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A review by renzoreads
Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen: A Novel by Sarah James
4.0
Murder Mystery play write Annie Lawrence is new to Hollywood. It’s 1943 and the place to be each night is The Hollywood Canteen - a night club filled with servicemen letting off some steam and staffed exclusively by the stars. It’s the place where Annie finds herself a new group of friends. Before long one of those friends, ruthless movie critic Fiona Farris is found dead in the kitchen of the Canteen. Everyone at the club that night is a suspect, particularly Annie and her new friends as they each have a motive to want Fiona to stop writing rumours about them.
This one started out a bit slow but by halfway it had really drawn me in to the mystery and I was hanging out to find out who the killer, or killers were. I liked the historical setting of WWII Hollywood and the ins and outs of the movie industry really added an exciting backdrop the the story. Annie’s group of friends were all interesting with their own quirks and flaws. This is a character driven mystery and while there were a fair few side characters to keep track of it didn’t feel like too many. Overall this was an entertaining read and one for people looking for a murder mystery with some flare and pizzazz.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for my digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.
This one started out a bit slow but by halfway it had really drawn me in to the mystery and I was hanging out to find out who the killer, or killers were. I liked the historical setting of WWII Hollywood and the ins and outs of the movie industry really added an exciting backdrop the the story. Annie’s group of friends were all interesting with their own quirks and flaws. This is a character driven mystery and while there were a fair few side characters to keep track of it didn’t feel like too many. Overall this was an entertaining read and one for people looking for a murder mystery with some flare and pizzazz.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for my digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.