One Extra Corpse

About the author

Barbara Hambly, though a native of Southern California, lived in New Orleans for many years while married to the late science fiction writer George Alec Effinger. Hambly holds a degree in medieval history from the University of California and has written novels in numerous genres.

Summary

May, 1924. When renowned film director Ernest Zapolya calls Emma Blackstone - companion to Hollywood movie star Kitty Flint - and demands to see Kitty at once, Emma's not surprised. Until, that is, he adds that lives depend on it. Emma and Kitty investigate, and after a shocking discovery, the lives on the line soon include their own...

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Hambly, Hambly Barbara
• Publisher: Canongate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2023
• EAN: 9780727850799
• ISBN: 978-0-7278-5079-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: A Silver Screen historical mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; Hollywood, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, California, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1919 to c 1929 (The Jazz Age), FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General, FICTION / Performing Arts / Film, Television & Radio