The Merchant Of Venus
Ellen Hart
A mansion full of picaresque characters keeps the reader guessing after first Lester and then the young documentary producer who’s on hand to chronicle the wedding (and, incidentally, to solve the mystery of her own grandfather’s murder in the long-ago Hollywood days when he and Lester knew each other) are murdered. Most of the guests had a motive: Gracie, the young Internet entrepreneur whose plans to turn Innishannon into a huge theme park–Gracieland–will be drastically reduced if Olivia inherits after she marries Lester; Verna Lange, the faded but still glamorous actress who costarred with Lew Wallace in Roland Lester’s greatest hits back in the ’50s; Christian Wallace, Lew’s son and Gracie’s lover; and Hiram Thorne, Octavia and Cordelia’s father, who knows a secret about his daughter’s fiancĂ© that may derail the couple’s plans.
This deft, well-written mystery is light on blood and gore but heavy on Hollywood history and gossip. Did you know that Clark Gable’s leading ladies hated to kiss him because of his denture breath? Hart has done her homework and turned in another smart, lively page-turner that will delight her many fans and probably win her some new ones, especially those who enjoy tales of Tinseltown in its heyday. –Jane Adams
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Details
ISBN | 312266189 |
Genre | Mystery |
Copyright Date | 2001 |
Publication Date | 16-Jan-01 |
Publisher | St Martins Pr |
Format | Hardcover |
No. of Pages | 384 |
Series | Jane Lawless Mystery |
# in Series | 10 |
Language | English |
Rating | NotRated |
Paper Type | Electronic Format Available |
Subject | Cookery – Fiction; Lawless, Jane (Fictitious character) – Fiction; Lesbians – Fiction; Missing persons – Fiction; Motion picture producers and directors – Fiction; Restaurants – Fiction; Restaurateurs – Fiction; Women detectives – Fiction |
BookID | 8245 |