โ Scribed by George Baxt
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โGoodness, what diamonds you have!โ
Mae smiled. โHoney, goodness had nothinโ to do with it.โ
The year is 1936, and Mae West has all of Hollywood wrapped around her little finger: a place many a man would kill to be. The legendary' screen siren has, however, one criticโone with deadly fangs in place of a poison penโwho is knocking off Mae West impersonators along his way to the real thing.
But if thereโs one thing Mae West knows, itโs that no no-account vampire is going to upstage Tinseltownโs most celebrated vamp. Brought back larger than life as only George Baxt can do it, Mae herself takes charge of the investigation in an adventure brimming with her doubles and her double entendres. This time sheโs hoping he wonโt have a gun in his pocket, and that he wonโt be glad to see her.
Armed with glamour, gossip, and curves of every kind, Mae leaps headlong into a web of blackmail and corruption without so much as a trace of fear. Says Mae: โYou donโt know danger until youโve faced the New York critics on an opening night.โ And when a Halloweโen party at one of Hollywood's spookiest, seamiest clubs brings hunter and hunted together, itโs no longer clear who is after whom.
What is clear, however, is that once Mae West gets in on the act, no sucker is safe.
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