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    Backlot Deception: Al Travers Mystery
    Backlot Deception: Al Travers Mystery
    Backlot Deception: Al Travers Mystery
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    Backlot Deception: Al Travers Mystery

    By Linda Maye Adams

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    Hollywood, 1947—When actress Allison Hayes turns up dead on the movie set, private investigator Al Travers must find out what happened.

    Murder? The suspect--a movie director Al idolizes.

    But Al's investigation might lead him down a path he can't bear to go. Some secrets last a lifetime.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBad Gnome Press
    Release dateNov 10, 2020
    ISBN9781393382256
    Backlot Deception: Al Travers Mystery
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    Linda Maye Adams

    Linda Maye Adams is published in Kevin J. Anderson’s anthology Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem.  She is the author of the military-based GALCOM Universe series, including the novel Crying Planet, featured in the 2018 Military Science Fiction StoryBundle, and is working on a superhero novel. 

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      Backlot Deception - Linda Maye Adams

      Book Description

      Hollywood, 1947—When actress Allison Hayes turns up dead on the movie set, private investigator Al Travers must find out what happened.

      Murder? The suspect--a movie director Al idolizes.

      But Al’s investigation might lead him down a path he can’t bear to go. Some secrets last a lifetime.

      BACKLOT DECEPTION

      LINDA MAYE ADAMS

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      BACKLOT DECEPTION

      Copyright ©2020 by LINDA MAYE ADAMS

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written permission of the copyright holder, except where permitted by law. This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination, or, if real, used fictitiously.

      Cover artwork and design by Linda Adams, Graphics Designer

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      Bad Gnome Press

      BACKLOT DECEPTION / LINDA MAYE ADAMS — 1st ed.

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