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Marlene: A Murder Mystery
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ISBN10: 1634102479
ISBN13: 9781634102476
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Published: Oct 13 2024
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781634102476
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Published: Oct 13 2024
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Teenager Marlene Vaughan's mother Gertrude was murdered in 1953. They lived in Baldwin Park, in the central San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County. Gertrude was abducted from a bar in El Monte and found dead in Azusa. The case was never solved.
Four years later, Marlene obtains a lead on the killers, learning that they have returned to Los Angeles. She reconnects with her old friend Robby, and asks him to help her solve the crime because he's the smartest boy she ever knew.
Four years later, Marlene obtains a lead on the killers, learning that they have returned to Los Angeles. She reconnects with her old friend Robby, and asks him to help her solve the crime because he's the smartest boy she ever knew.
Robby recruits a team to work on the crime, including his stepmother, Clara, and his youngest uncle, Melvin. They form a picture of two itinerant salesmen who periodically visit L.A. and frequent the Silver Dollar Saloon in El Monte, where Gertrude disappeared.
The amateur detectives put the clues together and suspect that there are two killers, both World War II veterans, one with anger issues caused by a war injury, and the other a passive sidekick.
This complex murder mystery is a sequel to the author's book Life Could Be a Dream, and provides an intimate glimpse into life in Southern California in the 1950s.
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