Red Sky Lament - Softcover

Wright, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752878190 ISBN 13: 9780752878195

Verlag: Orion, 2006

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Book by Wright Edward

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one of ''the best American crime novels of the year'' (Jake Kerridge THE TELEGRAPH REVIEW)

'It's a difficult task to set books in the classic hardboiled era, but Wright handles the period brilliantly. Highly recommended.' (Michael Carson CRIME TIME)

Edward Wright is one of the shining new faces on the mystery scene...Red Sky Lament is a fine read. (THE SHERBROOKE RECORD)

Reseña del editor:

Los Angeles, late 1940s: all over Hollywood, the U.S. government is ordering people to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee as part of the crusade to uncover Communist influence in the movies.

John Ray Horn has little use for politics, but as a former B-movie cowboy star who fell into prison and disgrace, he knows a few things about outsiders. He agrees to help Owen Bruder, a brilliantly talented but notoriously difficult screenwriter accused of having belonged to the Communist Party. If Horn can discover Bruder's secret accuser, they might have a chance to clear his name. But no one is willing to talk. People are scared, in a Hollywood run by fear and suspicion, where a whisper is all it takes to smear an innocent man.

As Horn's search leads him to powerful figures in Hollywood, his investigation takes a sudden and deadly turn. And he finds that more people will die before all the secrets are laid bare.

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• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0752878190
• ISBN 13: 9780752878195
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400