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- Location(s): Hollywood
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Thriller
- Era(s): 1945
Hollywood, 1945. Ben Collier returns from war to the news that his filmmaker brother Daniel has died in mysterious circumstances — the papers say it was an accident, but others suspect suicide. Daniel was a heroic figure who helped...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Kim Lord is an avant-garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur in the L.A. art scene. Her groundbreaking new exhibition Still Lives is comprised of self-portraits depicting herself as famous, murdered women–the Black Dahlia, Chandra Levy, Nicole Brown Simpson,...
- Location(s): Southern California
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Commencement meets The Graduate in this sparkling novel about a secret affair, the summer it all unravels, and the reunion a decade later that will be one woman’s happy ending or her biggest mistake. Becc was the good girl....
- Location(s): California, Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Late 1960s
City Blues Quartet, 4 Los Angeles. Christmas, 1967. A devil is loose in the City of Angels . . . A young nurse, Kerry Gaudet, travels to the City of Angels desperate to find her missing brother, fearing that...
- Location(s): San Diego
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
A legendary hotel on the Pacific becomes a haven where dreams, love, and a beguiling mystery come alive. 1958. Kate Morgan, tethered to her family’s failing San Francisco restaurant, is looking for an escape. She gets her chance by...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
A startling panorama of Los Angeles in the fifties. New Year’s Eve as 1949 turns to 1950, Los Angeles: The City of Angels has becomes the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hunts and insanely violent killings are...
The Big Sleep (Phillip Marlowe)
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): 1920s
Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is blackmailing him. A broken, weary old man, Sternwood just wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. However, with Sternwood’s two wild, devil-may-care...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 1990s, 1992
Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel is a unflinching exploration of race, class, and violence as well as the importance of being true to yourself. Los Angeles, 1992 Ashley Bennett and her...
- Location(s): Los Angeles, The Philippines
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Early 1900s looking back
A quest for secrets in the blue afternoon . . . Los Angeles, 1936. Kay Fischer, a young and ambitious architect, is being followed by an old man. When confronted, he explains that his name is Salvador Carriscant –...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Modern
Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, an excellent trivia team and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and...
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