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agentbird's review
3.0
Really interesting - a lot more delved into than just the murder; it felt like a full picture of the era. I'll buy the author's conclusions, too.
jennylimmy's review
3.0
Although the book is structured around a famous unsolved crime, the most interesting parts of it concern the workings of early Hollywood.
bunnieslikediamonds's review
3.0
Movie people skulking around a murder scene, hiding paperwork while the cops are downstairs. A grandmother traveling through multiple states to furtively toss her daughter's gun into a swamp. Reporters kidnapping a murder witness, driving him to a graveyard and trying to elicit information by scaring him with a ghost, who turns out to be a mobster under a white sheet. These and many other surprising things apparently took place in Hollywood in the 20's, all caused by the murder of director William Desmond Taylor (which of course was sad and horrible). With so much insanity I was surprised I wasn't more amused. Maybe it was the Zukor parts. Really didn't care for him.
jamiezaccaria's review
4.0
A great murder mystery with a fantastic cast of characters that just so happens to be a true story.