Overview

You think you had a rotten day? Stella Maris was let go from her job, evicted, and dumped by her long-term boyfriend-all before lunch- it was her birthday. But plucky Stella clears out the joint account and hops the first flight to America. Finally several layovers and plane changes later, she arrives at her aunt's apartment in Venice Beach at midnight-to trip over a dead body. Thus begins an often-hilarious romp through the lives of the quirky denizens of Billy's Apartments and Venice Beach. Stella may be a ""stranger in a strange land"" but between a little help from new friends, artist Olivia, attorney Mr. Bernstein, Liz the nextdoor neighbor, and Mr. Velvet the cat, she thrives amidst a funeral, a witches' bonfire, an attack, a missing boa constrictor, and the puzzling diaries. I fell in love with this zany book and its delightful characters. You'll think you're right there at the beach with them. I did. She's an unlikely heroine you'll cry with, laugh with, and root for from page one to the end. Author Aletheia Morden has hit it out of the beach volleyball court!

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I enjoyed joining Stella Maris and her colorful cast of characters through her diary's twists, turns, and switchbacks. Morden's complex mystery exposes the vulnerability of innocent plans to dark, capricious dangers. G. Montoya, author of The Powder Room and Madams Wear Black. If you're a fan of ""cozy"" mysteries, Stella and the Venice Beach Diaries checks all the boxes. Despite the dead bodies, and an errant cat named Hitler, it's all good fun. A perfect binge read and you won't have to sleep with the lights on. Buy extra copies for your cozy circle of friends and relatives so they don't steal yours. Stella's a keeper! Marty Malin, author of Grandmother's Devil and Other Tempting Tales, and Transit: A Novel of Transfiguration.

Author Information

Born and raised in the UK, Aletheia was a teenager when she answered an ad in a newspaper and ended up as au pair in Hollywood for a showbiz family (The Last Indentured Servant). She's authored essays, plays and scripts, written film reviews and short stories (Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea) and loves to read on the radio. And yes, once upon a time she lived in an old apartment building on the Venice Beach Boardwalk.

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