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Now you dont have to be a passenger on one of Esotourics Secret Los Angeles bus adventures to enjoy author Kim Coopers lilting tones on this short video trailer that introduces the real-life cast of characters that people her debut mystery, The Kept Girl. The Kept Girl book website is thekeptgirl Kim Coopers The Kept Girl is a mystery novel inspired by a sensational real-life Los Angeles cult murder spree which exploded into the public consciousness when fraud charges were filed against the cults leaders in 1929. The victim was the nephew of oil company president Joseph Dabney, Raymond Chandlers boss. In the novel, Chandler, still several years away from publishing his first short story, is one of three amateur detectives who uncover the ghastly truth about the Great Eleven cult over one frenetic week. Informed by the authors extensive research into the literary, spiritual, criminal and architectural history of Southern California, The Kept Girl is a terrifying noir love story, set against the backdrop of a glittering pre-crash metropolis. SELECTED REVIEWS: Commendable... Cooper says shes thinking about writing a sequel to The Kept Girl. I hope she does. --J. Kingston Pierce, Kirkus Reviews Best new crime thrillers: The Kept Girl is... a neat counterpoint to Benjamin Blacks new Philip Marlowe novel, The Black Eyed Blonde... the story is crisply realised... There are no hardboiled, quip-happy heroes here; instead we get a realistic appraisal of a difficult investigation in a fascinating time and place. --Declan Burke, The Irish Times If the inclusion of the erstwhile master of the genre, Raymond Chandler, as a fictonalised character in a pastiche 1930s detective novel is a bit of a gimmick, it is a nice gimmick.... While the language and setting are not really Chandleresque, the book has a life and vitality of its own which makes it a compelling read. --Michael Paraskos, The Spectator
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:21:26 +0000

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