Saturday, July 13, 2013
The Fame Thief -- Timothy Hallinan
In this case, Irwin Dressler a Hollywood mobster from way back (he's 93) wants Bender to look into something that happened in the 1950's. The career of an up-and-coming actress was destroyed, and Dressler wants to know why. As you might expect, Bender learns quickly the past is never really past, and people start to get killed.
It's a tangled case, and Bender, with the help of his computer-talented teenage daughter, even has to delve into the proceedings of the Kefauver hearings for clues.
Hallinan knows Hollywood and Los Angeles. There's a fine feel for both the old days and the present in this book, along with some great characters and plenty of snappy patter. There's violence and action and sentiment and good writing. There's also a pretty big woo-woo factor. Don't let that put you off. It works just fine in the context of the old-time Hollywood story.
If you haven't read the previous Junior Bender books, that's okay. You don't have to have read them to catch on to what's happening here. But after you read this one, you'll probably want to go back for the other two. It's just that good.
Charles Pope, R. I. P.
VVN Music: Charles Pope, co-founder of The Tams, died on Friday morning at his home in Atlanta at the age of 76. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's, a battle that had been documented on the reality series Tiny and Toya and T.I. and Toya: The Family Hustle on BET.
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .
seattlepi.com: Seattle police say they arrested a man who crashed an 8-year-old child's party, ate several pieces of pizza and took two balloon animals.
Who edited Shakespeare?
he Guardian: Much nonsense is talked about Shakespeare not writing his plays, but more interesting questions remain: who edited the First Folio? And were substantial changes made?
Friday, July 12, 2013
Criminal Geniuses of the Day
Fetish model indicted in Pasco sex party slaying: Court documents describe text messages sent that evening between Logue and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Jason Richard Andrews, plotting an attack on Abrahamsen.
Hat tip to Lawrence Person.
Hat tip to Lawrence Person.
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