Signed Red Sky Lament 1940s HUAC John Ray Horn Los Angeles Mystery Noir Thriller

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Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
Signed
Yes
Type
Novel
Edition
First Edition
Narrative Type
Fiction
ISBN
9780752869292
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Orion Publishing Group, The Limited
ISBN-10
0752869299
ISBN-13
9780752869292
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59034820

Product Key Features

Book Title
Red Sky Lament
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Thrillers / General, Mystery & Detective / General
Genre
Fiction
Author
Edward Wright
Book Series
A John Ray Horn Thriller Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
Los Angeles, late 1940s: As brush fires begin to eat at the dry grass in the hills rimming the San Fernando Valley, a more ominous threat is taking shape. All over Hollywood, the U.S. government is ordering people to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee as part of the crusade to uncover Communist influence in the movies. John Ray Horn has little use for politics, but as a former B-movie cowboy star who fell into prison and disgrace, he knows a few things about outsiders. And when his ex-lover Maggie O'Dare asks him to come to the aid of an old friend of hers who has been targeted by the committee, he can't refuse. Owen Bruder, a brilliantly talented but notoriously difficult screenwriter, is accused of having belonged to the Communist Party - a charge he strongly denies. If Horn can discover Bruder's secret accuser, they might have a chance to clear his name. But no one is willing to talk. People are scared - perhaps more frightened than they were in the Depression, or even the war. Hollywood has become a place run by fear and suspicion, where a whisper is all it takes to smear an innocent man. As Horn's search leads him to powerful figures in Hollywood, his investigation takes a sudden and deadly turn. He is forced to ask if those in authority are capable of murder in order to attain their political goals. And he finds that more people will die before all the secrets are laid bare. Now there's no mistaking the smell of fire in the air. It is just over the mountains, still unseen, but it's coming this way¿
LC Classification Number
PS3623.R535

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