The Girl Who Knew Too Much
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- 7,99 €
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- 7,99 €
Publisher Description
In 1930s California, glamour and seduction spawn a multitude of sins in this New York Times bestseller from the author of Tightrope.
At the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel on the coast of California, rookie reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool....
The dead woman had something Irene wanted: a red-hot secret about an up-and-coming leading man—a scoop that may have gotten her killed. As Irene searches for the truth about the drowning, she’s drawn to a master of deception. Once a world-famous magician whose career was mysteriously cut short, Oliver Ward is now the owner of the Burning Cove Hotel. He can’t let scandal threaten his livelihood, even if it means trusting Irene, a woman who seems to have appeared in Los Angeles out of nowhere four months ago.
With Oliver’s help, Irene soon learns that the glamorous paradise of Burning Cove hides dark and dangerous secrets. And that the past—always just out of sight—could drag them both under....
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Quick's ambitious novel, set during the golden age of Hollywood, sparkles with wit and clever plotting. Irene Glasson's boss warned her to leave town, and then was murdered. She drove the length of Route 66 to reach Hollywood because it seemed like the ideal place to recreate herself and start a new life. Now working as a reporter for a celebrity rag, she's at the Burning Cove Hotel to get a hot scoop on actor Nick Tremayne. But when she finds her source at the bottom of the pool, she doubts the woman's death was an accident. Hotel owner Oliver Ward is forced to agree with her, particularly once they start to explore why this woman may have been silenced. Oliver was once a famous stage magician, and he's deft at sleight of hand and misdirection. He can sense that Irene is hiding something from him, but she's too smart to give away her secrets indiscriminately. Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz, who also writes as Jayne Castle) transports readers back to the 1930s, showing the grimy truth behind Hollywood's glamorous facades and proving that she is a titan of historical romantic thrillers.
