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Bit Player: A Jeri Howard Mystery (Jeri Howard Mysteries) by Dawson, Janet is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Delightful. In flashbacks, Dawson does a fine job bringing WWII-era Los Angeles to life. Publishers Weekly (2/28/11) What now remains of Hollywood's Golden Era? A wealth of publicity materials was distributed nationwide to theaters, but they were usually treated as rubbish and disposed of when each movie finished its run. However, a surprising number of posters, still production photos, lobby cards, inserts, title cards, and the like have survived, and some of these memorabilia are of enormous value to collectors. Like any objects of value, these occasionally motivate crimes sometimes even murder. PI Jeri Howard scours Northern California from the Bay Area to Sonoma County to the Eastern Sierra, trying to connect events of sixty years ago with the murder of a prominent arts patron and avid collector of Hitchcock memorabilia and learns a lot about her grandmother' s years as a bit player in Hollywood along the way. With frequent flashbacks to the late 1930s and early 40s,...

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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Dawson, Janet
Publisher
John Daniel & Co. ; Distributed by SCB Distributors
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9781564747471
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Rating
4.5 / 5 (182 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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