Friday Memes: Silent Murders by Mary Miley

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This week I am spotlighting Silent Murders by Mary Miley. I got this eARC at NetGalley after receiving an email invitation. The book will be released on September 23. Here is the description:

Vaudeville actress Leah Randall took on her most daring role ever when she impersonated missing heiress Jessie Carr in order to claim Jessie’s inheritance in >The Impersonator. Now that the dust has settled around that tumultuous time in her life, Leah has adopted Jessie’s name as her own and moved to Hollywood, where she's taken a modest but steady job in the silent film industry.

Jessie’s thrilled when Bruno Heilmann, a movie studio bigwig, invites her to a party. She’s even more delighted to run into a face from her past at that party. But the following day, Jessie learns that sometime in the wee hours of the morning both her old friend and Bruno Heilmann were brutally murdered. She’s devastated, but with her skill as an actress, access to the wardrobes and resources of a film studio, and a face not yet famous enough to be recognized, Jessie is uniquely positioned to dig into the circumstances surrounding these deaths. But will doing so put her own life directly in the path of a murderer?"Dea

With Silent Murders, MB/MWA First Crime Novel Competition winner Mary Miley has crafted another terrifically fun mystery, this time set in the dizzying, dazzling heart of jazz-age Hollywood.

Beginning:

Turns out vaudeville doesn't prepare you for Hollywood.

Friday 56:

"Death caused by a blunt instrument," he told the policeman. I rolled my eyes. Brilliant deduction, Sherlock, with the bloodied horse statue lying beside the body. "About nine or ten hours ago, I'd estimate."