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21) Draining the sea
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Edition
1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"Margot Lee's mother isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot, until she visits her childhood apartment in Koreatown and finds her mother dead under suspicious circumstances. The discovery sends Margot digging through the past, unraveling the facts of Mina's life as a Korean War orphan and undocumented immigrant, only to realize how little she truly knew about her mother"--Dust jacket flap.
24) Pacific: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story alternating between Iowa and Los Angeles follows Joan Gower, a mother who deserted her family but wants a second chance with her son, Micah, who moves with her to L.A. and has trouble adjusting to its fast and furious life of excess.
Author
Series
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
L.A.P.D. detective Harry Bosch investigates the mysterious death of a narcotics officer who was reportedly selling a new drug called black ice.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Arriving in Hollywood to become an actress, Anna May Wong discovers her beauty and talent aren't enough to overcome the racism that relegates her to supporting roles and, over the years, fights to win lead roles, accept risquae parts, and keep her illicitlove affairs hidden-even as she finds global stardom.
30) Fenris & Mott
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mott's life becomes complicated when the abandoned puppy she found turns out to be a mythical Norse wolf who is partly responsible for bringing about the end of the worlds.
Author
Series
Rachel Knight novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight teams up with Detective Bailey Keller to investigate the death of a Hollywood director that has far-reaching ramifications throughout Tinseltown.
Author
Publisher
Entangled Teen
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
When her father dies suddenly, Devan is shipped off to Los Angeles to live with her estranged mother, Reece Malcolm, a bestselling novelist with little time for a daughter, and Devan navigates her way through her new performing arts school.
35) Kill City blues
Author
Series
Sandman Slim volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Settled back in L.A., James Stark (aka Sandman Slim) must find a dead man, recover an ancient artifact, and outwit and outrun the angry old gods -- and natural-born killers -- on his tail.
38) Design for dying
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edtion.
Language
English
Description
"The first in a series of riveting behind-the-scenes mysteries, Renee Patrick's Design for Dying is a delightful romp through Hollywood's Golden Age."--Amazon.com.
40) Dream town
Author
Series
Eve Ronin novels volume 5
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
LASD detective Eve Ronin struggles to investigate the murder of a reality star that brings her into a music industry war and puts her into conflict with a vicious Chilean gang.
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