February 2nd 2021 by Poisoned Pen Press
by Donis Casey
Fascinating book!
This one finds us immersed in the 1920's glamorous life of silent film Hollywood actors and actresses, mainly Rudolph Valentino and Bianca LaBelle. Lovers onscreen they are just friends in actuality, very close friends.
Valentino is a sex symbol on the silent screen, the women go crazy over him, he has it all it would seem. Unknown to the industry though he is tired of the attention and just wants to
live a normal life of anonymity.
The bills must be paid though so while he's at parties where the champagne is flowing easily and the women are plentiful he must keep up appearances and make movies.
Someone is out to do in Valentino though and he ignores until he no longer can ignore the written threats and "accidents".
He confides in Bianca what is going on and falls deathly ill several days later.
She vows to find who is behind the wicked plan. Who is it, a jilted lover,the mob,someone from the studio,a fan?
The book really took a turn towards the end I was not expecting.
I sped read this book, very enjoyable.
Expected publication: February 2nd 2021 by Poisoned Pen Press
I was given a complimentary copy. Thank you.
All opinions expressed are my own.
Champagne wishes and caviar dreams take a backseat when a murderer strikes in Hollywood
Silent film sensation Bianca LaBelle, formerly farm girl Blanche Tucker of duller-than-dull Boynton, Oklahoma, has put a lot of distance between her humble roots and her glamorous new Hollywood life. Her life is now fashionable and dazzling, and it becomes even more so when she gets to make a film with her good friend and screen idol, Rudolph Valentino.
But when Rudy confides in Bianca that someone is trying to kill him, and then falls deathly ill days later, Bianca vows to find out who is behind the underhanded deed. A jilted lover, a delusional fan, or maybe even a mobster? Calling on P.I. Ted Oliver to help her investigate, the two delve into the end of what had seemed to be the charmed life of Valentino.
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DONIS CASEY was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A third generation Oklahoman, she and her siblings grew up among their aunts and uncles, cousins, grandparents and great-grandparents on farms and in small towns, where they learned the love of family and independent spirit that characterizes the population of that pioneering state. Donis graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in English, and earned a Master’s degree in Library Science from Oklahoma University. After teaching school for a short time, she enjoyed a career as an academic librarian, working for many years at the University of Oklahoma and at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Donis left academia in 1988 to start a Scottish import gift shop in downtown Tempe. After more than a decade as an entrepreneur, she decided to devote herself full-time to writing. The Old Buzzard Had It Coming is her first book. For the past twenty years, Donis has lived in Tempe, AZ, with her husband.
