quotGlamorous and suspensefulquot Marie Benedict New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room and The Mitford AffairPerhaps the best place in 1943 Hollywood to see the stars is the Hollywood Canteen a club for servicemen staffed exclusively by those in show business Murder mystery playwright Annie Laurence new in town after a devastating breakup definitely hopes to rub elbows with the right stars Maybe then she can get her movie madeBut Hollywood proves to be more than tinsel and glamour When despised film critic Fiona Farris is found dead in the Canteen kitchen Annie realizes any one of the Canteens luminous volunteers could be guilty of the crime To catch the killer Annie falls in with Fionas friends a bitter and cynical groupeach as uniquely unhappy in their life and career as Annie is in hersthat call themselves the Ambassadors ClubSolving a murder in real life it turns out is a lot harder than writing one for the stage And by involving herself in the secrets and lies of the Ambassadors Club Annie just might have put a target on her own backquotThis vibrant utterly delightful mystery expertly captures the drama glamour and absurdity of wartime Hollywood Sarah Jamess swift dialogue dry wit and clever characters transport you into a 1940s movie where the jokes are quick the love affairs scandalous and the cast as charming as they are flawed Underneath it all Jamess deep knowledge of the eras movies and music lends an authenticity that makes the rest...
