β Scribed by George Baxt
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
It is 1952, the dawn of the McCarthy era. The communist blacklist is circulating; careers and even lives hang on the decision of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. In the midst of all the turmoil, suspicion, and fear is the irrepressible Tallulah Bankhead, enjoying a professional comeback as the star of the hugely successful radio program, βThe Big Show.β As confident and brassy as ever, she continues to sip her vodka martinis and inhale deeply upon her trademark Craven A cigarettes, refusing to succumb to the general paranoia. But then the blacklist touches Tallulahβs life: A scheduled guest on her show kills himself after his name is given to the committee, Tallulah herself is threatened with the blacklist, and, worst of all, the first of a series of murders is committed.
Detective Jacob Singer begins the investigation alone, but soon finds that he has an avid partner. Tallulah tries her hand at detective work, drawing upon her intimate knowledge of the names and personal lives of countless celebrities and show-business personalities (including a certain theatrical agent named George Baxt). Together, Tallulah and Jacob Singer race against time to puzzle out the murdererβs identity and put a stop to the killings in this brilliant new addition to the work of acclaimed mystery novelist George Baxt.
Historical Mystery
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