The Last Embrace by Denise Hamilton

last-embrace.JPGLily Kessler, a former spy for the OSS, comes to Los Angeles to find the killer of her late fiance's sister Kitty, an actress whose body is found below the Hollywood sign. As she investigates, she encounters fiercely competitive starlets, gangsters, an eccentric special effects genius, exotic denizens of Hollywood nightclubs and a homicide detective who might distract her quest for justice.

"One great ride into classic L.A. noir. Smart, passionate and filled with heart." -- Robert Ferrigno

"Hamilton captures L.A. in a way that's comparable to the skills of Michael Connelly and Robert Crais." -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel

hamilton-denise.jpgDenise Hamilton is a writer-journalist whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan and the New York Times and is a Fulbright scholar and the author of five Eve Diamond crime novels. She is also the editor of and a contributor to Los Angeles Noir, a short story anthology tha won the So. Calif. Independent Booksellers Award. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.

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