Murder in Hollywood: Solving a Silent Screen Mystery

by Charles Higham (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $17.31

  Charles Higham successfully presents the most plausible and convincing solution yet to the mystery of who killed William Desmond Taylor. In the process he paints a vivid portrait of Hollywood in the 1920s - from its major stars to its bisexual subculture. The result is the answer to a long-standing mystery and a fascinating study of a place, and an industry, that has always let people reinvent themselves. Murder in Hollywood is more extraordinary than any crime fiction and as compelling as any suspense film.

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  Paperback
  2006

  $20.79

  Charles Higham successfully presents the most plausible and convincing solution yet to the mystery of who killed William Desmond Taylor. In the process he paints a vivid portrait of Hollywood in the 1920s - from its major stars to its bisexual subculture. The result is the answer to a long-standing mystery and a fascinating study of a place, and an industry, that has always let people reinvent themselves. Murder in Hollywood is more extraordinary than any crime fiction and as compelling as any suspense film.