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1955. In the sleepy seaside town of La Jolla, CA, rookie cop Jake Stirling saves the life of infamous crime writer Raymond Chandler, earning the respect of his hard-nosed captain, Wade Lennox, who served with Jake's father, a police detective whose suicide two years earlier shocked the town and shattered Jake's family. Jake gets called to the Hotel Del Charro, a luxury hideaway for the rich and famous. Budding starlet Zsa Zsa Gabor's diamond necklace has been stolen. She and other hotel guests-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, political wheeler-dealer Artie Corcoran, and mob boss Meyer Lansky press their own cryptic agendas, while Raymond Chandler provokes outrage with drunken allegations of police corruption. When a local hoodlum is murdered Captain Lennox takes Jake into his confidence, demanding loyalty. More killings follow as Jake finds himself caught up in a conspiracy that could change the course of American history. Can he clear his father's name and save those he loves from the cold-blooded brutality of desperate and powerful men?

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"""Jake Stirling, a naive cop with a haunted past, is put to the test in Corey Lynn Fayman's latest page-turning thriller, The Esmeralda Goodbye. Worthy of Raymond Chandler, who figures centrally in the novel, Fayman deftly balances a noir whodunnit with a keen portrayal of the social and political environment of the 1950s."" Ona Russell, Award-winning author of the Sarah Kaufman historical mystery series and host of Lithub's Authors in the Tent. Fans of James Ellroy rejoice! The Esmeralda Goodbye is a startling and shocking snapshot of an era, with gritty prose that grabs you by the throat. DAVID PUTNAM, author of the bestselling Bruno Johnson series ""Corey Lynn Fayman's The Esmeralda Goodbye is a finely crafted coming of age story featuring rookie San Diego Police Department cop Jake Stirling, who works the La Jolla beat. Lovers of classic crime fiction will recognize the homage in the title-Raymond Chandler's novel Playback was set in Esmeralda, a thinly disguised version of La Jolla, CA. Through Fayman's historical lens, a Who's Who of 20th century figures and one young officer find there's meanness and mayhem aplenty in their 1950s seaside paradise."" Alan Russell, number one bestselling author of Burning Man"

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Corey Lynn Fayman was born in La Jolla, CA in the same hospital where Raymond Chandler died. He holds a B.A. in English, with a specialization in creative writing and poetry from UCLA, and an M.A. in Educational Technology from San Diego State University. His creative career includes work as a musician, songwriter, sound designer, educational technologist, multimedia developer and college professor. He is the author of six mystery novels, including the San Diego Book Awards Geisel award winner Ballast Point Breakdown.

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