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Babs Norman has fled an abusive marriage and started a new life as a private detective, a choice made more complicated by the fact that no one has apparently even imagined in 1930s California that a woman could be a private eye. She’s solved her first case and is on the spot when she hears that Asta, the popular terrier from the Thin Man movie series, has disappeared. There’s no ransom note, but she begins to hear rumors of other missing canines–Toto from the Wizard of Oz, Rin-Tin-Tin, and more.
It’s hard to pay the bills, so when dashing Basil Rathbone, who’s hired her to find his missing bulldog, offers her a guest room at his mansion, she agrees–only to find herself in hot water with his wife. Is it just jealousy, or is this woman hiding something more? Babs ends up having to crash parties catering to the stars, sometimes in “borrowed” clothes, in her attempts to figure out what’s going on.
Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles is a fun, light read. Parts are a bit clunky, but the plot moves fast and while you might think you know where it’s going, there are a few surprises. Enjoy!
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Author Bio:
Elizabeth Crowens has worn many hats in the entertainment industry and has a popular Caption Contest on Facebook. She has three award-winning alternate history novels. Awards include 2020 Leo B. Burstein Scholarship from the MWA-NY Chapter, New York Foundation of the Arts grant, an Eric Hoffer Award, Honorable Mention in the Glimmer Train Awards, and two grand prize and five first prize Chanticleer Awards, including Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles, the first in her Babs Norman Hollywood series, which is also a Killer Nashville Claymore Awards finalist and part of her three-book publishing deal with Level Best Books