LAndmarked for
Murder
LA Chapter * Sisters In Crime
August 2006 ISBN 1-929966-37-2 Trade
Paperback
There is far
more to the city of Los Angeles than can be discovered through the ordinary
guide books, much of it dark, dangerous, even deadly. To find those hidden,
shadowy corners of the L.A., wherein reside the less-than-angelic denizens of
the City of Angels, you need LAndmarked for Murder, the new
anthology by members of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles. LAndmarked for Murder
is a
fictional travelogue through some of L.A. most notable natural and manmade
landmarks, each of which serves as the setting for ten tales of dark passions
and murder.
Leaving Slackerland
by Gay Ann Degani is set against the imposing Eagle Rock, an enormous
sandstone mound bearing the natural formation of an eagle in flight, in whose
rustic environment are hidden deadly secrets.
Downtown futuristic-looking Bonaventure Hotel provides the gleaming
setting for Just Like Old
Times, by G. B. Pool, a mad caper steeped in the
fading elegance of 1930s Hollywood that proves one is never too old to get even.
L.A. biggest landmark, the majestic Pacific Ocean, provides the backdrop for
Darrell James Making
It With Gammy, a tough-talking tale of crossing passions and
double-crossing events.
Marathon Madness by Dee Ann
Palmer cleverly combines a genuine city landmark, the elegant Biltmore Hotel
in downtown L.A., with a landmark yearly event, the L.A. Marathon, in the story
of a shocking murder that occurrs in the most open of places.
Paul D.
Marks'
Sleepy Lagoon Nocturne
turns the clock back
to the 1940s, the heyday of South L.A. jazz
joints such as the Club Alabam, and adds a
startling twist to the time of the racially
charged Zoot Suit riots, which exploded in the wake of the notorious
1942 Sleepy Lagoon murder case.
It Doesn Take a Genius
by Kate Thornton is set against the staid and cerebral setting of Cal
Tech, but offers a dark tale of revenge that is anything but placid and
unemotional.
Jinx Beers The Best Laid Schemes
chronicles the workaday lives of three friends who spend their daylight hours at
the famed Santa Anita Race Track, until death fixes the odds.
Pamela Samuels-Young
Setup uses the University of Southern
California as the setting for a headline-fresh tale of murder, guilt and
innocence taking place against the backdrop of Southern California high-profile
legal justice system.
The last two stories are set around the California Venice Canals, the
fascinatingly quixotic remains of the early 20th century attempt to recreate a
Venetian paradise on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
Some
Creature I Care About by Arthur Coburn delivers a deadly slice of
life that could only happen in L.A.
Running Venice by A. H.
Ream shows just how hard it can be to tell the guilty from the innocent, even
for an experienced reporter.
Edited by noted mystery authors Harley Jane Kozak, Michael
Mallory and Nathan Walpow, conceived by author and
television writer/producer Susan Kosar Beery, and boasting
a foreword by bestselling mystery author Taylor Smith, LAndmarked for
Murder is a must anyone who enjoys a stroll down L.A. mean streets.
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