Renting Silence: A Roaring Twenties Mystery (The Roaring Twenties Mysteries #3)

By: Mary Miley

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Synopsis: In 1920s Hollywood, Mary Pickford&’s script girl is out to solve a murder with &“a little sparkle [and] some wily Prohibition-era shenanigans . . . a great read&” (Booklist). Former vaudevillian Jessie Beckett has found work as a script girl—with a sideline in sleuthing—at Pickford-Fairbanks Studios, run by the silent film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. When actress Ruby Glynn is wrongly convicted of murder, Pickford asks Jessie to help clear her friend&’s name. But it won&’t be easy. The victim was found stabbed in her bedroom with Ruby lying unconscious on the floor, holding a bloody knife. Jessie&’s investigation sends her back through the Midwest vaudeville circuit, where she encounters old friends, new dangers, and her sometime-beau David seemingly involved in some shady dealings. Now it&’ll take all her wits and ingenuity to find the killer without accidentally playing her own death scene. &“With a well-developed and surprising plot twist, an appealing, resourceful amateur detective, and fascinating period details, this entertaining historical will delight fans of Old Hollywood.&” —Library Journal